George Ricker Jr Excavation
Septic Installation & Service in Essex, MA · ★ 5.0 Google rating
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- Address
- 245 Western Ave, Essex, MA 01929
- Phone
- (978) 468-5040
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About George Ricker Jr Excavation
George Ricker Jr Excavation is a Septic Installation & Service contractor based in Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts, at 245 Western Ave, Essex, MA 01929. It has a Google rating of 5.0 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 Essex, George Ricker Jr Excavation is within a short drive of Hamilton (2 mi), Wenham (4 mi), Beverly (5 mi), Manchester-by-the-Sea (5 mi), Ipswich (5 mi) and Topsfield (6 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 Essex
Septic work in Essex runs through the Essex Board of Health under Title 5 (310 CMR 15.00), with heavy wetland involvement given the town's marshes. A new system, repair, or leach-field replacement needs a Board of Health disposal works permit, a licensed installer, and a design stamped by a registered sanitarian or professional engineer. Because much of Essex sits near salt marsh and the Essex River estuary, high groundwater and tidal areas often require a mounded or engineered design, and Conservation Commission review under the Wetlands Protection Act is common.
Essex septic costs run toward the higher end of the North Shore range because of high groundwater, marsh proximity, and frequent need for engineered or mounded systems. A full conventional replacement typically runs roughly $20,000–$35,000, while a constrained coastal lot near the marsh can require a raised system well above that. A Title 5 inspection at sale usually runs a few hundred dollars up to about $1,000, and tank pumping is typically a few hundred. Depth to groundwater and marsh setbacks, not house size, are the dominant 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 Essex page.
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