Many homes outside town limits around Estes Park run on wells and septic, which makes a septic tank and a backhoe part of ordinary home ownership rather than an occasional surprise. Of the 15 excavation and septic contractors listed, 9 are based in the valley and 6 work from the Front Range.
If your house has a tank in the yard, learn where it is before you need to. Write down the date of the last pump-out. Local pumpers and excavators know the ground up here, so I call them first.
Based in Estes Park
Selling a house on septic means an inspection, and often a reinspection after repairs, and that is the work NoCo Septic & Excavation gets called for most. The crew pumps, installs and repairs systems, replaces leach fields and lift stations, and clears commercial grease trap lines, with a careful eye for detail and a pleasant office on the phone.
Septic tanks on mountain lots need pumping every few years, and Kuyper's Septic keeps its work to exactly that: pump-outs, tank cleaning, hydro jetting and system inspections across the Northern Front Range, Estes included. Tanks get emptied of solids and water both, not just skimmed.
Dead trees leaning toward the house are the classic call for Estes Valley Tree Care, based on Stanley Avenue near the fairgrounds. When a tree can't be dropped safely, the crew brings a crane, and the cleanup afterward is thorough, with brush and debris hauled off.
Septic work in the mountains runs through the county, and Tundra Septic & Excavating handles inspections in both Larimer and Boulder counties. The company is based about five miles out of downtown Estes Park and works from Allenspark and Lyons to Boulder, Longmont and parts of Gilpin County.
Tattoo Johnson & Sons is the name to write down if the house runs on a septic system. The Estes Park outfit services septic systems and handles drain cleaning and sewer repair.
Grading, clearing and demolition: that's the work Fairbanks Excavation does from its base on Tranquil Lane, about a mile and a half from downtown. The list covers major grading and resloping, preparing and clearing a building site, and cutting basement drainage channels.
More than twenty years of digging in Estes Park sits behind Cole Excavating. The work is everything under and around a house: septic systems, sewer repair, utility lines, house excavations and driveway grading.
Recycled asphalt and crushed concrete driveways are a practical surface for a mountain drive, and this outfit lays both. The core work is excavation and grading, water and sewer lines new or repaired, and septic systems new or repaired.
Kearney & Sons Excavating has been digging in Estes for more than 30 years, and the work leans heavily on foundations, sewer and water line placement and roadwork. General excavation and grading and hauling of soil, gravel and debris cover the rest.
Serves Estes Park from the Front Range
If the furnace quits at two in the morning in January, someone at Lion Home Service will pick up the phone. The company is based in Fort Collins and comes up to Estes Park, and it covers more of the house than most: heating and air, plumbing, water heaters, drains and sewer, septic, electrical and generators, plus duct cleaning and insulation.
Water heater and sewer line replacement are the jobs this Northern Colorado outfit is called for most, with drain snaking and main line cleaning filling in the rest. It's licensed and insured, works on homes and commercial buildings, and answers 24 hours a day, with flat-rate pricing and no overtime billing, so a night call costs the same as a Tuesday morning.
Patios are what this Laporte design-build outfit does most, in pavers, flagstone or stamped concrete, with xeriscaping a close second. Fire pit areas, pergolas, fencing and retaining walls are part of the regular work, and the company runs its own equipment for grading, gravel driveways and hot tub pads.
When a main line backs up and roots are the suspect, this is a drain and sewer outfit rather than a general plumber. Hydro-jetting, sewer cleaning, camera scoping and trenchless line repair and replacement are the core, and a scope comes with a report and video that can be passed along to a buyer or an insurer.
One used 1973 backhoe, bought from a family friend, was the entire fleet when Roberts Excavation started out in Berthoud. The company now runs more than 40 machines plus support equipment and does dirt and wet utilities work across Northern Colorado.
Septic trouble in a mountain house rarely keeps business hours, and Lion Septic answers calls around the clock. It is the septic division of Lion Home Services in Fort Collins, and its crews come up to Estes Park for assessment, pumping, cleaning, tank location and repair.
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Septic work splits into a few jobs. Kuyper's Septic lists pumping and inspections, and NoCo Septic & Excavation lists installation, pumping, repair and leach field inspections. Tundra Septic & Excavating lists new tanks, leach fields and full replacement, plus property transfer inspections for buyers and sellers. Lion Septic Service in Fort Collins lists assessment, pumping and locating.
The digging side is mostly local. Cole Excavating, Fairbanks Excavation, High Plains Excavation and Aggregate and Kearney & Sons Excavating are all based in Estes Park and list jobs such as driveway grading, drainage channels, utility lines, foundations or demolition. Roberts Excavation Corporation in Berthoud runs a large fleet for bigger site jobs and names Estes Park in its service area.
A few listings are not excavators at all: a tree service, a landscaper and a home services firm turn up because they list septic or excavation work. Five carry a 24-hour tag and four list free estimates. Tundra lists work in Boulder, Larimer and Gilpin counties, so ask any septic company which county's rules apply to your lot. Ask what is included in a quote, such as locating the tank, hauling and cleanup.
Kuyper's Septic and NoCo Septic & Excavation are both based in Estes Park and list pumping. Kuyper's lists pumping and inspections as its two main services, while NoCo adds installation and excavation. Lion Septic Service in Fort Collins names Estes Park in its service area. Call ahead for scheduling.
Tundra Septic & Excavating lists property transfer inspections for buyers and sellers, NoCo lists septic and leach field inspections, and Kuyper's lists septic system inspections. Ask what the report covers and how quickly you can have it before you order one.
Yes. Cole Excavating lists driveway grading, High Plains Excavation and Aggregate lists driveways surfaced with recycled asphalt or crushed concrete, and Fairbanks Excavation lists grading and resloping. Ask each about drainage and how the surface holds up under snow removal.
Five of the 15 carry a 24-hour tag: NoCo Septic & Excavation and Estes Valley Tree Care in the valley, plus Lion Home Service, Lion Septic Service and Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Northern Colorado. Call ahead, since a Front Range crew has the canyon drive added to the wait.
