I am proposing to build a garage. There is a septic tank in the vicinity.
To comply with Blg Regs., what distance should I allow?
If it is too much then the project is a non-starter.

mark

mark wrote:
I am proposing to build a garage. There is a septic tank in the vicinity.
To comply with Blg Regs., what distance should I allow?
If it is too much then the project is a non-starter.

mark


I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.

I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.

But you shouldn't build over either the pipework or the drainage field.

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:54:03 -0700, wrote:

I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable
wotsits.

But you shouldn't build over either the pipework or the drainage field.

Although the pipework always has to get from inside a building to the
outside world - I don't think that's so much of a problem so long as
there are access points for cleaning. Agree about not putting anything
over a drain field, though (and if building above pre-existing pipework
there are probably ways and means of doing it so that the pipework isn't
damaged even if the foundations settle a little).

Guy next door to us has a tank about 8' from the outside wall of his
workshop (but no drain field, just a tank) - no engineering problems
anticipated in doing that, but that is in the US where there are no
building regs to worry about.

cheers

Jules

On 1 Apr, 13:38, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:54:03 -0700, wrote:
I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable
wotsits.

But you shouldn't build over either the pipework or the drainage field.

Although the pipework always has to get from inside a building to the
outside world - I don't think that's so much of a problem so long as
there are access points for cleaning. Agree about not putting anything
over a drain field, though (and if building above pre-existing pipework
there are probably ways and means of doing it so that the pipework isn't
damaged even if the foundations settle a little).

Guy next door to us has a tank about 8' from the outside wall of his
workshop (but no drain field, just a tank) - no engineering problems
anticipated in doing that, but that is in the US where there are no
building regs to worry about.

cheers

Jules

so what are those "building codes" I keep reading references to on
websites etc? are they just advisory?

Cheers
JimK

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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mark wrote:
I am proposing to build a garage. There is a septic tank in the vicinity.
To comply with Blg Regs., what distance should I allow?
If it is too much then the project is a non-starter.

mark
I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.


Good point, if it's not covered by B.Regs then there isn't a minimum
distance.
Thanks.

mark

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I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.

But you shouldn't build over either the pipework or the drainage field.


Another good point. I'm new to septic tanks so hadn't even thought about
'drainage field' implications. The proposed garage would be beyond the
septic tank relative to the house so wouldn't conflict with the input pipe.
I'm thinking along the lines that if I put down a concrete raft foundation
then it wouldn't interfere with any drainage field pipework.


mark

On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:50:07 -0700, JimK wrote:
Guy next door to us has a tank about 8' from the outside wall of his
workshop (but no drain field, just a tank) - no engineering problems
anticipated in doing that, but that is in the US where there are no
building regs to worry about.

so what are those "building codes" I keep reading references to on
websites etc? are they just advisory?

In the US? It varies by state and by county and by township etc. - where
I live, there's no planning permission and no building code at all.

There are other codes to be followed, though; anything I make has to
follow the state-wide fire code (dictating things like window sizes in
habitable basements etc.), and the electrical code is a major pain in the
backside (because for anything non-trivial I have to buy a permit in
advance and then pay an inspector to sign off on it afterwards). For a
septic system I don't need a permit, but I am supposed to get it
inspected by an approved contractor after install.

It can be confusing at times knowing what rules apply - but OTOH I
suppose the nice thing is that I *can* do all the work myself if I want,
even if I still have to pay in some situations to say I'm doing it and
then get it inspected afterwards.

cheers

Jules

mark wrote:
wrote in message
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I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.
But you shouldn't build over either the pipework or the drainage field.


Another good point. I'm new to septic tanks so hadn't even thought about
'drainage field' implications. The proposed garage would be beyond the
septic tank relative to the house so wouldn't conflict with the input pipe.
I'm thinking along the lines that if I put down a concrete raft foundation
then it wouldn't interfere with any drainage field pipework.



If you use a biodisc type tank, then there is no need for what I presume
a 'drainage field' is: i.,e. some sort of soakaway.

Dump straight into a ditch.

AFAICR when I installed my Klargester unit, it merely had to be a
certain distance from the HOUSE.

Apart from normal flow slopes etc and rodding points at the kinks.



mark

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"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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mark wrote:
I am proposing to build a garage. There is a septic tank in the
vicinity. To comply with Blg Regs., what distance should I allow?
If it is too much then the project is a non-starter.

mark
I don't believe there is a regulation distance for non habitable wotsits.


Good point, if it's not covered by B.Regs then there isn't a minimum
distance.
Thanks.

mark

Just be careful if at some time in the future you decide to have an
inspection pit for working on the vehicle.

mark :
I am proposing to build a garage. There is a septic tank in the vicinity.
To comply with Blg Regs., what distance should I allow?

We've just built a garage about a metre from a septic tank (further from
the paths of the inlet and outlet). The question of proximity never
arose.

--
Mike Barnes