How do we think this will 'turn out'?

[Grumps.]

Was sent this link of a news article of a chap that built summer house and installed loo without seeking pp.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23660176.re...

[BertBert]

Not quite sure why you wanted to share the rather non-story in SP&L though.

[Grumps.]

Apologies my bad.

I’m sure you’ll get over it.

[NDA]

Odd.

My last 5 houses (that's nearly all of them) had cesspits - there's a mild whiff when they're emptied once every year, but it's momentary.

As to the planning, no idea! Tricky/foolish to build something without it when you live cheek by jowl with other properties.

[FilH]

I wonder if Mr Levesconte was a bull's-eye winner in the 80s?

[colin_p]

FilH said:

I wonder if Mr Levesconte was a bull's-eye winner in the 80s?

Bit bigger than a speedboat I think, but exceptional observation skills there

[.:ian:.]

Loads of houses around here have cess pits, in fact I can hear one being emptied now! The tanker creates a vacuum in its tank by sucking the air out, so it can blow some interesting smells around, but anyone who is "trapped in their house" by it needs to get a grip, give their head a wobble, etc

[RC1807]

It's Carbery Avenue, which is a pretty nice road with lots of larger, older houses on it.
The puns the Echo 'reporter' managed to get in the article ....

[Turbobanana]

Grumps. said:

Was sent this link of a news article of a chap that built summer house and installed loo without seeking pp.

Surely the "pp" explains the need for the loo in the first place, no?

[boyse7en]

.:ian:. said:

Loads of houses around here have cess pits, in fact I can hear one being emptied now! The tanker creates a vacuum in its tank by sucking the air out, so it can blow some interesting smells around, but anyone who is "trapped in their house" by it needs to get a grip, give their head a wobble, etc

Are you sure? Most place "off grid" have a septic tank which is a very different beast to a cess pit.

[bennno]

boyse7en said:

.:ian:. said:

Loads of houses around here have cess pits, in fact I can hear one being emptied now! The tanker creates a vacuum in its tank by sucking the air out, so it can blow some interesting smells around, but anyone who is "trapped in their house" by it needs to get a grip, give their head a wobble, etc

Are you sure? Most place "off grid" have a septic tank which is a very different beast to a cess pit.

They are actually a relatively similar beast, only difference is that a septic tank leaches in to the ground whilst a cess pit doesnt.

To the poster below who said he'd a cess pit and only got it emptied once a year, then I think you are mixing them up.

Our cesspit is full every 6 weeks and needs emptying at a huge cost - it does absolutely stink when we, or adjacent houses, have them emptied.

[dhutch]

Odd that he didnt just use a macerator type solution and lift it into the drains of the house.

[.:ian:.]

boyse7en said:

Are you sure? Most place "off grid" have a septic tank which is a very different beast to a cess pit.

Yes, rural but some houses have enough land for a soakaway.