Frequently Asked Questions

We are an eastern Idaho excavation and septic company. We install and replace septic systems and do excavation for new homes, including foundation site prep, utility trenching, grading and driveways, land clearing, and demolition of small structures. Read more about us.

Justin Morgan owns Spring Creek Builds. He has run excavators since he was a teenager, spent about 15 years in the field with the Operating Engineers, and has been excavating new home sites and home utilities for the last five years.

We work with general contractors and developers on new construction, and with homeowners on their own projects.

No. We do not offer emergency service. We focus on planned projects.

We serve five eastern Idaho counties and the communities within them: Teton County (Driggs, Victor, Tetonia); Madison County (Rexburg, Sugar City); Jefferson County (Rigby, Menan, Lewisville, Roberts); Bonneville County (Idaho Falls, Ammon, Iona, Ucon); Bingham County (Blackfoot, Shelley, Firth). See our service area map for all locations.

Yes. See our Teton County page, or our pages for Driggs, Victor, and Tetonia.

Yes. We serve Madison County (including Rexburg) and Jefferson County (including Rigby).

Yes. We serve Bonneville County (including Idaho Falls) and Bingham County (including Blackfoot).

Our service area is the five counties above. If your project is outside them, or you are unsure, call (208) 924-2813 or use our contact form and tell us about it.

We install new septic systems, replace failed systems, and take on larger repairs. See septic system installation, septic system replacement, and septic repair.

We dig test holes where the system could go, the local public health district evaluates the site and decides what kind of system is needed, the system is permitted, and then we install it. The septic system usually goes in near the end of a home build, once the plumber has the drain lines ready.

Test holes show the water elevation and the ground conditions, which the health district uses to decide what type of septic system the property needs.

No. Pumping is not a service we offer.

Our septic work focuses on larger projects. If your problem is a small one, tell us about it and we will be honest about whether we are a good fit.

Then you may not need a septic system. On those properties, we connect the home to the city sewer line.

We excavate for new homes: foundations, underground utilities, backfill, and driveways. We also do grading, land clearing, demolition of small homes, barns, and sheds, and excavation for retaining walls. See our new construction excavation, foundation site prep, grading & driveways, utility trenching, land clearing, small structure demolition, retaining wall excavation.

We excavate and install power, fiber optic, water, and sewer lines. See utility trenching.

Yes. If the homeowner wants one, we build the driveway as part of the site work. See grading & driveways.

We do the excavation for retaining walls, and we have built a few ourselves. See retaining wall excavation.

Yes. On a new home we work alongside the surveyor, the concrete crew, the plumber, and the well driller, or connect to city water, and we stay in touch with the owner and builder as plans change.

Yes. Spring Creek Builds is licensed as a septic installer and general contractor, and is insured.

The homeowner or the general contractor is responsible for the building permit. The design needs to be signed off by the city or county. If you are working with a GC, the GC usually handles it.

You can still talk to us. We will talk through where you are in the process, although the building permit itself can take a few weeks.

Septic systems are evaluated and permitted through the local public health district. Eastern Idaho Public Health covers Teton, Madison, Jefferson, and Bonneville Counties, and Southeastern Idaho Public Health covers Bingham County.

We can start with a site walk, then the permits and the survey, then foundation excavation. After the concrete crew pours the foundation, we put in the underground utilities and backfill, bring in power, connect water and sewer or install the septic system, and build the driveway if you want one.

Yes. Idaho law asks excavators to call 811 at least two business days before digging so underground utilities are marked. Do not dig on your own without doing that.

Call (208) 924-2813 or use our contact form. We will talk through your project.

Yes. New construction excavation for builders is a big part of our work. See new construction excavation.

Yes. We take on excavation and septic projects for homeowners too.