Septic installation in rural Pickering: Claremont, Greenwood and Brougham

The Durham Region Health Department, not the City. Pickering issues the building permit for the house. We file the sewage system application and book the inspection.

Some may sit beside new urban areas, but the City's own review says Claremont, Cherrywood and Balsam will not be within or next to future urban development, and its plan bars partial services on the Moraine. Private systems remain the norm, and we install and replace them.

A test hole to read the till or sand, a design sized to the house, a Health Department permit and the install. Estate lots usually have room for the bed, and we locate the well first so the layout clears it.

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.