At least the lid stayed on!Other news is that my septic tank has decided to pop up to say hello!
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The inlet is on the right!
I don't think they are meant to do this and we have rated this as moderately bad.
We are back to camping mode, but there is a twist. Digging a hole in land the typically only had around 1 inch of top soil is proving interesting. Top soil exists at the bottom of hills where water ways are such as our bore water or our creek. Old, mature trees that shed their bark seem to be the next best alternative. You can get around 8 inches there and feed the tree as well.
We wait to see what the agents say later today.
Never a dull moment...
don't think there is actually anything in there to worry about. That is actually the problem. It looks like it was drained completely. If it was, then it should have had water (at the very minimum) added back into the system to refill it because they are designed to work with a certain level of liquid in them in 3 different layers. You should never actually empty a septic tank completely, even ones that need emptying rather than the self emptying ones which this is (though periodically the sludge at the bottom does need pumping out).
We haven't yet seen our kookaburra, we have at least one resident one which cackles at us every dawn... But we have also like you seen one sitting on power cables.
I was going to ask if it'd been emptied, or if the "burp" was the result of the new occuppants cleaning.
I haven't been putting anything 'toxic' to it down the drain, though now there isn't a septic tank attached at the moment i am taking the opportunity to clean the drains because I made the mistake of trying to unblock the kitchen sink. It's several mm thick in black slime that stinks and the toilet goes yellow of its own accord. It's raining very heavily at the moment so a little bleach won't hurt the 'system'.
Yep, that's the one. Thanks
I hope you got your place for a very cheap rental... doesn't sound like its fit for habitation by H & S standards alone!
The tank has only "burped" sofar, that's not that bad.
Having to go to the toilet in a hole dug outside (did I understand that right?
), I wouldn't consider to be a minor glitch. I was also thinking of the blocked kitchen sink, the yellow toilet and the chimney needing cleaning... I'd expect a very hefty rent rebate.