TBS LLC
Maintenance that prevents the 2 a.m. callout
Scheduled inspection and cleaning keep pumps, floats, and controls working — and help multi-residential and commercial sites stay aligned with local expectations.
Inspection checklist
What a monthly lift station inspection should include
For commercial and multi-residential stations in Greater Houston, a monthly visit is meant to catch failures before the high-level alarm. TBS LLC typically checks the items below, then schedules deeper cleaning on a semi-annual (or site-specific) cadence that many counties and cities expect.
- Control panel. Confirm automatic operation, starters or VFDs, and that lead/lag sequencing still makes sense for the duty.
- Alarms. Verify high-level, pump-fail, and power-loss indicators actually annunciate.
- Floats and levels. Inspect float switches for grease coating, free movement, and correct setpoints.
- Pumps. Check run current feel/behavior, unusual noise or vibration, and need for pull-and-clean.
- Rails, valves, piping. Look for binding guide rails, leaking check valves, and discharge issues.
- Wet well. Note grease blankets, debris, silt, and whether pumping/cleaning is due before the next cycle.
- Recommendations. Document rebuild, repair, or replacement needs so facilities can budget instead of reacting at 2 a.m.
Preventive service
Why the calendar matters
Lift stations run every day. Without routine attention, grease binds floats, debris shortens pump life, and small electrical faults become overflows. TBS maintenance plans are built around the station you operate — apartments, healthcare, education, hospitality, government, and other commercial properties in Greater Houston.
A contract puts inspection and cleaning on the calendar so you are not improvising after an alarm. Call (832) 473-7222 or email service@texasliftstations.com for a plan matched to your property type.
Also on the truck list
- Alarm box installation and service
- Pump rebuild, repair, and replacement
- Wet-well cleaning and pumping
- 24/7 emergency response between visits
Flush don’ts · share with residents & kitchens
What should never go down drains that feed a lift station
Everything flushed or washed downstream ends up in the wet well. Sewage lift stations are designed for wastewater and toilet paper — not the products that cause most Houston-area emergency callouts.
OK to discharge
- Normal sanitary wastewater
- Toilet paper
- Biodegradable human waste streams the station was sized for
Keep out of the station
- Grease, fats, and cooking oils
- Wipes marketed as flushable
- Rags, clothing, diapers, sanitary products
- Debris that binds floats or jams impellers
Fats coat floats and starve pumps; foreign objects jam impellers. Posting this list for residents and kitchen staff cuts emergency calls more effectively than any slogan.
Need a station assessed?
Call for emergency dispatch or schedule a maintenance visit. We serve commercial, multi-residential, and municipal pump stations across Greater Houston.