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Septic System Installation & Repair in Hawaiian Acres, HI

New septic systems for new builds and rebuilds, and repairs to tanks, baffles, lines and leach fields that have failed in the rock.

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Installation & Repair in Hawaiian Acres

New construction in East Hawaii goes in on a septic system, not a cesspool, and plenty of the systems already in the ground are reaching the age where parts fail. We install and repair septic systems across Hilo, Puna and the Hamakua coast. On the installation side we handle new homes and ohana units, the rebuilds that followed the 2018 eruption in lower Puna, and replacement systems for homes whose old cesspool or field has given out: the site evaluation, the Department of Health permit, the excavation in lava, the tank, the leach field or seepage bed on imported fill, and the inspection. On the repair side we fix what actually breaks: cracked lids and collapsed baffles, sewer lines crushed by rock settlement or invaded by roots, distribution boxes that send everything to one line, failed effluent pumps on lots that lift uphill, and leach fields that have gone wet. We find the real problem before we dig, because excavating lava to fix the wrong thing is an expensive mistake.

Septic System Installation & Repair in Hawaiian Acres, HI

Cesspool and septic service in Hawaiian Acres

Hawaiian Acres is one of the big upland Puna subdivisions, a grid of three-acre lots stretching from Highway 11 near Kurtistown back into the ohia and hapuu fern forest toward Mountain View, laid out on numbered and lettered roads that are mostly unpaved and maintained by the people who live on them. It is high, cool and wet, well over a hundred inches of rain a year, and it has a strong off-grid streak: catchment water everywhere, solar on many roofs, and homes that range from plantation-style houses to cabins at the end of a half-mile cinder driveway. Every one is on a cesspool or a septic system of its own. The ground is young lava under forest floor, and the deeper roads see the most rain and the slowest drainage, so a cesspool back on Road 8 behaves differently from one near the highway. Hawaiian Acres also has a lot of newer owners who bought cheap acreage and are now sorting out what a cesspool is, how the state deadline affects them, and whether the pit behind the house will pass an inspection when they sell. We pump, inspect, convert and repair in Hawaiian Acres regularly, and we know the roads. Tell us the road, how to find the lot, and what the system is doing, and we will come ready and quote it straight.

  • New septic systems for new builds, rebuilds and ohana units
  • Permit, design coordination and Department of Health inspection handled
  • Leach fields and seepage beds built on approved fill over lava
  • Baffles, lids, risers and distribution boxes replaced
  • Cracked, settled and root-filled sewer lines repaired
  • Effluent pumps, floats and alarms tested and replaced

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Installation & Repair in Hawaiian Acres

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Areas We Cover in Hawaiian Acres

In town or at the end of a cinder road: if it’s in or around Hawaiian Acres, we come to your property.

  • Lower Hawaiian Acres near Highway 11
  • Upper Hawaiian Acres
  • The numbered roads
  • The lettered roads
  • Kurtistown side

Common Cesspool & Septic Issues in Hawaiian Acres

The cesspool and septic problems we see most around here, and how we handle them.

Long cinder driveways and soft roads

A pump truck is heavy, and the back roads of Hawaiian Acres get soft after a week of rain. We ask about the road and the driveway when you call, bring enough hose to park where the ground is solid, and still reach the pit.

Upland rain and slow-draining pits

At this elevation the rain is relentless and the forest floor holds it. Cesspools back in the subdivision refill from the ground and stay wet. Keeping them pumped on a schedule keeps a buffer in the pit; when a pit stops draining altogether, we say so and talk through what comes next.

Cheap acreage, unknown systems

Many Hawaiian Acres lots sold with a house and no paperwork on the cesspool. We locate the pit, pump it, read the walls and the refill, and give the new owner a straight picture of its condition and what the state deadline means for it.

Installation & Repair in Hawaiian Acres: FAQs

Do you really come all the way back into Hawaiian Acres?
Yes, to the back roads too. We know the numbered and lettered roads and we ask about conditions before we roll, so the truck shows up ready. Tell us the road and the lot and how the driveway sits.
My cesspool is near my catchment tank and my neighbor is close. Can I still convert?
In most cases, yes. Three acres gives room to meet the setbacks from both catchment tanks and the property lines, and the design accounts for them from the start. The bed is built on fill over the lava. We walk the lot and quote the system that fits.
How often should an upland Puna cesspool be pumped?
Every two to three years for a full-time household, because the wet ground gives the pit little help draining. Longer if the home is used part-time. If you cannot remember the last time, schedule it and we will set an interval based on what we find.
Can a new house in Puna be built on a cesspool?
No. New construction permits require a septic system or another approved wastewater system, not a cesspool. We handle the permit, the design coordination, the installation and the final inspection for new homes, ohana units and rebuilds.
My leach field is wet and smells. Does it have to be replaced?
Not always. A wet field is often an upstream problem: a tank that was never pumped and pushed solids into the bed, a failed pump, a crushed line or a tilted distribution box. We rule those out before condemning the field, because rebuilding a bed on fill is the most expensive job in this trade and should only happen when the field itself is done.
My septic alarm is going off. What does that mean?
Your system has a pump that lifts effluent to a bed uphill, and the alarm means the pump chamber is filling faster than the pump is emptying it, usually a failed pump, a stuck float or a tripped breaker. Cut back on water and call us; it is a warning before a backup, not the backup itself.

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