Conventional and engineered systems, permit to final inspection, on both sides of the river. Tier 3 certified in South Carolina and Georgia.
A new septic system in the CSRA can be a straightforward gravity install on good soil, or a Standard 610 engineered design on a lot that failed its soil evaluation. Carolina Septic is Tier 3 certified in both South Carolina and Georgia, so we can legally install either one, and we handle the permit, the soil evaluation and the final inspection.
Most installation calls come from one of these six situations. If yours is on this list, we have done it, probably within ten miles of you.
No sewer at the road means a septic permit before the county will issue your building permit. We get it filed early so it is not the thing holding up your slab.
Before you commit to a house plan, you want to know what the soil will actually take. A site evaluation answers that, and it is cheaper than redesigning a house.
When a drainfield is genuinely exhausted, patching it is throwing money away. Replacement needs a permit in both states, same as a new install.
Tank and drainfield capacity is permitted against bedroom count. Add a bedroom without a permit and you have a system that is undersized and a house that is hard to sell.
A conventional design was denied on soil. That does not mean unbuildable. It usually means engineered, and only a Tier 3 installer can legally do that work in South Carolina.
Multiple systems, multiple permits, one point of contact and a schedule that fits your build sequence. See our builders page.
Five steps, and we do all five. You are not chasing a health department while your framer stands around.
We walk the property and look at slope, setbacks, well distance and where a drainfield can actually go, then coordinate the soil evaluation. In South Carolina the site evaluation fee is set by regulation at $150, not the $450 to $2,300 the national websites quote you. Above the Fall Line, which runs right through Augusta, backhoe pits are required for the evaluation.
SCDES ePermitting on the South Carolina side, county Environmental Health on the Georgia side. Most homeowners have no idea it is a two agency problem depending on which side of the river the property sits on. We file it either way.
Tank sizing follows bedroom count in both states: 1,000 gallons up to four bedrooms, then 250 gallons per additional bedroom. In Georgia a garbage grinder adds fifty percent to required tank capacity. If the soil will not take a conventional field, we move to an engineered design with a registered professional engineer and a licensed soil classifier.
Excavation, tank set, distribution box, drainfield lines, backfill and final grade. Most residential installs are a one to three day job on site once the permit is in hand.
In South Carolina a Tier 3 installer may self inspect their own installation. In Georgia the County Board of Health inspects before backfill, every time, no exceptions. You end up with the permit, the as built and a written scope.
What moves the number: soil type and whether the lot needs an engineered design, bedroom count and therefore tank size, drainfield size, how far the tank sits from the house, site access for equipment, and whether an old system has to come out first. We will tell you which of those apply to your property before we quote it.
See the full cost breakdown →The legal ceiling on what a septic contractor can install. Very few operators in the CSRA hold it in South Carolina and are certified in Georgia as well.
SCDES on one side, county Environmental Health on the other. You do not file anything.
In business since 2009, licensed, bonded and insured. Tier 3 renewal requires proof of both every cycle.
You get what we quoted. That is the whole promise and we put it on paper.
If your drainfield can be repaired instead of replaced, we say so. A replacement is a five figure job and nobody should be sold one they do not need.
A failed inspection costs you weeks. Our systems are built to the regulation, not to the estimate.
Two job photos captioned with the town and system type, plus two reviews specific to this service. Waiting on the 62-image library and the review backfill.
We work both sides of the Savannah. Licensed in South Carolina and certified in Georgia, which is rarer in this market than it sounds.