Septic repairs
A septic problem rarely picks a good week. We diagnose what is actually wrong, tell you plainly whether it is a repair or a replacement, and do the permitted repair work ourselves.
Common failures we fix
Most of the repair requests we get come down to a short list: a failed or stuck pump, a broken inlet or outlet baffle letting solids into the drainfield, a crushed or root-bound transport line, a riser or lid problem, or a drainfield that has stopped accepting water. Some of these are an afternoon of work. Others mean the drainfield is at the end of its life.
We will tell you which one you have before any money changes hands. If a pump swap fixes it, you get a pump swap, not a sales pitch for a new system.
Repairs go through the county too
In Washington, repairs to an onsite sewage system generally need a permit from the county health department, and bigger repairs need a repair design. That is a good thing. It means the fix is engineered for your soil instead of guessed at, and it keeps your records clean for the next time you sell or refinance the property.
We handle the permit conversation with the county and schedule the inspection, same as on a new install.
When repair beats replacement, and when it does not
If the tank and drainfield are sound and one component failed, repair is usually the right call. If the drainfield soil is saturated and sewage is surfacing, patching around it wastes your money. In that case we will talk you through replacement options, including whether an advanced treatment system could let a new field work on soil the old design could not.
Get a free quote
Tell us about the property and what you need. The design review and site visit cost nothing.