Hi All,
Hope you can help, renovating an old 1900's cottage, long story but need to put in new septic tank, and rain water drain.
No mains drainage, so my plan was to put a soakaway for the rain water, and a separate one from mini sewage treatment plant. Problem is ground water is high and clay soil.
I dug a 1m deep test hole, then a 300mm cube at the bottom of it, do to a rain test, this filled with water on its own, so ground water is seen at around 900mm down.
What options do I have, engineer is saying i may need a soakaway bund...
Hope you can help, renovating an old 1900's cottage, long story but need to put in new septic tank, and rain water drain.
No mains drainage, so my plan was to put a soakaway for the rain water, and a separate one from mini sewage treatment plant. Problem is ground water is high and clay soil.
I dug a 1m deep test hole, then a 300mm cube at the bottom of it, do to a rain test, this filled with water on its own, so ground water is seen at around 900mm down.
What options do I have, engineer is saying i may need a soakaway bund...