Kent Brothers Excavating
Septic Installation & Service in Southampton, MA · ★ 5.0 Google rating
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- Address
- 376 College Hwy, Southampton, MA 01073
- Phone
- (413) 203-2800
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About Kent Brothers Excavating
Kent Brothers Excavating is a Septic Installation & Service contractor based in Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, at 376 College Hwy, Southampton, MA 01073. 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 Southampton, Kent Brothers Excavating is within a short drive of Holyoke (4 mi), Westfield (5 mi), Easthampton (5 mi), Montgomery (6 mi), West Springfield (7 mi) and Russell (7 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 Southampton
Septic work in Southampton runs through the Southampton Board of Health under Title 5 (310 CMR 15.00), requiring a licensed installer, a disposal works permit, and a design stamped by a registered sanitarian or professional engineer. Because soils swing from fast-draining valley sand to wet clay, the witnessed perc and deep-hole test is decisive in sizing and locating the system. Work near the Manhan River, floodplain, or wetlands triggers Conservation Commission review under the Wetlands Protection Act, and high-water-table lots often need a raised or mounded design.
Southampton septic costs track soil more than labor. A conventional replacement on workable ground typically runs roughly $20,000–$35,000, but a wet, high-water-table parcel needing a mounded system with imported fill runs toward and past the top of that range. A Title 5 inspection runs a few hundred dollars up to about $1,000, perc and deep-hole testing a few hundred to over a thousand, and tank pumping is usually a few hundred. The seasonal water table on valley-bottom lots is the main cost swing 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 Southampton page.
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