New installs • Replacements • Permits handled
Septic System Installation & Replacement in Bandera, TX
Building on raw land outside Bandera or replacing a system that has given up? We design for the soil you actually have — shallow limestone, caliche, or river-bottom loam — and handle the Bandera County OSSF permit from site evaluation to final inspection.
Designed for Hill Country ground, not a textbook
Bandera County sits on the Edwards Plateau, where you can hit solid limestone eighteen inches down. That is why so many properties here need aerobic treatment units or low-pressure dosing instead of a standard gravity field. A design that ignores the soil report is a system that fails early.
We start every installation with a real site and soil evaluation, size the system for the actual bedrooms and water use, and lay it out to protect your oaks, your well setback, and your future shop pad. Then we install it like we own the place.
From raw land to approved system
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Site evaluation
We walk the property, dig test pits, and map slope, soil depth, well setbacks, and tree cover.
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Design and permit
You get a design with options and honest pricing. We file the Bandera County OSSF permit for you.
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Installation
Most residential installs take 2–4 working days. We protect trees, manage spoil, and keep the site tidy.
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Inspection and handover
The county inspects, we walk you through the system, and you get the as-built and maintenance schedule.
What an installation with us covers
- Site and soil evaluation with a licensed evaluator
- System design matched to soil depth, slope, and household size
- Bandera County OSSF permit application and TCEQ paperwork handled for you
- Conventional gravity, low-pressure dosing, and aerobic treatment systems
- Careful excavation around live oaks, wells, and existing utilities
- Final county inspection scheduling and as-built documentation for your records
Know the symptoms
When replacement beats another repair
The tank itself is failing
Crumbling concrete, corroded steel, or collapsed fiberglass walls cannot be patched safely.
The drain field is biomat-sealed
Decades-old fields eventually seal permanently. When the soil will not take water at all, replacement is the honest answer.
You are adding bedrooms
Texas sizes systems by bedroom count. A casita or addition usually means the county requires an upgrade anyway.
The system predates permits
Many pre-1989 systems around Bandera were never permitted. Replacing on your schedule beats replacing during a sale.
Septic Installation FAQs
Building or replacing? Start with the soil.
Call (830) 555-0148 or send the form to book a site evaluation. We will tell you what your land needs and what it will cost — in writing.