Crane truck lowering a concrete septic tank lid stacked with teal riser rings over a new precast tank, with a Yanmar ViO55 mini excavator parked at the edge of the excavation on a forested lot

A septic system is a buried machine. We install it so you can forget it is there.

New installs, repairs, pumping and free design reviews from a licensed installer in Maple Falls. County permit to final inspection, one owner-operator the whole way.

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What we do

Every job runs through the county permit process and ends with a final inspection. Here is the work we take on.

New precast concrete septic tank in a freshly excavated hole while a boom truck lifts the tank lid with teal riser rings stacked on top, Yanmar ViO55 mini excavator at the hole edge

New septic installation

Full onsite sewage systems from approved design to final county approval. Gravity, pressure distribution and advanced treatment.

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Open drainfield trenches with black leaching chambers staged for placement during a system replacement

Septic repairs

Approved repairs for failing systems: broken lines, failed pumps, damaged baffles, saturated drainfields. Honest triage first.

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Cluster of teal septic riser lids on a fresh gravel pad, the access points a pumping visit uses

Septic tank pumping

Routine pumping keeps solids out of your drainfield. Like the truck says: we get the stinkin' out.

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Pressure distribution drainfield under construction: a level bed of washed drain rock inside form boards with a manifold of small diameter PVC laterals laid on top

Advanced & proprietary systems

Aerators, media filter chambers, UV disinfection, NuWater and OSCAR systems. What they are and when a site needs one.

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Yellow Yanmar mini excavator on a cleared forest corridor with drainfield trench lines marked out in orange paint and a laser level on a tripod

Design review & free quote

Send us your approved septic design. We review it, walk the site with you and give you a competitive number, free.

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Excavation and land work

Land clearing, grading, driveways and drainage through our earthworks side. Same owner, same machines, one contractor for the whole job.

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How an install actually goes

Soil evaluation, approved design, county permit, excavation, tank set, drainfield, final inspection. We handle the whole sequence and keep you posted at each step, and the photos on our process page are from our own jobs.

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Where we work

Based in Maple Falls, we install and repair septic systems across three counties in northwest Washington.

Level gravel bed with white PVC laterals for a pressure distribution drainfield, with a brown and white Australian shepherd lying at the edge of the bed

Owner on every job

Shuksan Septic Installers is Sam Jensen's company. Sam runs the machine, sets the tanks and answers the phone. Most days the Aussie shepherd is on site too, supervising from the edge of the trench.

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Already have an approved septic design? Send it over and we will review it, walk the site with you and give you a competitive number. No design yet? We can still point you in the right direction.

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(907) 518-0022

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