loghutemina

Hello Everybody..Actually, I have shifted my home and i noticed blockage in drainfield in my new house...
What should i do,Please suggest me....

Chatter Static

Welcome to the Forum your going to need a drain cleaner. Pump with a long hose that goes down it and clears the blockage. If this does not work then it will have to be dug out. Our drainage syndicate deals with that sort of thing.

bigglesworth

If pumping does not work, you may need it emptied. Have a look under Vidange.

Although sellers should empty the tank if it is full before leaving, many do not. Mine was cemented and glued shut so that nobody could check. No surprise therefore that it was full. It cost me about 300 Euros to have it emptied.

dmu

Hi, and welcome to the forum!
Are you the tenant? In that case, contact the landlord ASAP.
If you're the owner, then there's ambiguity:
If you mean "new" in the sense of a newly built house, contact the firm who installed the septic tank ASAP!! It will be covered by the guarantee.
But if you mean "new" in the sense of "just bought", then follow the above advice and DIY or call in a septic tank specialist ASAP...

loghutemina

Can you suggest me a good drain cleaner because Dug out will be expensive for me.So, I want to use a drain cleaner.

So,Please suggest me a drain cleaner and how much the cost and it is easily available in Roubaix, France.

InVinoVeritas

Hi Loghutemina,

I'm guessing English is not your mother tongue but you are going to have to be clearer in the description of your problem. We Brits refer to drains as being everything after the water goes down the plug hole. For the French it is the bit which makes the water soak into the ground.

Are you on a septic tank and where exactly is the blockage?

If your needs are urgent you need to call your local "entreprise d'assainissement".

dmu

The "Pages jaunes" are your friend.
Enter "assainissement" and "Roubaix" and click the "à proximité" box, and you'll get about 100 results.

loghutemina

Thanks for your replies....

DMU,I had gone through this search, but from that i came to know that all are giving the services to clean the septic tank and it is costly for me..
So, can you suggest me any other treatment to remove this bad smell..

InVinoVeritas

A bad smell is not the same thing as a blockage and so the solution may well be different too. The specialist companies may be expensive but they can do much more than just empty the septic tank and will be able to diagnose the problem and suggest a solution.

If you have just bought your house then the previous owner may well be responsible for sorting this out.

A more complete description of what is happening is necessary if you want help from the forum.

dmu

I'm afraid you're going to have to pay for dealing with whatever problem is causing the "bad smell".
As mentioned above, the vendor should have emptied the septic tank, but the French maxim of "caveat emptor" (= let the buyer beware) also springs to mind and I suspect that they won't be obliged to pay....

InVinoVeritas

I think a "vice caché" trumps a "caveat emptor" !

But it all depends when the OP bought the house. A controle by the SPANC of septic tanks has been obligatory for some while now as part of the vendor's obligations.

bigglesworth

French maxim?

dmu

A "vice caché" is possible, it depends what the problem is, too. The urgent thing to do is take steps to remove the bad smell, whoever ends up paying!
@bw - French law is riddled with Latin terms! Ignorantia juris non excusat being another one!!

bigglesworth

Or indeed In Vino Veritas it seems. The trouble is, I can never remember what truth it was!

Tweedpipe

Vescere bracis meis! Si hoc legere scis, nimis eruditionis......