Building a kit home this summer

[tikicarver]

On a separate note, you have to have house plans to get the permit to dig the septic. You also cannot legally (permitted) have a bathroom all by itself on your land, even if it is connected to the permitted septic. You must have a permitted building first. Then, you can put in a shed with a bathroom. That is what I was able to discern from the county, anyway.

Ah, I was wondering about that.

I have an existing lot and planning to build a new house in the back of it.
I know the permit for the septic is separate and comes from the Wastewater Branch of Dept of Health, 
so did they say you have to have an approved building permit before you can apply for the septic permit? or just have a set of house plans?

I know they need to know the sixe of the house and number of bathrooms, just wondering if they will issue a septic permit before you get your builing permit?

The reason I''m asking,, I plan to put in the septic first, because I think it will be hard to get into the area where the septic needs to go if I start work on the foundaation of the house, so would like to get the septic out of the way and done...
and maybe get the septic installed while waiting for the house permit to be approved..

[caleeallen]

On a separate note, you have to have house plans to get the permit to dig the septic. You also cannot legally (permitted) have a bathroom all by itself on your land, even if it is connected to the permitted septic. You must have a permitted building first. Then, you can put in a shed with a bathroom. That is what I was able to discern from the county, anyway.

Ah, I was wondering about that.

I have an existing lot and planning to build a new house in the back of it.
I know the permit for the septic is separate and comes from the Wastewater Branch of Dept of Health, 
so did they say you have to have an approved building permit before you can apply for the septic permit? or just have a set of house plans?

I know they need to know the sixe of the house and number of bathrooms, just wondering if they will issue a septic permit before you get your builing permit?

The reason I''m asking,, I plan to put in the septic first, because I think it will be hard to get into the area where the septic needs to go if I start work on the foundaation of the house, so would like to get the septic out of the way and done...
and maybe get the septic installed while waiting for the house permit to be approved..

I think you just need the basic house plans, number of bedrooms, and site plan to get septic approval. Then you can wait for the house permit. But, again, my plans were 'pre-approved.' However, I do have a few upgrades planned to the bathroom that can be permitted 'during the build,' so it looks like the plans do not have to be finalized.

[Hotzcatz]

Usually I'll draw up the house plans, send those off to the structural engineer and also send them to the septic engineer.  The engineers send any revisions back and those are incorporated into the plan set.  The septic location is then noted on the plot plan for the house.  Other than the location shown on the plot plan, nothing more for the septic is noted on the plan set for the house.  The septic design is usually a separate .PDF which is submitted via EPIC to the County & Department of Health (state dept) along with the .PDF of the stamped house plans.  (as well as a few other .PDFs such as Owner Declaration & Project Declaration and any other required documents)  This is just the current method that we use, it can be different for other folks and other times.

As for the septic installation, will a truck be able to get to the area behind the house once the foundations are in?  The septic folks here had a Takeuchi 135 excavator (Dave's Land Services)  which is narrower than a car and didn't require any rock/soil/fill added to the project, but this is Hamakua and not Puna so there may be different requirements in Puna.