Thank you for this very interesting and informative video Tomkat my mate Nelly from Jarra lives off the grid and said he found this video very useful. Keep up the good work
Hi Derek, we live a few miles away from the beaten track,no mains water or main sewage.. i installed a septic tank 15-20yrs ago. We have the sediments taken away every 5years, Family of 4, but never allow dishwaher water or washing machine water into it. Also very careful with bleach products, if you allow the natural bacteria to grow in your sespit tank, it wont smell. Looks like it needs cleaning out now!. Also surface and drains not going into it.😊😊
I was on a cess pit abroad in Cyprus for years - NEVER use bleach or toilet cleaner or ANY toilet product as it will kill the bacteria in the pit & stop it working This INCLUDES the kitchen sink if it drains into it NEVER use shop bought toilet paper it contains bleached paper and will stop the pit working - use paper especially for cess pits or dump it in a basket next to toilet like they do abroad To FIX the pit clean the pipes out with clean water - flush the toilet about 10 times THEN put about 5 pound in weight of liver from the butcher -(the fresher the better ) in the pit - liquidise it if you can so it will work quicker This will get the bacteria working in the pit You might have to repeat this once a week with a couple of pounds of liver - for a couple of weeks to top up the bacteria - but it will fix the pit A working pit should not smell Good luck
@@xephael3485 our water comes from a well our poo ends up in our garden and the gas gets delivered by tanker. The only thing we get off the national grid is the electricity and that comes overground and goes off all the time. Maybe the thing that is beyond you is the what off grid actually means.
@@tomkatgastraining I don't think you understood what I was getting at... With a country as old, densely populated, and the size of England, it's amazing you don't have infrastructure all over the place already.
I notice you didn't perform the mandatory percolation test to determine the soil’s permeability before digging the soakaway. This test ensures the ground can absorb and disperse the water effectively.
Can i put a porch around where the boiler flue is if there is some sort of flue extension coming out the roof? Any knowledgeable advice would be appreciated.
@@Rob-e4f the manufacturers instructions will tell you how the boiler flue needs to be installed get a gas safe registered engineer out to price for the job
Well done Derek There’s something not right there Can you get back on to your Solicitor about that , They must have had problems from day one with that , Good Luck
@@W555LAN all 5 houses dump their waste into that field they were all owned by the same farmer who sold them off in the 80s I believe and the field was sold to one owner so it couldn’t be built on
@@tomkatgastraining oh OK that makes sense now - I was wondering! Good luck with the ongoing refurb, looks a lovey spot you have there, as well deserved for all your hard work during your life - enjoy.
I said when you were cutting the trees on the grounds of safety for the gas tank . The proximity of that opening / tank is more of an issue if you look at the regs re bulk storage tank siting . But you have the tape measure not me 👍
Is it not an open cavity though somewhere to gather in the event of a leak . I know it's a lot of it's but's and maybe' s but the whole job is that . And when I used to fit them some jobs needed a lot of hoops jumped through before you could get them passed in certain areas . I will add in case some don't know lpg is heavier than air . So they know what us old duffers are prattling on about 😅 Ps if you get to the stage you have to change to a septic tank or anything speak to Mike Dixon at JDP at Longtown HQ 👍 what he doesn't know about drainage and products isn't worth knowing.
