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All sewage treatment plants will smell if they are not used correctly, if they are poisoned by Water Softener Regenerate, Boiler Condensate, the wrong things entering the drains and surface water/roof water entering the system. They will also smell if the Soil Vent Pipe is further than 10 metres...

Durgo valves should not be used with septic tanks, only when the drains are connected to the mains. This is because the main sewers have pumping stations on the line which draw the air along with the sewage. Also, the septic tank requires a soil vent pipe to be fitted within 10 metres of the...

It is illegal to discharge septic tank effluent into a ditch. Your existiong permission will be to a soakaway ONLY. Even if septic tank effluent discharches accidentaly into a ditch you are liable under the Water Resources Act 1991 and the fine is set at max. £100,000. You may well have a case...

As of 6th April 2010, ALL septic tanks must now be registered with the Environment Agency, either for an exemption or a Permit to Dischrge. It does not matter how long the tank has been there, you must register it. Rules change all the time.

I have had dryrot and it doesn't look like that. My dryrot looked pale and the wood was crumbly and dryish, with a 'blocky' structure. Dryrot is serious as it spreads many metres away from where you can see it. I had to remove all the woodwork within 5 metres of the dryrot that was visible...

You are correct - it is the reverse of what you need. The vent pipe will only draw for up to 10 metres away from the septic tank, so it needs to go vertical before that distance, The pipe must be rising all the way with no horizontal sections. Think of it as a chimney and ask - if it was...

We have just had a reply from our Council stating that a 6M x 6M cabin to be used as offices does NOT require P.P. Below are the rules: •No outbuilding on land forward of a wall forming the principal elevation. •Outbuildings and garages to be single storey with maximum eaves height of...

Just to clarify - Is the soakaway for surface water or foul water? If it is for surface it is 5 metres, if for foul then it is 15 metres from a building, 2 metres from a boundary. You can download the relevant Building Regs from a sewage treatment website. Click on Useful Links and then...

Why don't you consider putting in a rainwater harvester as part of your development? This can save you 50% of your water bill as well as solving your soakaway problem. Flush your toilets, do your laundry, all with rainwater which will never present you with limescale problems and you use far...

It is unfortunate, but many sewage treatment works struggle to cope with the additional burden of surface water entering the system. It results in MASSIVE pollution incidents as storm water overflows direct the excess sewage/surface water mix into our rivers and streams. Have you considered...

The grey water isn't allowed to go from the grease trap to a soakaway in any case. It must be treated along with the black water in a septic tank first. Type: Sewage Treatment - Septic Tanks - FRANCE into Google and the full regulations are available on a webpage.

Converts a septic tank to a full sewage treatment plant.

It is possible to add a small septic tank conversion unit onto the end of your septic tank to turn the whole thing into a sewage treatment plant. You can then discharge directly to a ditch or stream and this will end up costing less than a new soakaway. 50 metres is not much for a soakaway...

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We survey hundreds of septic tanks every year and actually, when you measure them, most of the old brick-built septic tanks are uncannily close to the size required by current regulations. Those old boys who built them were not as stupid as some people think.