Septic Systems& Excavation,Done Right.

We serve Champaign, Logan, Miami, Clark, and Union Counties in Ohio, working out of our yard on Dog Leg Road outside Urbana. That includes Urbana, Springfield, Bellefontaine, Marysville, Troy, Piqua, Tipp City, St. Paris, Mechanicsburg, West Liberty, Plain City, and the Indian Lake area. If you are just outside that footprint, call us anyway. Depending on the job we may still be able to help.

It depends on your soil more than anything else. A conventional gravity leach field on well-draining soil costs meaningfully less than a mound system or an aeration system with a pump and control panel. We do not quote a number until after the soil evaluation, because anything given before that is a guess dressed up as a quote. Call for a free site visit and we will give you a firm written number.

The common signs are standing water or unusually green grass over the drain field, sewage odor near the tank or field, slow drains and gurgling toilets throughout the house rather than at one fixture, backups into the lowest drain, and an alarm sounding on an aeration or pump panel. Any of those means stop using water heavily and call. Continuing to load a struggling field is what turns a repair into a replacement.

Yes. Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29 requires a permit from your county health district for new installations and for replacing a failed system, plus an inspection before the system is covered. We handle the permit application and schedule the inspection as part of the job, working with Champaign Health District, Logan County Health District, Miami County Public Health, Clark County Combined Health District, and the Union County Health Department.

On-site installation is typically one to three days. The longer part is the front end: scheduling the soil evaluation and getting the permit through the health district usually adds two to six weeks depending on the county and the season. We start that clock the day you approve the quote, so the sooner you decide, the sooner you break ground.

Every three to five years for a typical family home. Aeration systems generally need service more often, and many carry an annual service requirement from the manufacturer. Pumping on schedule is the single cheapest thing you can do to protect a drain field, which is the expensive half of the system.

Yes. We come out, walk the site, and give you a written estimate at no charge. If we think the job can be solved a cheaper way than what you called about, we will tell you that. A diagnosed repair is better business for both of us than a replacement you did not need.

Yes. Backups and failures do not wait for business hours. Call the main line and we will get you scheduled as quickly as we can. Being based in Champaign County means we are usually not far from the job.