TL;DR: In most cases, a new septic tank needs planning permission from your local authority, while a like-for-like replacement in the same position typically does not. Planning permission
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TL;DR: Selling a house with a septic tank is straightforward once the system meets the General Binding Rules. The main sticking point is discharge: since January 2020, a
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TL;DR: Your septic tank relies on live bacteria to break down waste. Put the wrong things down the drain and you kill that bacteria, block the system, or
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TL;DR: Septic tanks and sewage treatment plants both handle wastewater for properties off the mains sewer, but they treat it to very different standards, and the law now
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TL;DR: You cannot build over a septic tank, and strict distance rules govern building near one. A tank must sit at least 7 metres from any habitable building,
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TL;DR: A blocked inspection chamber means wastewater has backed up in the access point between your property and the public sewer. Common causes include fat and grease, wet
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TL;DR: A septic tank not draining almost always means wastewater has nowhere to go, either because the tank is full of settled solids, the drainage field has clogged
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TL;DR: A septic tank that has been maintained well should not produce a noticeable smell. If yours does, the cause is one of a handful of faults: a
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TL;DR: When your toilet overflows, stop water reaching the bowl first: don’t flush again, close the cistern flush valve, and shut off the isolation valve. Most overflows come
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TL;DR: Sewage rising through your shower or bath points to a blockage in your main drain or the shared sewer, not a small clog at the plughole. Stop
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