Slurry Pit

Peewee_lane

Folks, buying a house down the country for a steal of a price. Farm land next door, cowsheds, etc. There is a slurry pit in the field behind our house.
Ive no experience, do they smell much in the summer? Would we be doomed living next door to one, or get use to 'that' smell.

Tis the only dampner on the house, cant find anything online, information of people living near them, etc.

Peewee_lane

Just a bit more info, pit is 200-300 ft away from the house back door. The slurry pit is 20,000 cubic ft voulme and a new one, about 50,000 going in next to it.

I live on a farm and our slurry pit is not too far from our house.
The main smell will come just before and during the spreading of the slurry, while the slurry is being agitated(stirred up). It'll happen a couple of times a year depending on how quickly it is being filled. Shouldn't bother you too much as long as you don't leave any windows open. Other than that there won't be much of a smell because a crust forms on top trapping in most of the smell.

Rujib1

Peewee_lane wrote: »

Folks, buying a house down the country for a steal of a price. Farm land next door, cowsheds, etc. There is a slurry pit in the field behind our house.
Ive no experience, do they smell much in the summer? Would we be doomed living next door to one, or get use to 'that' smell.

Tis the only dampner on the house, cant find anything online, information of people living near them, etc.

Big benefit could be that you can fart all you want, and blame the damn slurry pit for the fould smell

R1

pakalasa

What kind of slurry pit?
Is it above ground?

You might want to consider the safety of children around it !

pakalasa

pakalasa wrote: »

What kind of slurry pit?
Is it above ground?

You might want to consider the safety of children around it !

Shouldn't be a problem. All pits need to be covered or have a tall fence around.

Peewee_lane

My partner said the exact same thing, dangerous if we had kids exploring and they fell in, it hasnt any fence around it, just a big hole in the ground full of ****.

Looking forward to the farting and blaming it on the slurry pit!

thanks for the feedback!

irish_bob

Peewee_lane wrote: »

My partner said the exact same thing, dangerous if we had kids exploring and they fell in, it hasnt any fence around it, just a big hole in the ground full of ****.

Looking forward to the farting and blaming it on the slurry pit!

thanks for the feedback!

ive never heard of an open slurry pit having no fence around it , if its true , its hightly illegal and in breach of every safety rule and regulation thier is

vincenzolorenzo

They might be highly illegal alright but i've seen plenty of those types of pit around. Very dangerous indeed. As for the original question, it won't smell under normal circumstances, only when its being spread. But sure its a grand country smell!

bk1991

the smell will only be there at spreading

but the problem with it haveing no fenceing of safety is a big concern moast farmers are very lazy when it comes to safety it only takes a few seconds to fall in to it and thers no comeing out for the sake of fenceing it its better to spend the money on a fence than on a life

who the fug

I would have thought the cost of one animal ending up in a pit would concentrate the minds of the farmer into fencing them in, let alone a kid.

Always thought it was the law that these had to be fenced.