Building on the Gulf Coast means dealing with sandy soil, high water tables, and county health department permitting before a single shovel goes in the ground. P&C Septic Solutions installs septic systems for new construction and full system replacements throughout Baldwin, Mobile, and Escambia Counties in Alabama, and we walk every customer through the permitting process instead of leaving them to figure it out alone.
Why Homeowners and Builders Choose Us for Installation
A septic installation done wrong causes problems for decades: a drain field placed on the wrong soil, a tank undersized for the household, or a system that never should have been conventional in the first place. We size and design every system around your property's actual soil, elevation, and lot layout, not a one-size-fits-all template.
About Half of Our Callers Don't Know Where to Start with Permitting, and That's Fine
If you're building a new home and don't know whether you need a soil test, a permit, or an engineered system, you're in the same position as most of our customers. We walk you through the process: soil evaluation, the county health department permit application, system design, and inspection, so you know what to expect and when. That guidance is part of the job, not an upsell.
Septic Systems We Install
- Conventional Gravity Systems: The most cost-effective option when soil percolation and lot slope allow wastewater to flow by gravity from the tank to the drain field.
- Pump Systems: Used when the drain field sits uphill from the tank, or when the lot layout doesn't allow a gravity-fed line.
- Mound Systems: Built above grade for lots with high water tables, shallow soil depth to groundwater, or poor percolation, common along the coastal plain.
- Engineered Systems: Custom-designed systems for lots that can't support a conventional or mound design. See our engineered septic systems page for more detail.
The Installation Process
- Site Evaluation & Soil Testing: We evaluate soil type, percolation rate, water table depth, and available space to determine which system type your lot can support.
- Permit Application: We prepare and submit the permit application to your county health department, under Alabama Department of Public Health onsite sewage rules, and handle the back-and-forth on your behalf.
- System Design: Once the permit is approved, we finalize tank size, field-line layout, and, for mound or engineered systems, the design specifics required for sign-off.
- Excavation & Installation: Our crew excavates, sets the tank, and installs the distribution system and drain field or mound according to the approved design.
- Inspection & Backfill: The county inspects the open system before we backfill, grade, and clean up the site.
- Walkthrough: We show you your system's layout, access points, and what routine maintenance to expect going forward.
Built for New Construction Timelines
We work directly with builders and general contractors as well as homeowners. If you're coordinating a septic install around a construction schedule, tell us your timeline up front and we'll give you an honest read on how permit turnaround and weather will affect it.
Serving Baldwin, Mobile & Escambia Counties
P&C Septic Solutions provides septic installation across Baldwin County, Mobile County, Escambia County, and the surrounding Alabama counties we serve. See our full service area for details.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Alabama requires a site and soil evaluation before a septic permit is issued. We can arrange this as part of your installation project.
Once permitted, most residential installations take 1 to 3 days on site. The permit approval process itself typically adds 1 to 4 weeks depending on the county and system type.
In many cases, yes, using a mound system or another engineered design built above grade. We evaluate your specific lot before recommending a system type.
Both. We work with homeowners replacing a failed system and with builders and homeowners on new construction.