Champaign County, Ohio
Septic & Excavation in Urbana, Ohio
Urbana is home. Our yard, our equipment, and our crew are on Dog Leg Road just outside town, which makes Urbana and the surrounding townships the fastest response area we have.
Properties inside the city are largely on Urbana's municipal sewer, so in-town work is mostly excavation, utility service lines, driveways, concrete flatwork, and core drilling. Step outside the corporation limit and nearly everything is on private septic.
The housing stock around Urbana skews old, and so do the septic systems. Real estate transfer inspections routinely turn up undersized tanks and clay-tile leach fields at the end of their life, and we handle a lot of those replacements.
We know the Champaign Health District process well because we work it constantly. That familiarity is the difference between a permit that sails through and one that comes back with corrections.
Most requested in Urbana
What we get called for here.
Every area has its own pattern of work. These are the jobs that come up most in this part of our service area.
Septic Installation, Servicing & Repair
Full-service septic work, from a brand-new permitted install to maintenance and same-week emergency repair.
View serviceGeneral Excavation
Site prep, trenching, drainage work, ponds, and general dirt work with our own machines and trucks.
View serviceDriveway Installation & Resurfacing
New gravel drives built on a proper base, plus resurfacing, regrading, and culvert work on existing drives.
View serviceGravel & Dirt Delivery
Bulk stone, sand, fill dirt, and topsoil delivered by the load, dumped where you want it or spread.
View serviceEverything else we do in Urbana
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- Urbana
- Cable
- Mutual
- Terre Haute
- Salem Township
- Urbana Township
- Mad River Township
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Work in Urbana
Built to the approved design.
Local questions
Urbana FAQ
Permits, timelines, and response times specific to this area.
Yes. Urbana is inside our regular service area and we install, repair, and replace septic systems there routinely. Permits go through Champaign Health District, and we handle the application and inspection scheduling as part of the job. Our home town. We are based on Dog Leg Road, minutes from downtown Urbana.
Champaign Health District issues onsite sewage treatment system permits for Urbana and the rest of Champaign County. Ohio Administrative Code 3701-29 requires a permit for new installations and for replacing a failed system, plus an inspection before the system is covered. We submit the paperwork and schedule the inspection so you are not managing it.
Our home town. We are based on Dog Leg Road, minutes from downtown Urbana. For an emergency such as a backup, an alarm, or standing effluent, call the main line at (937) 869-6322 and we will get you into the schedule as quickly as we can.
Excavation, grading, building pads, foundation digs, driveways, concrete flatwork, core drilling, underground utilities, field tile repair, land clearing, and bulk material delivery. In Urbana specifically, the work we get called for most is septic installation, servicing & repair, general excavation, driveway installation & resurfacing.
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.
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Working on a property in Urbana?
Free site visit and a written estimate. Our home town. We are based on Dog Leg Road, minutes from downtown Urbana.