Septic installation in Lakefield, Bridgenorth and Ennismore

The Township of Selwyn Building Department, with the Chief Building Official approving the permit before construction starts. We prepare the application, including the lab-measured percolation time.

Selwyn's zoning by-law, 2009-021, keeps new leaching beds 30 metres from the ordinary high-water mark. A leaching bed or holding tank replaced because it failed goes back 30 metres where possible, or as far as the lot allows, without a minor variance.

In Selwyn, yes. The Township asks for a septic application before building when a project adds a bedroom, adds plumbing fixtures, grows the finished area by more than 15 percent, or changes the building's use. We check the existing system and size any replacement.

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.