Johnston County’s Septic System Service in Smithfield, NC
Precision Septic Systems Inc
Smithfield is the Johnston County seat and the county’s first town, chartered in 1777. Most of the historic homes near downtown sit on city sewer, but the surrounding subdivisions and the rural belt outside town are on private septic. Precision Septic Systems has handled septic installation, repair, pumping, and inspections for those properties since 1985, driving over from our shop in Angier on the west side of the county.
Call or text 919-909-4389 or click below to request service.
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Why Smithfield Trusts Precision Septic Systems Inc
Smithfield has had its share of septic contractors over the years. Few of them have stayed family-owned, kept their crew small enough to know each property by name, and held the credentials to handle the full range of work in-house. We have done all three since 1985.
Our Services
Septic System Service
Smithfield’s older neighborhoods near the Neuse River sit on settled clay soil that has been carrying septic systems for generations. The newer subdivisions north of town, out toward I-40, sit on different ground. A system that worked downtown for fifty years may not be the right design two miles north.
Precision Septic has worked Johnston County ground since 1985, and Ricky Holland brings Grade IV installer and inspector credentials, the highest the State of North Carolina issues.
One person evaluates the soil, designs the system, and signs the inspection. That continuity is the septic system service benchmark most contractors cannot match.
Septic Pumping & Waste Management Service
County seat towns get a steady mix of residential and commercial septic work. Restaurants on Market Street, daycares in the residential belt, and the older homes in the historic district all pump on different cycles. We work them all.
Precision Septic waste management service handles residential and commercial tanks across Smithfield and the rest of Johnston County. Restaurants and high-occupancy properties get extra attention because the volume of solids and grease is well above what a standard household generates.
Commercial tanks pumped on residential schedules fail early. We set yours to match what your business actually puts through the system.
Plumber
Older Smithfield homes have plumbing that has been through several decades of repairs, additions, and changes. When something backs up, the cause could be in the original cast iron from the 1940s, the PVC repair from the 1980s, or the tank that has been quietly filling since the last service.
Ricky Holland is one of the few contractors in Johnston County who carries an NC unlimited plumbing license alongside Grade IV septic certifications. That combination means the diagnosis happens once, by the person who can also do whatever repair the problem actually requires.
In a town with as much old infrastructure as Smithfield, that kind of single-source approach matters more than it does in newer neighborhoods.
Drainage Service
Smithfield sits on the west bank of the Neuse River, which means drainage is a real concern for lots near the river or in the lower elevation pockets across town. Floodplain mapping in this part of Johnston County has changed over the years, and what used to drain fine sometimes does not anymore.
Precision Septic drainage service brings forty years of excavation experience to those drainage problems. We reroute water away from drain fields, fix grading issues that have shifted over time, and address runoff issues before they become drain field failures.
River-corridor properties especially benefit from preemptive drainage work. The cost of correction is a small fraction of the cost of replacement.
The Rich History of Smithfield
Smithfield was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly on April 23, 1777, as Johnston County’s first town and its second county seat after Hinton’s Quarter. The town has anchored the county’s government and commerce ever since.
Smithfield is best known nationally as the hometown of Ava Gardner, who was born in nearby Grabtown in 1922 and is honored at the Ava Gardner Museum on East Market Street. The museum opened in its current 6,400-square-foot downtown building in October 2000.
Neighborhoods and Streets of Smithfield
Downtown Smithfield centers on Market Street, which doubles as US 70 Business and carries traffic through the historic core. The surrounding neighborhoods mix late-19th-century homes near the river with mid-century and modern construction extending north and west.
Community and Lifestyle
Smithfield families fall under the Johnston County Public Schools system, with Smithfield-Selma High serving the area along with elementary and middle schools spread across the town and surrounding rural areas. The Neuse River Greenway provides walking trails along the water, and Smithfield Memorial Park anchors the parks and recreation system.
Downtown events through the year, the Ham and Yam Festival each spring, and Friday night football at Smithfield-Selma High give the town the rhythm of a real Carolina county seat rather than a bedroom community.
Getting Around Smithfield
Smithfield sits at the intersection of US 70 and I-95 in central Johnston County, with strong connections to Raleigh, Goldsboro, and the rest of eastern North Carolina.