Collins & Sons Excavating Inc.
Septic Installation & Service in Wales, MA · ★ 4.9 Google rating
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- Address
- 36 Ainsworth Hill Rd, Wales, MA 01081
- Phone
- (774) 696-8811
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About Collins & Sons Excavating Inc.
Collins & Sons Excavating Inc. is a Septic Installation & Service contractor based in Wales, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at 36 Ainsworth Hill Rd, Wales, MA 01081. It has a Google rating of 4.9 out of 5. Its website is linked above. A listing here is not a license or insurance check, so verify both directly before hiring.
Service area
Based in Wales, Collins & Sons Excavating Inc. is within a short drive of Holland (2 mi), Brimfield (6 mi), Monson (6 mi), Sturbridge (8 mi), Hampden (10 mi) and Southbridge (10 mi). Most Massachusetts septic installation & service contractors work a 25-mile radius, so homeowners in those towns can reasonably ask for a quote.
Hiring a Septic Installation & Service contractor in Wales
Septic work in Wales is governed by Title 5 (310 CMR 15.00) and permitted through the Wales Board of Health, not the building department. A licensed installer pulls the disposal works construction permit, and the design is stamped by a registered sanitarian or professional engineer. Perc and deep-hole soil tests are witnessed by the Board of Health, and on the small lots around Lake George those tests often find a high water table and tight setbacks. Lakeside work routinely triggers Conservation Commission review under the Wetlands Protection Act. A Title 5 inspection is required before most property transfers.
Septic costs in Wales run lower on labor than eastern Massachusetts, but lakeside constraints push them up. A conventional system replacement typically runs roughly $20,000–$35,000, and on a tight lot where a high water table near Lake George forces a raised or mounded system, costs land at the upper end. A Title 5 inspection runs a few hundred dollars up to about $1,000, and tank pumping a few hundred. Small lot size and the lakeside water table are the defining cost drivers here.
Massachusetts requires a written contract and a Home Improvement Contractor registration for most residential septic installation & service work; ask for the registration number and check it before paying a deposit.
More on permits, costs, rebates and common questions, plus every other septic installation & service contractor serving the town, on the Septic Services in Wales page.
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