Mobile Home Septic
Septic systems for mobile home lots, set clear of the home's pad and the drive. We plan the work with the buyer and the dealer around the state permit.
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Septic system replacement is the job when the system serving an existing home has failed past repair. We replace it with a new septic tank and a new drain field, built to the state's current rules. Summerton sits at the center of our service area, and we work about 50 miles around it.
Some failing systems need only a smaller fix, and we tell you when one will hold. For a new home on a new lot, start with septic system installation in Summerton. Call or text (803) 478-2620 for a free estimate and a written quote.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free quote in writing.
The state environmental agency names two clear signs of a failing system. One is sewage backing up into the house. The other is wastewater soaking the ground over the drain field.
When one part has failed, a repair can put the system back to work. A cracked lid, a broken baffle, a crushed line or a failed distribution box is septic system repair work. When the tank is sound and the trouble is in the field, drain field repair may be enough.
Replacement fits a system that has failed as a whole. Solids forced out of an overfull tank can clog the gravel and soil in the field, the state notes. A field clogged with silt after a flood may need a new system, its flood guidance adds.
Under the state's septic rule, replacing a whole system counts as a repair when the home's use stays the same. Any tank installed today must hold at least 1,000 gallons, enough for four bedrooms or fewer. Each bedroom past four adds 250 gallons. The field is sized by bedrooms too, at about 120 gallons a day each.
No part of a new system, other than solid pipe, can sit within 75 feet of a private well. The same 75 feet applies to the mean high water line of a lake or a stream. The system also keeps 25 feet from a drainage ditch and 5 feet from a building or a property line. It cannot go under a driveway or a parking area.
The bottom of the trenches must sit at least 6 inches above the highest level the water table reaches. When added bedrooms raise the wastewater flow, the whole system must come into full compliance. The owner then needs a permit for that upgrade before the work on the house begins.
Septic permits come from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES), formerly DHEC. Its rule says the owner, or the owner's legal representative, must notify the state before a system is replaced. The state then decides whether the job needs a permit. In Clarendon, Sumter, Kershaw and Lee counties, septic questions go to the state's regional office in Sumter.
When a permit is needed, a state inspector takes at least two soil borings. Soil color shows how high the water table rises in the wettest season. If the site works, the state issues a permit to construct, good for five years. Soil too wet to read can delay the evaluation until it dries.
We build the new system to that permit. It gets a final inspection before it is covered, then the state issues an approval to operate. On a Lake Marion lot, the 75-foot setback from the water can decide where the new field goes.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 50 miles around Summerton across the east side of South Carolina.
(803) 478-2620From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (803) 478-2620. Tell us where the property is and what the job is.
We come out to see the lot or the system. We note the access and any clearing the job needs.
You get a free estimate in writing, with the work spelled out. A new system also needs a state permit, issued after a soil evaluation.
We call SC 811 before any machine digging, so buried utility lines get marked. Then we clear the site if needed and start the job.
After the final inspection, we cover the system and shape the ground so rain runs off. The state then issues its approval to operate.
Common questions about septic replacement around Summerton and the east side of South Carolina. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Septic systems for mobile home lots, set clear of the home's pad and the drive. We plan the work with the buyer and the dealer around the state permit.
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We install septic systems for small subdivisions of up to about 25 units, and for churches and businesses off sewer. Bigger flows get larger tanks and more drain field, set to the state permit.
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We clear homesite lots up to about five acres for a new home, a mobile home or a septic field. Trees, brush, stumps and debris come off the build site and the drive.
Learn MoreWe set the tank, the lines, the distribution box and the drain field. Each part goes where the state permit puts it.
We can clear a homesite lot and then install its septic system. One company handles both steps.
We look at the job first, then give you a free estimate in writing. Our service area takes in Clarendon County and the counties around it.
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Read more →Tell us where the lot is and what you plan to build, or what is wrong with your system. Call or text (803) 478-2620, or send the form for a free estimate.
Tell us about the job and where the property is. We look at it and put your free quote in writing.