Septic tank and treatment plant services in Tenterden
Tenterden itself is largely on the mains, but the moment you leave the High Street that stops being true. The farms, oast houses, converted barns and cottages on the lanes running out towards Rolvenden, Smallhythe, Woodchurch and St Michaels are overwhelmingly on their own tank or treatment plant, and that is where nearly all our work here is.
It is about eight miles from us, so Tenterden is comfortably inside our fastest response area. We run scheduled rounds through it and we can usually be out the same day on an emergency.
Working in Tenterden
- Weald clay underneath most of the parish, which drains slowly and works a septic tank drainage field hard.
- A lot of converted agricultural buildings here run systems sized for the barn they used to be rather than the house they are now.
- Ground drops away south towards the Rother levels, where the water table climbs through the winter.
From the High Street to the Rother levels
Tenterden stands on a ridge between the Weald clay to the north and the Rother levels to the south, and the drainage changes as the ground falls away. On the higher ground the soil is a mix of sand and clay, and a septic tank's drainage field can work where the plot allows the right distances. Down towards Smallhythe, which was a shipbuilding port when the Rother still reached it, the land flattens into levels where the water table rises close to the surface through the winter, and a field that works in August can be under water in January.
That split decides a lot of installations around the parish. On the levels, a treatment plant discharging to a ditch that flows all year, or a sealed cesspool, is often the realistic choice, while on the higher ground the simpler septic tank route is still open. Replacing a failed drainage field explains the tests the ground has to pass, and do I need a sewage treatment plant works through the decision.
Converted barns and oasts are the other recurring theme. A system sized for a building's old use, or for a cottage before it was extended, can be too small for a family home. If your tank fills faster than it should, or a drainage field keeps saturating, the size of the system is worth checking first, and a septic tank service covers that check.
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