Septic tank problem

Smokie399

Hi guys I'm looking for some advice,bought a house a few years back in the country that has a septic tank fitted to rear of house but there was no percolation area as such so I installed numerous pipes from the tank outlet and cut slots for the water to soak through,I put stone then soil the the pipes then more stone and for a while it worked a treat but now I'm having more problems as I noticed ponding in a corner where the pipes run so with further investigation I excavated a portion of the percolation area and found the pipes I fitted all blocked up with silt and traces of solids from tank, I know the water soaks as I carried out tests and the storm water is piped into a different part of it seperately with no problems.so the problem is the solids escaping from tank,after a little research online I see you can buy effluent filters I've been looking at the tuff tite EF4 so I'm wondering if anyone here has used one of these and are they a success.if not any advice would be greatly appreciated.thanks

alan partridge aha

WTF, why did you buy a house without a percolation area? Did you not get an engineer?
Your second mistake was to do this yourself as I can only assume you are not an expert.
My advice is to consult with an architect. With septic tank inspections if they check you, might result in costing a lot of money.

NIMAN

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Cerco

alan partridge aha wrote: »

WTF, why did you buy a house without a percolation area? Did you not get an engineer?
Your second mistake was to do this yourself as I can only assume you are not an expert.
My advice is to consult with an architect. With septic tank inspections if they check you, might result in costing a lot of money.

There could be many reasons why a person might buy a particular house. The issue of the tank will be resolved...even with inspections there will be grants made available for remediation.

I would imagine the issue of solids leaking into the percolation area was caused by not having the tank desludged. Even well working systems need to be inspected regularly to ensure therre is no build up of solids.
I am sure the op has resolved the issue by now but just in case thre are others who find themselves " in the ****" so as to speak.

alan partridge aha

Cerco wrote: »

There could be many reasons why a person might buy a particular house. The issue of the tank will be resolved...even with inspections there will be grants made available for remediation.

I would imagine the issue of solids leaking into the percolation area was caused by not having the tank desludged. Even well working systems need to be inspected regularly to ensure therre is no build up of solids.
I am sure the op has resolved the issue by now but just in case thre are others who find themselves " in the ****" so as to speak.

There is no reason to buy a house with no percolation area to talk about. Anyone why buys a house is at the very least unwise not to get an engineer to check it over first.

If the house is relatively modern i,e 30years old or newer, there would be regulations to be followed. If this is the case then he should apply them correctly for that time.

When the inspectors come to check his percolation the remedial work could run to 20K if he needs a reed bed or more. Fix it now to the standard that planning was originally got at (or better) and you will save a lot of heartache in the long run.

I know as I have spent 8K+ to get my wife's house to the standard planning was got at in 1988. 2.5k is not worth a rat's ass if they had come out last year and demanded I put a reed bed in. Where the house is has poor drainage.