Septic backing up? Call 803. 2 PUMP IT  ·  Tier 3 certified in SC & GA  ·  Serving the CSRA since 2009
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Septic for Builders & Developers

The permit is on your critical path whether you plan for it or not. We handle it in both states, and we schedule around your build sequence.

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Both states
SC and GA permits filed
Tier 3
Engineered systems legal
Self-inspect
SC, saves a week
One contact
Across a development
The short answer

For builders, the septic permit is what gates the building permit, and in Georgia it comes with a twelve month expiry and a mandatory county inspection before backfill. We file in both states, coordinate the soil evaluation, and time permits against the build sequence so they neither expire early nor arrive late. We are Tier 3 in South Carolina, so a lot that fails a conventional soil evaluation does not become a stalled lot.

What we take off your schedule

Permit filing, both states

SCDES ePermitting in South Carolina, county Board of Health in Georgia. Different systems, different rules, both ours.

Permit timing

Georgia permits expire after twelve months. On a phased release, pulled too early means pulling them twice. We time them against your sequence.

The lots that fail

A denied soil evaluation is not a dead lot, it is an engineered design. Only a Tier 3 installer can legally install one in South Carolina, and we hold that licence.

Inspection scheduling

Georgia inspects before backfill on every job. We book it rather than hoping. On the South Carolina side our Tier 3 licence lets us self-inspect, which usually saves a week.

Multiple systems, one contact

Across a subdivision, one point of contact and one schedule rather than a permit conversation per lot.

Design changes

Tank capacity follows bedroom count. Change the plan and we adjust the design rather than discovering it at inspection.

The two things that cost builders the most time here

  1. 1
    The twelve month Georgia clock

    Georgia construction permits are valid twelve months. South Carolina gives you five years. On a phased development in Columbia County, permits pulled at the start of a two year build will expire before the houses exist. This is the single most common avoidable delay we see.

  2. 2
    Backfilling before the county inspects

    Georgia requires a County Board of Health inspection before the system is covered, without exception. It happens, and uncovering a finished system is a bad day for everyone. It goes in the schedule.

Builder questions

Can you handle permits for a whole subdivision?
Yes, with permits managed per lot and one point of contact for you. Talk to us early, because permitting is almost always the long pole in the schedule rather than the installation itself.
How far in advance should we pull the septic permit?
In South Carolina, early is fine, you have five years. In Georgia, time it, because the permit expires at twelve months. That difference is the single biggest scheduling trap in this market.
What happens if a lot fails the soil evaluation?
It needs an engineered design rather than a conventional field. We hold the Tier 3 licence required to install those in South Carolina, so it becomes a design change rather than a dead lot.
Do you offer volume pricing?
Talk to us about the development. Multiple systems on one schedule price differently to one-offs.
Can you work to our inspection windows?
Yes. In South Carolina, being Tier 3 means we can self-inspect our own installations, which removes a scheduling dependency entirely. In Georgia the county inspection is fixed and we book it into the plan.
Do you provide as-builts?
Yes, along with the permit documentation, which the homeowner will need years later at resale.
Send us the plat and the house plans.

We will tell you what the lots will take, what the permits will need, and how long it realistically takes.