Septic Systems · Courtenay
Septic Inspection & Island Health Filing
Inspections filed with Island Health.
Courtenay Septic Systems inspects existing systems across the Comox Valley and files the maintenance plans and Letters of Certification Island Health requires. Systems installed after 2005 need a documented maintenance plan; roughly 9,000 Comox Valley homes run on septic and fall under this rule.
What does an inspection actually check?
We check your tank, the distribution box, the risers and the drain field for the failure signs Island Health watches for — slow drains, gurgling, odour, soggy ground over the field or sewage breaking the surface.
Does your system already have a maintenance plan?
If it was installed after 2005, it should. If it's older and never had one, we can have an Authorized Person write one, which is what Island Health expects on file.
Is there help paying for it?
If your property is in CVRD Electoral Area A, B or C, the regional district's rebate covers 75% of an inspection, up to $500, through 2028.
In practice
- Situation
- A Merville property selling after 22 years with no maintenance records on file.
- Complication
- The buyer's lender wanted a current inspection and a filed plan before closing.
- Resolution
- We inspected, wrote the plan, and filed with Island Health inside two weeks — in time for the sale.
For related help, see septic system installation and septic repair, or compare typical prices in the septic cost guide.
Keep exploring
- Compare septic costsTypical price ranges before and after rebates.
- Septic System InstallationType 1, Type 2 and Type 3 septic system design and installation, filed with Island Health before ground is broken.
- Septic RepairDiagnosis and repair of failing drain fields, cracked risers, blocked distribution boxes and backed-up tanks.
- Courtenay Septic Systems home
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