He advised me never to replace/ upgrade mine, it ain't broke so don't fix it.Ĭan't comment too much on your circumstances but my feeling is the older the better.ĥ0yr old septic tanks were designed to cope with how households worked in the 1950's. He said he gets far more trouble from newer "bulb" tanks combined with use of too much cleaning chemicals. Turns out the environmental guy reckons it was in good shape and no "crust" (which is good apparently!) He said it was a good large size with plenty of beasties. I got someone to pump out septic tank as I guessed previous owners hadnt done it for years. Rainwater from other side of house joins kitchen grey water and joins septic tank overflow which then goes through 3 further separation tanks 3ftx3ftx3ft then out to final soakaway.
Cover is 3 concrete slabs with small gaps between no vents as such, never noticed any smell either. Rainwater from one side of house joins foul drainage and goes into main brick chamber. In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus: Not an expert but I moved into a traditional house c.1910 about 8 months ago which has a septic tank which i'm assuming was built roughly the same time (could be wrong). I have decided to go ahead with the CCTV inspection (£380 + VAT!!) for a full report on the condition of the system for peace of mind as I was warned that a new installation could cost between £12k- £15k.Īny advice or horror stories gratefully received Has there been much improvement in technology? Would there be thousands of 50 yr old plus septic tanks up and down the country working perfectly well and I am blowing this out of proportion? He mentioned he thought it was about 50 years old, no sign of weeper pipes or if they stayed within the grounds of the property, no vent pipe on the main tank (assumed it vented back through the system to the house) and that he suspected but couldn't be sure that the rain water and grey water went through the system (which he implied was bad as it would wash away the bacteria in the system)Ĭan anyone shed any light on 50 year old septic tank design compared to modern septic tanks. He came back with a few issues and strongly recopmmended that I had a specialist CCTV inspection done to check I am not buying a problem. I had a full structural survey done on the house and asked the surveyor to take a look at the tank. I'm in the process of buying a house with a septic tank.
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