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Request a Quote →The Town of Gravenhurst’s Building Department handles septic permits through the Town’s online permit system. When a project needs a septic approval, the building permit is not issued until that approval is granted. The application needs designer and installer information, a declaration, calculation sheets, and a metric site plan and cross-section, and incomplete applications are rejected.
In summer, Gravenhurst re-inspects septic systems using students appointed by council, from May to late September, with visual checks that put the emphasis on waterfront systems. Check with the Town about whether and when your property is visited.
The Town’s septic procedure says a system’s performance level must be re-evaluated when a project adds bedrooms, adds fixtures or enlarges the building, so a renovation can lead to a septic upgrade.
Tell us about your project and a local septic contractor who works in Gravenhurst can reach out to you directly.
Contractors in our network handle the installation side of septic work.
A new system for a new build, a cottage, an addition, or a lot that has never had one. It starts with a permit and a designed system.
When a tank, bed or whole system has reached the end of its life or no longer meets the Building Code, a replacement is designed and permitted.
Soggy ground, odours over the bed, or sewage backing up after a pump-out often point to the leaching bed rather than the tank.
Looking for pumping, tank cleaning, or a clogged drain? Those are a different trade, and this site does not refer them. A local septic pumping company is the right call for a full tank or a blocked line. Come back if a pump-out shows the system itself has failed and needs repair or replacement.
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