rog Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Is there an official minimum distance from a habitable dwelling that a fosse can be installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozza Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 RogI believe it is 6m maximum from house for fosse, no limit for drainage system (that waswhat I was told - we wanted it much further away). I guess minimum distance depends upon how much of a risk you want to take with digging close to your foundations. Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog Posted August 30, 2006 Author Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thanks for that Warren......my problem is that I am helping someone convert an outbuilding to a Gite. Within this unit (it was a cow byre) there is a concrete floor with a slurry channel leading to a holding tank (some 18 cu metres) which is below a concrete floor of the proposed Kitchen.Channel and tank are comparitively modern but I am advising my friend to try and tap-in to the new fosse system already connected to the main house (only about 6 metres away.) I have deep reservations in having a fosse below a kitchen floor, however well shielded it is and if there is a regulation vis-a-vis close proximity then it would scotch that idea once and for all.If it is allowable then I will have to resort to plan 'b'.........I'm thinking on plan 'b' as we speak.Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozza Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 RogNot sure I'd like a fosse below my kitchen either, but I couldn't tell you if it permitted.The other thing to consider is the size of the existing fosse if you connect to that. I believe a 3000 litre fosse should serve a 4/5 bed house. Adding the gite on may overload the existing system.I also believ that if it was ever decided to sell the gite separately from the main house, a separate fosse would have to be installed anyway, as I don't think two separate properties are supposed to share a fosse.Just a couple of thoughts, sorry I can't help more. Maybe ask someone at the DDE?Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 hi ok there is no min distance... there is a max distance of 7 mtres but if you fit a degreaser between the tank and the house you can extend this ,,, "in basic terms " a 3000ltr tank is only for a 3 bed house 4000ltr for a 4 and so on plus you need to extend the drainage system to cope for the extra sized tank. just a quickie if you need more feel free to pm me have a look here at a basic 3000lt system with a 6mt x 4 mt sand filter to suit http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/daveolive/?start=0 dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Thanks for your time and trouble Dave. Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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