Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:09 pm
Dear Paving expert, great site! hope the craik is still mighty. Used to be in the plant game in around london a good few years ago, now kennels. diggers to dogs!
Anyway got a largish house 3 bathrooms, constant washing machine going. all goes into a combined system into a septic tank (a lot of roof water flushing through the tank), which eventually outfalls into a soakaway. Have already resited soakaway twice in 8 years and its saturated again. Went down about 15-20 feet last time (3cx with extra dig!) must admit put everything in it; bricks, type 1, sand, everything I had laying around. Do you think i should put a proper land drain onto the outlet and do away with soakaways altogether. Or should I get a big tank in and get it sucked out every six months. I think the ground has got a fair bit of clay in it from memory.
Anyway got a largish house 3 bathrooms, constant washing machine going. all goes into a combined system into a septic tank (a lot of roof water flushing through the tank), which eventually outfalls into a soakaway. Have already resited soakaway twice in 8 years and its saturated again. Went down about 15-20 feet last time (3cx with extra dig!) must admit put everything in it; bricks, type 1, sand, everything I had laying around. Do you think i should put a proper land drain onto the outlet and do away with soakaways altogether. Or should I get a big tank in and get it sucked out every six months. I think the ground has got a fair bit of clay in it from memory.