Thank you for this very interesting and informative video Tomkat my mate Nelly from Jarra lives off the grid and said he found this video very useful. Keep up the good work
Indeed. This may help someone by reading this in the future
I found this interesting 🥰
Feel your pain. My loverly neighbour put tons of soil over our outlet from treatment plant we have. Had to dig 90m of soakaway
Hi Derek, we live a few miles away from the beaten track,no mains water or main sewage.. i installed a septic tank 15-20yrs ago. We have the sediments taken away every 5years, Family of 4, but never allow dishwaher water or washing machine water into it. Also very careful with bleach products, if you allow the natural bacteria to grow in your sespit tank, it wont smell. Looks like it needs cleaning out now!. Also surface and drains not going into it.😊😊
I was on a cess pit abroad in Cyprus for years -
NEVER use bleach or toilet cleaner or ANY toilet product as it will kill the bacteria in the pit & stop it working
This INCLUDES the kitchen sink if it drains into it
NEVER use shop bought toilet paper it contains bleached paper and will stop the pit working - use paper especially for cess pits or dump it in a basket next to toilet like they do abroad
To FIX the pit clean the pipes out with clean water - flush the toilet about 10 times
THEN put about 5 pound in weight of liver from the butcher -(the fresher the better ) in the pit - liquidise it if you can so it will work quicker
This will get the bacteria working in the pit
You might have to repeat this once a week with a couple of pounds of liver - for a couple of weeks to top up the bacteria - but it will fix the pit
A working pit should not smell
Good luck
Soak away should be at least 1 metre square, and 1m deep or it won't work .
How anything in England can be considered "off grid" is beyond me... It's a small country which has been fully inhabited for thousands of years.
@@xephael3485 our water comes from a well our poo ends up in our garden and the gas gets delivered by tanker. The only thing we get off the national grid is the electricity and that comes overground and goes off all the time. Maybe the thing that is beyond you is the what off grid actually means.
@@tomkatgastraining I don't think you understood what I was getting at... With a country as old, densely populated, and the size of England, it's amazing you don't have infrastructure all over the place already.
@@xephael3485 we don’t even have phone signal
I bet he's American, enough said
@@pallsmortion4750you should go to Mexico buddy they'll show you how it's done monarchist
I notice you didn't perform the mandatory percolation test to determine the soil’s permeability before digging the soakaway. This test ensures the ground can absorb and disperse the water effectively.
@@amcluesent guess you didn’t listen to what I said in the video at the end then 😋
@@amcluesent but at least you didn’t ask if I did the safe to touch test first so guess your comments are improving
Can i put a porch around where the boiler flue is if there is some sort of flue extension coming out the roof? Any knowledgeable advice would be appreciated.
@@Rob-e4f the flue will have to be terminated to the boiler manufacturers instructions.
@@tomkatgastraining Thanks for the reply does that mean i carnt have a porch unless the boiler us moved? Know anywhere i can get info? Cheers
@@Rob-e4f the manufacturers instructions will tell you how the boiler flue needs to be installed get a gas safe registered engineer out to price for the job
Well done Derek
There’s something not right there
Can you get back on to your Solicitor about that , They must have had problems from day one with that , Good Luck
@@k.l7524 we signed a piece of paper saying we take full responsibility 😢👍🏻
@@tomkatgastraining
It’s Easy done , Its a beautiful Place and you just want to get moved ,Im sure there something were it has to be in working order
if that field is someone elses land seems strange you can be dumping your waste water into their property?
@@W555LAN all 5 houses dump their waste into that field they were all owned by the same farmer who sold them off in the 80s I believe and the field was sold to one owner so it couldn’t be built on
@@tomkatgastraining oh OK that makes sense now - I was wondering! Good luck with the ongoing refurb, looks a lovey spot you have there, as well deserved for all your hard work during your life - enjoy.
I said when you were cutting the trees on the grounds of safety for the gas tank . The proximity of that opening / tank is more of an issue if you look at the regs re bulk storage tank siting . But you have the tape measure not me 👍
@@keithward233 so why do you think it’s an issue?
From memory it should be at least 2m from an open drain etc . And it doesn't look it . That's why I said you have the tape measure
It's not a criticism or a smart a8se comment but a genuine thought that you could share 👍
@@keithward233 open un trapped drain which this is neither so doesn’t matter about distance
Is it not an open cavity though somewhere to gather in the event of a leak . I know it's a lot of it's but's and maybe' s but the whole job is that . And when I used to fit them some jobs needed a lot of hoops jumped through before you could get them passed in certain areas . I will add in case some don't know lpg is heavier than air . So they know what us old duffers are prattling on about 😅
Ps if you get to the stage you have to change to a septic tank or anything speak to Mike Dixon at JDP at Longtown HQ 👍 what he doesn't know about drainage and products isn't worth knowing.