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Septic Tank Installation & Replacement in Shrewsbury

Replacement of failed or non-compliant septic tanks, from percolation testing and design through excavation, installation and building regulations sign-off. Serving Shrewsbury and the surrounding villages, including Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Bayston Hill, Condover.

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Septic tanks do not last forever. Older brick or concrete tanks crack and leak, single-skin steel tanks corrode, and many older installations no longer meet the rules that now apply to off-mains drainage. When a tank fails, or a survey flags it during a house sale, replacement is usually the right answer.

Tank replacements around Shrewsbury turn on which side of the Severn valley geology a plot sits. On the river terrace sands and gravels near Atcham and Uffington, percolation is often good enough for a conventional tank and drainage field; on the glacial till around Pontesbury and Hanwood, the same design would drown, and the honest recommendation is usually a treatment plant instead. The percolation test settles the argument before any digging starts.

The villages and scattered farms around Shrewsbury are classic off-mains territory. Older properties typically run on septic tanks of varying vintages, newer rural builds and barn conversions on package treatment plants, and it is common for a property changing hands here to be the first time anyone has looked hard at the system in years.

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Ground conditions around Shrewsbury

Ground around Shrewsbury is mixed. The Severn valley carries river terrace sands and gravels that generally drain well, while much of the surrounding farmland sits on glacial till with a heavy clay content where percolation tests need to be taken seriously before any soakaway is designed.

Watercourses and the rules around Shrewsbury

The Severn dominates the local drainage, fed by a network of brooks such as the Rea Brook and Cound Brook. Plenty of rural properties here have a ditch or watercourse within metres of the tank, which is exactly the situation the General Binding Rules were written for: septic tank discharge to those watercourses is no longer permitted.

Buying or selling around Shrewsbury

The Shrewsbury area has a busy market in period farmhouses, cottages and barn conversions. Drainage compliance now features in almost every rural sale, and pre-purchase inspections and the upgrade work surveys flag are routine here.

What the service includes

Site assessment and percolation testing to BS 6297
Honest advice on whether a septic tank or a treatment plant is the right fit for your ground
Supply and installation of modern tanks certified to EN 12566
Excavation, concrete backfill where required, and reinstatement of the site
Decommissioning and safe removal or infilling of the old tank
Building regulations liaison and completion paperwork

Around Shrewsbury

As well as Shrewsbury itself, the surrounding villages and farms are covered, including Baschurch, Bomere Heath, Bayston Hill, Condover, Atcham, Montford Bridge, Pontesbury, Hanwood, Uffington, Bicton. If you are somewhere smaller or somewhere between, get in touch anyway.