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Made for Irish homes and Irish rules, and written for owners, not plumbers. The tank, the percolation area, desludging, warning signs and the inspector's checks: each topic on its own page, the drawing first, then what to remember. 69 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one large drawing and a box with the measurements, intervals and checks you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 65 topics.
You're on the phone to a desludging contractor and he asks how often your tank needs emptying. You don't have an answer.
You looked it up. The guidance covers it in long paragraphs: tank capacity, population equivalent, sludge build-up, exceptions. By the third paragraph you've lost the thread.
In the book, that same question is one page: a 2.5 m³ tank drawn with the household beside it. 2 people every 5 years, 4 people every 2, 5 or more every year.
Every other topic has its own page too: the three layers inside the tank, the percolation trench, the symptom chart, the inspector's six checks and the year-round checklist.
You see it, you understand it, and you book the desludging yourself, without going back to the guidance.
Your system at a glance, inside the tank, the percolation area, treatment plants, what goes down the drain, desludging and maintenance, warning signs, rules and inspection, and a practical year-round checklist: 69 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
It's a wet week in November and there's a soft, extra-green strip across the lawn, right where you think the pipes run. You need to know now: is it normal, or is it a call to make?
You open the book at the symptom chart and there it is, drawn: each warning sign, its possible cause and who to call, from smells and gurgling pipes to wet ground and a ditch.
The same goes for the three layers in the tank, the percolation trench, desludging by household size and the inspector's checks: each one on its own page.
Septic Tank Illustrated is 9 parts and 65 topics, all drawn, and at the end a year-round checklist, the most frequent mistakes and a ten-question quick review.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
The whole system in one drawing, why the soil does half the work, septic tank or treatment plant, finding the lids and the percolation area, the names you'll hear, population equivalent and the age of your system.
The three layers, the two chambers, the inlet and outlet pipes, the bacteria, why the tank is always full, the gases and why you never go in, lids, vents and children.
The distribution box, inside a percolation trench, the unsaturated soil below, Irish soils and wet ground, distances from the house, wells and streams, what can go on top and keeping rainwater out.
How a packaged treatment plant works, the blower, the alarm and the power, the service contract, polishing filters, sand filters, reed beds and wetlands, pumps and sumps.
The golden rule of the three Ps, why 'flushable' wipes aren't septic-safe, fats and grease, bleach and cleaners, medicines, the washing machine and dishwasher, food waste, softeners and hot tubs.
What desludging is, how often to do it, choosing a contractor, desludging day, the receipt as your record, additives, checking the tank from outside and looking after the percolation area.
The symptom chart, slow drains and gurgling, where smells come from, the soft green patch, ponding and back-up, sewage in a ditch, after a flood or weeks of rain, and who to call for what.
Your responsibilities as the owner, registering your system, how inspections are chosen, what the inspector looks at, pass or Advisory Notice, grants, and building, extending or replacing a system.
The year-round checklist, before the inspector calls, buying or selling a house with a septic tank, the most frequent mistakes, your system on one page and a ten-question quick review.
At the end of the book: A year-round checklist, the most frequent mistakes, your system on one page and a ten-question quick review.
Look at a drawn garden, tank or drain, decide what is wrong and what to do next, then check the answer, so you can recognise a warning sign the day it appears in your own garden.
The do/don't drain list, the symptom chart, the safety rules and who to call, each on one printable card for the kitchen, the utility room or the folder with the house papers.
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PDF by email: We email you Septic Tank Illustrated as a PDF, together with the two free books. It's a single payment: no installments, no extra charges.
You see the whole system in one drawing, from the house to the percolation area, and you know where everything is and what it does.
You see the inspector's checks drawn one by one, so you can walk round your own system and have your papers ready.
You check the warning signs against the symptom chart and see when desludging is due for your household, without opening the lid.
📄 This is a digital PDF book sent to your email: nothing is printed or shipped.
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Yes. It's written for homeowners in the Republic of Ireland, not for professionals: Irish homes, Irish soils and Irish rules, every idea drawn and no jargon. Northern Ireland has its own rules, so this book isn't written for NI.
From the EPA Code of Practice for domestic waste water treatment systems (2021), the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2012 and Part H of the Building Regulations, checked against the current versions. The EPA and your council publish this information for free, in long documents. The book puts it in drawings, one topic per page, in the order you need it at home: the symptom chart, desludging by household size, the inspector's checks and a year-round checklist.
No. It's an independent illustrated guide. It is not published, approved or endorsed by the EPA, any local authority or any government body.
No. It helps you understand and look after your system. Repairs, desludging and site assessments are always for a registered contractor or a qualified professional.
No. The 30 picture cases are written for this book to help you recognise warning signs. They are not official inspection questions.
The book and the 2 bonus books arrive as PDFs by email, at the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-off payment, with no subscription.
Yes. The PDF is printable, so you can keep it in the folder with the house papers.
You have 30 days. We refund everything if the file won't open, if the book isn't what you see on this page, if you were charged twice or if the email doesn't arrive: just email us.
No more rereading guidance that doesn't stick.
The three layers in your tank: you see them drawn, and that's it.
You meet the inspector knowing where everything is.
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