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Essentially, a shared septic tank is one that is shared with other residents, often your neighbors. They are usually located within the boundaries of one of the plots or sometimes on the land of third parties. Neighbor: Oh hello, the septic tank needs to be emptied, so can you please clarify it? Most people are unaware that their building insurance typically covers certain types of damage to their shared septic tank, sewage treatment plant, or sump under a section of the policy called “accidental damage to underground services.” A shared septic tank could cause problems in terms of tank volume in the future. Photo: iStock This is certainly not the worst example of inferior behavior than the neighborhood when it comes to shared septic tanks. We saw a case where a neighboring farmer parked his tractor over a septic tank to prevent his neighbor from repairing it. Therefore, it is best to avoid future litigation from the beginning. Usually, we find that the best way to deal with it is to make a professional agreement between neighbors. Therefore, everyone knows where they stand in terms of payment and responsibility and how much they will pay annually. This can avoid unpleasant conversations at a later date and prevent financial disputes over the septic tank. We recommend that you hire a qualified lawyer to help you with this agreement to ensure that everything is covered. Access to all parts of the system for administration and maintenance is important.

Maintaining shared access to the system is just as important as maintaining a single system. If you are the service provider, it is important for owners to understand that you need to know the location of each component and have access to scheduled maintenance visits. If you are the service provider, make sure there are easements that allow access. Even with separate tanks, if a residence consumes more water, there will be problems that will have to be solved in the sizing of the required pump tanks and soil treatment areas. I observed this for a property near me. One station was divided into two plots to share a common system of hills on the surface. Each residence had installed a separate septic tank with piping to a common pump tank that fed the hill. From my point of view, there are a few points to remember.

As a service provider or installer, you are not necessarily immune to shared system situations if one of the parties does something that affects other residences. Separate septic tanks equipped with mosquito nets mean that owners who have rinsed inappropriate materials are the ones who will suffer support. Whatever the specificity of the agreement/pact, it does not prevent problems from arising. Buying a property with networked drainage can be intimidating in itself. But buying a home with a common septic tank can be even more worrisome. We recommend that your lawyer establish a maintenance contract to clarify issues related to the expansion and maintenance of the private road. Indeed, the road does not belong to the local authorities and it will cost you and your neighbor to renew, repair or replace the common driveway if necessary. Then you come to problems such as the capacity of the septic tank; Does the tank have the capacity to meet the needs of both homes now, and would it have the free capacity to handle additional bathrooms that you or your neighbor would build in the future? At first glance, my advice would be to exercise a high degree of caution here, as there are red flags and you should only proceed with full knowledge of the facts and with the benefit of good legal, surveying or engineering advice. The problems with the red flag are, of course, compliance with the building permit, the common septic tank and the common access road.

I was briefly involved in a legal dispute in Canada regarding the sharing of septic tanks for a number of condominiums. The case concerned a party who had rinsed sanitary products that obstructed the exit of the tank, although part of the agreement stipulated that these products should not be rinsed. Of course, the tank got stuck and flooded the basement of the other residence. A question we would probably ask ourselves: Why wasn`t there a flood alarm system in place to alert homeowners before this became a problem? If you notice a problem with your shared drainage system, it is important that you contact the experts at Proseptic. If abandoned, the problems can quickly escalate, so you have damage to your property and a high repair bill. Either way, if the relationship between you and your neighbors deteriorates, think about how it might affect your ability to enter their land or vice versa to maintain or upgrade the common septic tank. If the septic tanks are in good condition and code compliant, they may not be usable for a common system due to location or additional local requirements. Most of the situations I have encountered require one or more separate septic tanks for each apartment.

Even if a common tank were allowed, separate tanks would have to be promoted. Family use patterns can be very different. Separate tanks allow for separate maintenance and pumping schedules based on individual use, without getting caught up in potential disagreements about who inserts what into the system. If you then turn to the use of a common aisle, it is a little less precarious than a common septic tank. Your lawyer will then determine and ensure that you have the right to pass and retake the road, and have the right to lay pipes and cables underground or above ground. If multiple households are involved in owning a septic tank, our engineers will communicate issues, repair options, and costs with all parties to remove stress from shared drainage systems. Ok, the title may sound a bit too dramatic, but at UKDP headquarters we often get calls from homeowners who have a common septic tank with their neighbors, and things have gotten a little ugly. So if you have any common septic tank problems, just call our team for advice on 0800 028 9903 or contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible. The planning department of the local authority may refuse to grant a building permit for a proposed extension if the existing capacity of the septic tank is insufficient to cope with additional discharges.

The local authority may also insist that separate septic tanks be installed, and now you need to understand if you will be held responsible for these costs in this case. Thomas Moore, the American poet, said it best in the last line of his poem Mending Wall: “Good fences make good neighbors”; the feeling of the poem favors the clear demarcation of the property by a good fence; The idea of sharing a septic tank with a neighboring owner would be seen by many as a contradiction to these feelings. Proceed with caution and only with good legal, surveying or engineering advice. – John Corridan If you are not as familiar with your neighbors and the septic tank you share has stopped working, it can lead to unpleasant conversations. Who will pay for it to be clarified? Who will make the arrangements? And what if all your neighbors don`t care about solving the problems? Of course, it depends on each individual policy, but insurers can pay for or share septic tanks. When multiple owners, and therefore multiple insurers, are involved, managing septic tanks together can become confusing. It`s always best to check with your insurer to find out their policy before purchasing insurance coverage. When buying a property with a common drainage system, it is important that you understand what system is in place. In addition, you need to investigate the agreement that the current owners have currently concluded. .