Old septic tank in house renovation

hometruths

Hi,

I am a renovating a house with a septic that is 40 years old plus, and was working happily when house was last occupied 6 or 7 years ago. Plumber commented be careful it has not solidified in the meantime!

Have located manhole etc since his visit and it appears to have a foot of liquid in it so less worried about that aspect but would still like to get someone to take a look at it and the drains etc, basically just get a load of water flowing around to check it all works.

Any recommendation for someone who could do this based in south Dublin/north Wicklow area?

jay gatsby

You don't really need a professional for this, just uncover the drain at the bathroom and get someone to fire in a couple of buckets of water quickly in succession and stand at the tank end to look and listen for the water to come.

if it gushes through you're fine, if not you need to start work on the drains. A long pole driven into the tank by hand will tell you if there is a build up of solids.

Drains will most likely be fine, bigger worry would be soakage area but you won't really know how that is until the tanki is back working for a bit. Unless you want to bypass any maybe's and just dig a new soakage area. Expensive though if not required.