Septic installer, Oro-Medonte
New systems and full replacements from Shanty Bay and Hawkestone on Lake Simcoe up to Horseshoe Valley, Warminster and Moonstone. Send the form and an owner calls you back today.
Septic installation in Oro-Medonte is groundwater work. The township relies solely on groundwater for drinking water, and its Official Plan counts the Oro Moraine among the major recharge areas in Simcoe County. Jobs run from replacements on older lakeside lots at Shanty Bay and Hawkestone, inside the Lake Simcoe inspection zone, to new beds for houses on the moraine near Horseshoe Valley and Warminster. An owner from Thor is on every job, and a written price follows the site visit.
Building a house, cottage or shop? You get a complete system sized for the bedrooms and fixtures you are actually putting in, designed to pass the inspection the first time.
Old bed failing? Sewage surfacing, slow drains, a health unit order, or a system that predates the property? You get the old tank out and a new system to current Ontario Building Code, with the inspection coordinated for you.
We install conventional drain fields (weeping beds, leaching beds, tile beds), raised and filter beds where bedrock or the water table is close, and tertiary treatment units such as Waterloo Biofilter and Ecoflo where the lot or the shoreline calls for one.
We install and replace. We do not do pump-outs or minor repairs. If you only need a tank pumped or a baffle fixed, we will point you to someone who does that. If your system has failed or you are building new, we are the right call.
The Township of Oro-Medonte issues the sewage system permit, and every application goes in through Cloudpermit. The site plan shows the bed and tank, the bed dimensions and clearances, and every surrounding well and its type, and the cross-section labels imported and native soil with their depths. Where the Township calls for a test hole inspection, two holes are dug with a backhoe, 5 feet deep, where the bed will sit. Approval from the Nottawasaga Valley or Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, or the MTO, is added where the lot calls for it. We dig the holes and file the rest.
The Oro Moraine is the high ground of the township and one of the major groundwater recharge areas in Simcoe County, and it feeds the headwaters of six watersheds. Every home here draws its water from a well, so the soil under a septic bed is also the filter above someone's drinking water. Soil changes from lot to lot. Two test holes on your lot settle the bed size.
Oro-Medonte runs the provincially mandated septic maintenance program on a five-year cycle. The 1,882 systems within 100 metres of the Lake Simcoe shoreline or a tributary had a December 31, 2025 deadline, and the 128 systems within 100 metres of a municipal well head have until December 31, 2026. Township inspectors do the visual inspections. A replacement in either zone is built to pass the next cycle, and we plan it that way.
“As a custom home builder, we love contracting Thor Construction Company for all of our demolition, excavation and septic work. They are easy to work with, have great equipment and know what they are doing. Our clients are always very happy with them.”
“Hired Thor for complete site services including bringing utilities into my new build and digging for foundation. Once the build was complete they came back and finish landscaped the property and we couldn't be happier. Strongly recommend!”
“Thor Construction Company came in and trenched all new water lines for us when our well line burst. They installed new yard hydrants for us as well. We are so grateful they came in and fixed our water line problem promptly and professionally.”
The Township of Oro-Medonte, through Cloudpermit, signed off by the Chief Building Official or a designate. We prepare the site plan, the cross-section and the fixture count, and book the test hole inspection.
To see the soil where the bed will go. Where a test hole inspection is required, the Township asks for two holes dug with a backhoe 5 feet deep at the proposed septic location, booked by phone or online. We dig them with our own machine and meet the inspector.
It may be in the Township's well head cycle: 128 systems within 100 metres of a municipal well head have a December 31, 2026 compliance deadline. When the inspection says the bed is done, the replacement is priced in writing after one visit.
Yes. We arrange the design and file the Part 8 sewage system permit with whichever office covers your property, a municipal building department or the health unit, and we book every inspection.
A conventional system for a typical home in Central Ontario runs about $15,000 to $30,000. Raised beds, tertiary units and difficult access push it higher. You get a written price after the site visit.
Three to five days on site for most systems. Add the permit lead time in front of that, which we manage and keep you posted on.
Sewage surfacing or a wet, spongy patch over the bed, slow drains through the whole house, gurgling, sewage smell outside, or an unusually green strip of lawn over the bed. If you see any of these, call. If it needs replacing we will tell you straight, and if it only needs a repair we will send you to someone who does repairs.
Yes. Where bedrock, a high water table or a small lot rules out a conventional bed, we install raised and filter beds and tertiary treatment units such as Waterloo Biofilter and Ecoflo.
Often, depending on frost depth and access. Frozen ground costs a bit more. If your system has failed and cannot wait for spring, call and we will tell you whether your site works in winter.
Every page has the local permit office, the ground and the rules for that area.
Send the form and an owner calls you back today. Or call now and talk to the person who will dig the job.
