Septic services · Campbell River
What a Septic Inspection Tells You
Campbell River Septic inspects septic systems for buyers, sellers and builders in Campbell River, Willow Point, Campbellton, Quadra Island and Oyster River. We write both the performance report a sale needs and the compliance report a building permit application needs. An inspection runs $400 to $800.
A pre-purchase or real-estate septic inspection runs $400 to $800.
Which report does your deal need?
A compliance report supports a building permit application. A performance report supports a sale.
There are two kinds. A compliance inspection report is typically used to support a building permit application. A performance inspection report is typically used during a property sale. Tell us which one your lawyer or your realtor is asking for and we will write that one.
Who is allowed to write the report?
Private inspector, commercial and residential, are two of the five ROWP categories.
A ROWP can be registered in up to five categories — planner, installer, maintenance provider, private inspector (commercial) and private inspector (residential) — and many of us hold more than one. Inspection reports come from someone registered in the inspector categories.
What we do when there is no record
The older the system, the less likely Island Health holds a record of it.
Island Health should have records for all systems from 2005 onward and most from 1990 to 2005. Before that, often nothing. Requesting what does exist uses Island Health's Request for Release of Information form and costs $50.00 per property, which is Island Health's fee and not ours. Where the file is empty, we locate and uncover the tank and report on what is actually there.
What an inspection can tell you before you buy
Where a change of use increases daily flow, the system likely has to be updated.
We tell you what type the system is, what condition it is in, and whether it is sized for how you plan to use the house. If you are adding bedrooms, that last one matters — more bedrooms means more daily flow, and more flow can mean a new system.
What you get
Performance inspection report
The report typically used during a property sale.
Compliance inspection report
The report typically used to support a building permit application.
Tank locating
Where nobody knows where the lids are, we find them.
How an inspection runs
We report what the system is and what condition it is in, in writing, for the buyer or the building department.
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Records check — we look for what Island Health holds on the property.
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Locate and open — we find the tank and the distribution box and get the lids off.
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Test and inspect — we run the system, look at the field, and check the pump, float and alarm.
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Written report — the compliance or performance report, whichever your deal needs.
What does this mean where you are?
Where your property sits changes the building paperwork. It never changes the Island Health filing.
A lot of the houses changing hands in Campbell River and Campbellton were built before Island Health kept septic records. On those, the inspection is the only real record anybody has, so it is worth reading the whole thing rather than the summary line.
What does a job like this look like?
We locate and uncover a buried tank as part of the inspection, so a missing file does not stop it.
Septic Inspections: what the work looks like
The situation
A buyer has an accepted offer on a Willow Point house with an unknown system.
What makes it harder
There is no Island Health file, the lids are buried, and the closing date is close.
What we do
We locate and uncover the tank, inspect the system and the dispersal field, and write you the performance inspection report, which is the one a sale uses rather than the compliance inspection report.
People also ask
How much is a septic inspection?
A pre-purchase or real-estate inspection runs $400 to $800.
Do I need an inspection to sell?
A performance inspection report is the one typically used during a property sale.
Will the city ask for a septic report?
Where a change requires a building permit, the building inspection authority may require a report from an Authorized Person.
Can you inspect on Quadra Island?
Yes. We come over on the ferry and inspect island systems the same way.
When an inspection turns up work, see the repairs we find and a pump-out afterwards, or check what each job costs.
This work in nearby communities
Keep exploring
- Septic cost guideOur own price ranges for every kind of septic work we do.
- Septic Tank Pump-Outs and MaintenanceScheduled pump-outs, effluent filter service and a maintenance plan written by an Authorized Person.
- Septic RepairsDrain fields, distribution boxes, pumps, floats and alarms, repaired by an Authorized Person.
- Campbell River Septic home
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