Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 18, 2011 11:56 pm HEY JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE IS INSTALLING THEIR OWN SEPTICS? NOT SURE WHETHER TO DO OUR OWN OR LET THE BUILDER DO IT.. DO YOU SAVE MUCH MONEY ORGANIZING IT YOURSELF? AND WAS IT A BIT OF A RUN AROUND? WE HAVE A PS ON OUR CONTRACT FOR $12000. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS COULD BLOW OUT TO. MUCH APPRECIATED.. Re: BUILDER TO DO SEPTICS ??? 2Apr 21, 2011 12:06 am Hi JACEM. We have almost finished building on 5 acres and organised the septic ourselves. We had to have an ecomax system and installed it cost $12000.00. It cost a little extra as we had our leach drains quite away from the actual system. Normally the builder will throw an extra 25% on everything. Hope this info helps Re: BUILDER TO DO SEPTICS ??? 3Apr 21, 2011 11:06 pm CHEERS SEDGIE. THATS A GREAT HELP. OUR SHIRE ALSO REQUIRE AN ECOMAX SYSTEM. PHONED AROUND A FEW SEPTIC PLACES, BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TOO INTERESTED? MIGHT HAVE TO LET THE BUILDERS DO IT. DAMN BUILDERS. ENJOY YOUR 5 ACRES.......... Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20426 The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 6182 |