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What to know before building in Maine.

A precast concrete septic tank set in its excavation on a wooded lot, beside a boom truck

Septic

Buying or Selling a House With a Septic System in Maine

What Maine law requires when a house with a septic system is sold: the seller's disclosure, the shoreland inspection, and what happens when a system has failed.

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Aerial view of a Mariner Construction house lot: shorefront site cleared and graded, with concrete footings poured

Septic

Septic Systems on Lakefront and Camp Lots in Maine

How Maine's septic rules work near a lake: the setbacks, replacing an old camp system, converting a camp to year-round use, and holding tanks.

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Mariner Construction crew installing rows of engineered septic leach-field modules on a sand bed during a winter install, excavator working behind them

Septic

What Is an Eljen Septic System?

How an Eljen GSF septic field works, why it fits lots a stone-and-pipe field cannot, what the specified sand does, and how to keep one working.

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Rows of septic chambers in a fresh sand bed, seen from the cab of a Mariner Construction excavator

Septic

Getting a Septic System in Maine

How a septic system gets permitted and built in Maine: the site evaluator's soil test, the HHE-200, what the lot decides, and what changes near the water.

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Aerial view of a Mariner Construction ICF home on pour day, with the concrete pump boom reaching over full-height ICF walls

ICF

Why ICF in Maine

How ICF compares with a stick-built home in Maine: cost, energy use, sound, durability, and what to decide before the pour.

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