Septic installation and repair in Weare, NH

At C.J. Burke Enterprises we install new septic systems in Weare, replace failed ones, and repair the ones that can be saved. Weare is just under 7 miles from our base in New Boston. Weare is a large, spread-out town, and almost all of it is on private septic.

Call or text 603-303-1543 if you need a new system, a replacement, or a repair.

A big town on septic

Weare covers a lot of ground, with homes spread along Routes 77, 114, and 149 and the back roads between them, and about 9,000 residents at the 2020 census. The town’s master plan says the majority of residents depend on septic tanks because there is no town-wide wastewater collection and treatment system, and it says there are no plans to build one.

There is one small exception. The master plan describes a small municipal sewer system in the Central Village area, built in 1981 largely because of the hardpan soils in the village that make septic systems hard to run. It serves only a couple dozen buildings, and the town did not plan to connect more. Outside that pocket, a new house, a failed field, or a tired tank is a septic job.

A restrictive layer close to the surface is what the designer’s test pits are meant to find, and it drives the size and type of system. We install what the approved plan calls for.

Lake Horace, Everett Lake, and shoreland rules

Weare is drained by the Piscataquog River, which is impounded by Lake Horace in the northwest and by Everett Lake in the northeast. Everett Lake was created by the Army Corps of Engineers’ flood control dam in the early 1960s. Both are well over 10 acres, so the land within 250 feet of them is protected shoreland. In protected shoreland, new septic systems have to meet at least a 75-foot setback from the reference line, and replacement systems have to meet the setback requirements as far as practicable. Since September 1, 2024, a buyer of a property with a septic system within 250 feet of a protected water body must have the system evaluated by a licensed evaluator before the transfer.

Daniels Lake, also in Weare, has an EPA phosphorus plan that considers shoreline septic systems among other sources. If your lot is near any lake, pond, or the river, tell us when you call.

Wooded lots and access

Many Weare lots are wooded, with long driveways and uneven ground. We plan the excavation for a septic job around that and size the equipment to the site.

Permits

A new or replacement system needs a design from a permitted designer and NHDES approval. We are installers, not designers. We build from the approved plan and work through the inspections.

Nearby towns

Weare borders New Boston, Goffstown, Dunbarton, and Francestown. We work in all of them.

Services in Weare

Septic installation, replacement, and repair.

Call or text 603-303-1543, or use the contact page. Please mention the road, whether the property is near Lake Horace, Everett Lake, or another pond, and any trouble with a long or steep driveway.