Wastewater Treatment Tanks

KeishaKan

Hi, was wondering about the best tank to use for the waste water treament required by the Council, what are the pros and cons of the fibreglass and plastic versus the concrete tank? Apart from price.

I understand the Council can be quite tricky about this and the original person who did the percolation test will have to come out and be there on the day of the installation? -- anyone know about that? Am in Limerick area.

Grateful for any thoughts.

kboc

just bought one of these today. done a bit of research and seem good. No elec costs, no moving parts, no servicing required, some of these machines use 2 Kwh elec a day running pumps and/or aerators. type <SNIP> into google. they are based in kerry.

KeishaKan

Thanks I will check out <SNIP>, never heard of them before. Sounds interesting. As long as it's compatible with Council regulations......

Poor Uncle Tom

Be careful when choosing a system, a lot may depend on what system was proposed at the initial testing/planning stage.

Most LA's have a list of people who they consider acceptable to carry out Site Charactarisation Testing. This testing includes a recommendation for the type of septic tank or treatment system to be provided, and usually this will have to be certified on completion.

Any of the testers have to be heavily indemnified, and I know of at least one LA where the staff are just waiting to make an example of someone who messes up.

You would be best advised speaking to whoever carried out the site testing, or engaging your own professional if you are at pre planning stage. It is not a matter of choosing the cheapest system or the system with the least amount of moving parts, the system chosen is based on site charactaristics and is chosen by indemnified professionals.

P.S. Please read the Forum Charter and do not name companies on thread.

bbam

When we were building we went through the same delima..

Fiberglass tank folks I spoke to would guarentee the tank structure for between 15 & 25 years depending on the company.
This was a no-no as far as I was concerned as this house is a keeper.

We went with a duel concrete tank, its bomb-proof in construction and had double the capacity, not sure if more capacity is good but it can't hurt..

Bitten & Hisses

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Be careful when choosing a system, a lot may depend on what system was proposed at the initial testing/planning stage.

Most LA's have a list of people who they consider acceptable to carry out Site Charactarisation Testing. This testing includes a recommendation for the type of septic tank or treatment system to be provided, and usually this will have to be certified on completion.

Any of the testers have to be heavily indemnified, and I know of at least one LA where the staff are just waiting to make an example of someone who messes up.

You would be best advised speaking to whoever carried out the site testing, or engaging your own professional if you are at pre planning stage. It is not a matter of choosing the cheapest system or the system with the least amount of moving parts, the system chosen is based on site charactaristics and is chosen by indemnified professionals.

Same story here. You'll generally have to pick someone from the LA's panel of approved people to carry out your site suitability test. I'd expect it to be a condition of planning permission that you get either the same person or someone else off the panel to sign off on your treatment plant and your percolation area. There is more to sign-off than merely being present on the day that the treatment plant is lowered into a hole in the ground.