Fountain Construction

Bullies on Bulldozers. This aptly describes this contractor. They do not listen nor do they communicate. We have many complaints but the main one is that they dumped 4 truckloads of co-​mingled construction debris on our OSS pressure mound. The plan, as approved by the Whatcom County Health Department, specifies topsoil. Topsoil is not easily defined but it is NOT supposed to contain lead or asbestos which were within the «dirt» they dumped. The bid stated: «dirt to cover drainfield sand… All material is guaranteed to be as specified and the work will be performed in accordance with the drawings and specifications submitted for the above work, if applicable, and completed in a substantial workmanlike manner…» Please see the following site for photos:
This does not conform to the approved specified plan; it is garbage that is neither clean fill nor yard debris. It needed to be hauled to the landfill. They lied to to the WCHD telling them that we okayed this (not true) and later said that they removed it all. BS! We can still dig and find all sorts of junk. Then, in a court of law, they stated that we «planted» this evidence. This is just plain wrong and a false accusation. They even told the WCHD that nothing can grow on this hard-​packed clay garbage that they insist is topsoil. We lost our small claims case as judge said that although the bid says dirt, he could find all sorts of garbage in his backyard (HUH???) dirt.
Now, we are expected to dig up horsetail they imported in the dirt (no mound should contain a cover with extensive root system and we all know about horsetail) And, WCHD says we are to sow grass seed to cover the mound but it is choked with weeds that were also in the dirt., weeds that we have never had on this property. I think this is a classic case of a «wink and a nod» collusion between county employees and contractors.
I am so mad that I am going to park our truck with evidence and signage right in front of the WCHD until this is resolved. We could spend upwards of $ 5k to have it replaced with topsoil but we already spent $ 20k on this system. WCHD did nothing and sent us a registered letter to stop harassing the department. Do not deal with John Wolpers. He thought the horsetail was brought in by birds. Just another bureaucrat bought by local contractors.
Save yourself some grief and problems by hiring another contractor. NOT RECOMMENDED!!!
We had to hire another contractor to eliminate the bad soil at a cost of $ 2200. When the contaminated soil was removed on top, the pipes were all bowed from Fountain’s shoddy work practices. Our new contractor straightened them and replaced the soil. Still NOT RECOMMENDED!!!