Recent content by mike180

Hi All, i thought i'd show my face over here again - see what people think of my problem now. Almost 9 months on and i havent yet got a solution in place!! We have had numerous companies suggest without harming a blade of grass many fancy soak away systems, and a surprising array of tanks and...

Thanks for your replies! I had a local drainage firm visit this afternoon, and he took one look at the murky water in my inspection hole i dug, and after a bit of discussion said our soakaway has had it. He talked about a method of building another soakaway further down the field, going...

indeed we did, we have formal plans, which were passed by the local planning committiee, and we were in regular contact with buildings control to ensure the work being done was carried out as specified, and to regulations. i guess they wernt arround the day the drains were done, and the builders...

i hope thats the case... but previous occupation on the site was a one bedroom bungalow, and we know from our groundwork that the septic tank that is present now, replaced a concrete one to the rear of the property... assuming this failed drasticly. i understand you cant give advice on...

ive been all over the crystal tanks site, but thanks for pointing out the regs again :( ok, i have a local drain specialist coming out tomorrow afternoon, and we are going to look at the possibilities. Im guessing new tank is in order, because the current one wont meet regs. say we do a...

i calculate that as a household, we average no more than 200l of water a day here. during the week we are only home mornings and evenings, our washing machine is used on the eco wash usually, and our toilets have a half flush, we prefer showers to baths, and dishwashers (when full) use less...

the original install wouldnt have been to regs, and i cant see the current one having been done to them either, as digging out the plans, it specifies herring bone pipework (the closed loop system) for a soakaway, but i distinctly remember our builders digging a rather large hole and running one...

Thanks for the quick reply! We used the existing tank that was here when we arrived, as it was fairly new (however i didnt know the install date of it, or its drainfield). Once the new property was built and the existing one knocked down (in that order) we moved the tank about 25 meters from...

Hi everyone, first post on this forum... been lurking and reading for sometime. I'm hoping someone may have some advice on a nasty little issue i've got! We have built our own house, in the lovely dartmoor countryside, complete with septic tank and soakaway. The site was occupied before...