Septic System Installation

The main septic system installation factors to consider are:

·  Size of the lot .
·  The depth of the soil.
·  The perk rate of the soil (slow soils can make installing a regular septic system difficult,
and may need new soil).
·  The depth to the seasonal high water tables

The septic system installation process will vary from county to county, even township to township.  If you are considering buying a property that will have a septic system you should contact the zoning dept in that area and talk to the person that deals with that area.  Ask them what the typical conditions are in that area.  They can not give you the exact information on that particular lot but they should be able to give you a general answer.

They may say the conditions are ideal and regular systems are being used on most lots.  On the other hand they may say the conditions are bad and engineered systems are common place.  Then ask what the systems are going for.  Regular systems usually run $3,000 to $6,000.  Engineered systems can run $8,000 to $20,000 or more.  

We can do it all, design, installing and pump/maintain the system after it is in. 
We will do the appropriate soil and site tests and design a system for you and will able to give you an estimate for the installing.
This design process will cost you about $250 to $500 but it will tell you what you will be looking at before you buy the property (and a few hundred dollars is a small price to pay when you are looking at investing several hundred thousand dollars in building a home).  Now you can decide if you want to purchase the property and move on to the next step, which is purchasing the property and building the house.

This design will then be presented to the county inspector for approval.  They will look it over and if they think it will fly, they approve it.  If not they will tell the designer to make the necessary changes before they approve it.

Then the system is installed and the county inspector will come out to check if the system was installed according to the approved design.   

Design Manual - Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems for Households and Small Commercial Buildings -
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