Septic Systems in Metchosin

Who issues a building permit in Metchosin?

The District of Metchosin does. A building permit is required before beginning construction of a building or a structure, including accessory structures and buildings.

The District also lists an alteration or addition, completing an undeveloped area of a building, a secondary suite, structural repair or change, demolition, a swimming pool, heating appliances, moving a building, a change of use or occupancy, installation, repair or replacement of a plumbing fixture or system, and installing a manufactured home.

Which bylaw does Metchosin name?

The District's Fees Bylaw 2024, No. 696 is the bylaw named on Metchosin's building pages. Those pages point septic questions at Island Health, which is where a filing goes.

What has to be filed for a Metchosin system?

An Authorized Person files before construction and certifies after it. The signed Letter of Certification reaches the health authority within 30 days of the work being finished, and until it lands your system waits. An as-built diagram and a maintenance plan travel with it.

What septic work do we do in Metchosin?

We pump tanks and service effluent filters on Metchosin properties, and we inspect systems for a sale or a purchase. Where something has failed we repair it, from a float switch up to the field itself.

How big is the community?

It recorded 5,067 residents at the 2021 Census. We work for the households among them that have a tank, a distribution box and a field in the yard. The practical difference between here and the electoral areas nearby is the permit desk you deal with, and the notice it wants before an inspection.

What does the visit cost you?

The drive out and the look cost you nothing, wherever the driveway is. We open what needs opening, tell you what we found, and put a price in writing afterwards. Design work is the exception and it carries its own price, which we name before anyone starts on it.