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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:07 pm
by Beep
Hello
Can anyone help me?
I dont want to get the wrong advice because of ignorance and end up having to spend a fortune.

I live in an area of heavy clay and flooding. I've moved in November here. The septic tank has overflowed a couple of times this winter. It seems that the water is not soaking away. The soakaway path is not draining now and the garden is very smelly.

I'm not even sure where the soakaway is, how do I find out?

Any advice?

I've called out a company but I dont want to be bamboozled by them.

Thanks

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:52 pm
by lutonlagerlout
have you had the septic tank emptied??
they do need emptying on a fairly regular basis
try that first
cheers LLL

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:31 am
by Beep
Hi
Yes, I'm not that silly!!
At the moment we have had it emptied 3 times, which is far too many.
Thanks

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:03 am
by Tony McC
Sounds like the leach field has had its day. You will need a local specialist drainage contractor to take a look as it's not really summat that can be diagnosed from this side of a computer. Ideally, you'd have at lkeast two such contractors to take a look, and to let it slip that another company is coming that afternoon/the next day so that they are on their toes and less likely to flummox you.