New treatment plant

[CXRAndy]

Having moved home, knowing that the original septic tank doesn't meet current discharge legislation. We have gone for one of these.

 

[si_c]

Looks like it should be painted yellow tbfh.

 

[CXRAndy]

I'd planned to do the job myself, but the discussions I had with the installer, and now seeing what a big job it's been so far, I'm glad I let my Yorkshire deep pockets be over ruled.

The ground has been so hard and a thick layer of limestone, a breaker had to hired to smash through the stone layer

 

[CXRAndy]

That hole has taken a full day alone to dig. The guys working on it, said it has been one of the hardest holes to dig out. Normal time is an hour or two to excavate for tank. 8+hrs and tank is just going in

 

[Cycleops]

Looks a bit small to me. Won’t you always be emptying it? Down here the people that do that call themselves:

 

[fossyant]

That's the best place for the Tesla white goods !!!👅

 

[wiggydiggy]

As long as somebody doesn't try to hide the body their dead wife in there, you'll be fine 👍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62235752

 

[Cycleops]

……but you should be okay for around thirty years.

 

[CXRAndy]

Looks a bit small to me. Won’t you always be emptying it? Down here the people that do that call themselves:

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Once a year £100 cost

 

[Cycleops]

Interesting. Ours, which was much bigger and built from concrete blocks is five years old and has been emptied once in five years.

 

[bikingdad90]

As long as somebody doesn't try to hide the body their dead wife in there, you'll be fine 👍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-62235752

Would have got away with it, had he not sold the land and property to a family relative. Should of retained ownership until he died. 😂

 

[CXRAndy]

Interesting. Ours, which was much bigger and built from concrete blocks is five years old and has been emptied once in five years.

Is it a treatment plant with individual chambers for aerobic bio-digester or a traditional/old technology septic tank

 

[Cycleops]

I don't know, it was built as above by someone who specialises in building them. Obviously low tech but it does work but maybe not as advanced as yours.

 

[CXRAndy]

I don't know, it was built as above by someone who specialises in building them. Obviously low tech but it does work but maybe not as advanced as yours.

Our old septic tank was cleaned out every 4 years but UK regulations do not allow directly effluent discharge into a water course. The use of a leach field was not available due to heavy clay soil composition

 

[CXRAndy]

All installed now, the re instatement of the drive and lawn have been excellent. The owner of the business has been exemplary in his thoroughness. He worked till 8pm for the last two evenings to get everything completed within the specified timescale. Just have wait for effluent analysis to ensure water is sufficiently clean. They reckon, not that I would try, you could drink the run off😉