Cost to install well and septic tank?

[DaveTNC]

The Mrs. and I were talking today about retirement coming up in about 10 years or less, and what we planned to do. One thought was to get buy piece of land down in the Onslow or Pender county area. We could park our camper on it, which we have set up in a campground down there now, to use as our "beach getaway" and then later when we're ready to retire put a mobile home or modular on it and sell our house up here.

We saw a couple of lots in the country that looked promising, but they would need a well and septic tank put on them. I have no idea what that would cost. But I figure that someone on here knows. This is just an idea at this point, so I'm not looking for anything exact, just a rough "budget number" to see if it would even be feasible. Right now I don't know if it's closer to 5K or 50K.

 

[Ghost1]

Septic depends on the system. A standard system, maybe $3000 or less. If you’d have to have a fancy pump system, if could be way up there. You’ll probably be safe to assume $30/ft for a well, could be less.

 

[Ghost1]

Get the land “perked” before you buy.

 

[DaveTNC]

Septic depends on the system. A standard system, maybe $3000 or less. If you’d have to have a fancy pump system, if could be way up there. You’ll probably be safe to assume $30/ft for a well, could be less.

My sister & brother-in-law have a house near one of the lots and as far as I know, it's just on a standard septic system. I'll ask my brother-in-law how deep their well is.

Get the land “perked” before you buy.

The owner of the land near my sister says that a permit's been approved for a 4-bedroom septic system.

Thank for the replies. I knew I'd find the answers I seek here.

 

[ronn47]

The owner of the land near my sister says that a permit's been approved for a 4-bedroom septic system.

Thank for the replies. I knew I'd find the answers I seek here.

Find out how long that permit is good for, some areas have time limits on them.

 

[Burt Gummer]

Septic usually less than $3k unless they try to make you put in one of those stupid pumps.

I’ve seen well cost $10k.

Wish your well with 2 metal rods. It does work

 

[mj1angier]

Well, (no pun, lol) east of I-95 you might get by with a shallow well. My mom had one "washed in" that was only 40 ft deep. It was $300. If in a sandy area and has a good, ie High water table, you might get lucky

 

[Ghost1]

Septic usually less than $3k unless they try to make you put in one of those stupid pumps.

I’ve seen well cost $10k.

Wish your well with 2 metal rods. It does work

It does work. I have heard that some people can’t do it and that it’s related to water content in human body? Is that true?

 

[dman24]

It does work. I have heard that some people can’t do it and that it’s related to water content in human body? Is that true?

I don’t know about water content in the body, but my grandpa always said it had to be the first born kid. My parents put a mobile home on a 2 acre lot when I was about 9. Two rods would cross in the exact spot for me and my dad, both of us are the oldest. My brother and Mama couldn’t get it to work at all, and they are both the youngest.

 

[Jp8819]

The two rods I thought was the craziest thing I had ever heard of till I saw it and then had to try it. But it does work and made a beliver out of me. I am not 100% with it but it also works locating water lines or septic lines of decent size and got me closer than many other methods I have tried.

 

[Burt Gummer]

It does work. I have heard that some people can’t do it and that it’s related to water content in human body? Is that true?

Not sure. Friend of mine built a house several years ago. We wished his well with 2 pieces of copper and stuck a flag in the ground. Well driller got Water after about 10 feet at 80 gallons a minute. It was insane the amount of water he has

 

[noway2]

The two road works for everyone I know, but it also tends to freak them out.

There is a guy I work with who does it with the piece of wood. I've seen it get pulled out of his hands and break off it bends so hard.

Cost wise, 3 to 5 k for the sewer. Well depends on depth. In western Chatham county we put two wells in at 500' and it cost about 10-12k each. Closer to the coast, water table is probably a lot higher.

 

[Chuckman]

A septic tank alone runs $1500 for the smallest tank. Then of course you have to dig your field. Current code you need enough property to have a repair field. If you do it yourself, totally yourself, you're probably looking at about 3,000 to $5,000 minimum for supplies. If you need a pressure tank and a pump it will be more.

We just spent $16,000 on a new pressure manifold system because our existing septic was failing.

 

[Scsmith42]

Current prices that I’ve seen on a conventional septic tank and field run between 5K - 7k.

 

[mj1angier]

Yeah, our septic cost 5k. That was 2 years ago. It is rated for 4 bedroom and had to have popcorn covered drain pipe.

 

[Friday]

Well driller got Water after about 10 feet at 80 gallons a minute.

Awesome! He hit the city water main. Good call.

Well drillers in our area charge about $20 per foot. As @noway2 says it's not uncommon for wells here to be around 600 feet, and then you'll probably be still only getting 1 to 3 gpm. That will 'suffice' for most homes. It's far from optimal but to keep going deeper for no guarantees starts to get real expensive, so most people stop.
I know a campground near Cashiers that has a 1500' well. It takes several pumps to run it.

 

[doose]

Septic usually less than $3k unless they try to make you put in one of those stupid pumps.

I’ve seen well cost $10k.

Wish your well with 2 metal rods. It does work

pumps are required for a reason... sh*t dont flow up hill... if the drain field is higher than where the tank is, a pump is going to be required. Its not like some conniving bureaucrat is wringing his hands with an evil grin over at the health department saying... lets make this bastid put a pump in... muahhhaaahhhaahhhh...

 

[doose]

Current prices that I’ve seen on a conventional septic tank and field run between 5K - 7k.

this sounds about right... for a pump (which should be installed in a separate 500 gallon tank) add $3k to $4k depending. Make sure you add a check valve on the downstream side of the pump discharge. You dont want rainwater backflowing into your pump and causing it to cycle excessively.

a well (typical depth for 4" screened casing) will run $4k - $5k

 

[Burt Gummer]

pumps are required for a reason... sh*t dont flow up hill... if the drain field is higher than where the tank is, a pump is going to be required. Its not like some conniving bureaucrat is wringing his hands with an evil grin over at the health department saying... lets make this bastid put a pump in... muahhhaaahhhaahhhh...

Yeah you say that, I’ve seen them try to make peopleput them in where not needed

 

[noway2]

Awesome! He hit the city water main. Good call.

Well drillers in our area charge about $20 per foot. As @noway2 says it's not uncommon for wells here to be around 600 feet, and then you'll probably be still only getting 1 to 3 gpm. That will 'suffice' for most homes.

A deep well with the long line will hold quite a bit of water. There is also the question of the static pressure. If you can find out while they're drilling it, it would be good information to know what height of the water rose to in the well. If it is high, that too adds the reserve. One of the wells we did was 500' and the other was 525'. I flushed the first one by running two garden hoses full tilt for several hours and while the pump cycled several times, it never ran dry. In fact, we had an issue with using enough water at first to get it cleaned out and not smelly / funky anymore. When it was first dug, we also got a lot of crap out of it that turned everything black.That stopped after a while, but since it was on my wife's pottery shop, she has these clay traps on the sink drains with plastic reservoirs that it stained up.

 

[dman24]

I hope nobody ever has to do any work on a well that is 500’deep. We had to replace the pump in ours last year. Luckily it’s only around 90’. We also have a hand dug well, it might be 40’ or so. This is in the crutch fields crossroads area.

 

[Burt Gummer]

I hope nobody ever has to do any work on a well that is 500’deep. We had to replace the pump in ours last year. Luckily it’s only around 90’. We also have a hand dug well, it might be 40’ or so. This is in the crutch fields crossroads area.

My parents well is 140ft deep win th the pump at around 130. I’ve pulled it twice in 20 years and replaced the pump. First Time was PVC pipe which sucked. We replaced it with poly pipe which is a helluva lot easier