Is an individual STP worth the investment?

[saveasteading]

1 hour ago, scottishjohn said:

they could ask to see your log and  who did it 

If you did , say, a dipstick test every  6 months, showed there was no sludge, and kept a log with photos, I doubt there would be trouble, at worst a warning.

BUT if there was contamination and they traced it back to you, as somehow they often can, the absence of tests and desludging would add to the consequences.

 

I wonder if there is a diy way to deal with the top crust when there is one. Mix it back into solution to be digested? Bury it? 

[joe90]

1 hour ago, saveasteading said:

I wonder if there is a diy way to deal with the top crust when there is one.

Mine used to come and go on its own. 🤷‍♂️

[scottishjohn]

the replies from you all --and I am not saying you are not looking after your tanks  or havibg a go --maybe you are correct it does not need desludging very often 

 

 but suppose neighbours are not using correct washing powders or flushing wet wipes ,tampons etc !!

 

 It shows why when you are sharing with others why you need a solid agreement so you don,t fall out with neighbours on how often or when it needs servicing   and there is money there to do it

 

 same as when shared road ways need maintainece

 

 so  you want control over it if its on your property

 

 

[Kelvin]

We had a catchment tank at the previous house. Shared by 8 homes. This had a pump in it that helped pump the waste to the main sewer line that was several hundred metres away. I repeatedly had to tell the neighbours to stop flushing the wrong stuff down their loos as it blocked the tank. Consequently I’d never share anything like this with folk again. 

[saveasteading]

35 minutes ago, Kelvin said:

Consequently I’d never share anything like this with folk again. 

Your turn to clear the pump might concentrate the mind.

I lived briefly in a tenement where we took turns to clean the stair. If you didn't, big Aggie from downstairs knocked on the door! Then you did it.