Looking for a septic tank? SMIP’s fully certified and insured team can survey, design, and install your system, on site within 24 hours for a free quote.
We cover domestic, commercial, and agricultural properties across Mid and North Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and the Midlands, from single-property installs to higher-capacity systems for commercial and agricultural sites.
One thing worth knowing before you get your quote is that most new ‘septic tank’ installations today are actually sewage treatment plants. It’s the same job, wastewater dealt with safely on a property without mains drainage, just to a higher standard, and it’s what current regulations require in most cases. We’ll explain exactly what that means for your site when we survey it, and it won’t change the straightforward service you’re expecting.
Our fully certified and insured team can be on site within 24 hours for a free quote and survey.
A traditional septic tank just separates solids from liquid and relies entirely on the ground (via a soakaway) to deal with the rest. A sewage treatment plant goes further, actively treating the wastewater itself, which means:
If you already have an older septic tank and it’s still working within the rules, that’s fine, it doesn’t need replacing just because of this shift. This is specifically about what’s installed new.
Once installed, treatment plants and septic tanks need regular emptying and servicing to keep working properly and stay compliant. See our Sewage Treatment Plant Servicing page for details, or ask us about setting up a scheduled maintenance plan alongside your installation.
Because that’s what actually gets installed on most sites today, and it does the same job to a higher standard. ‘Septic tank’ is just the name that’s stuck around in everyday use. Either way, you get a working, fully compliant system for a property without mains drainage, we’ve just moved with what the systems and regulations now require.
Treatment plants do generally cost more than a basic septic tank, reflecting the added treatment capability and the mechanical components involved. We’ll give you a clear quote once we’ve assessed your site.
Yes. We design and install systems sized for commercial premises, agricultural sites, and multi-unit developments, not just single domestic properties. Larger or higher-usage sites often have different capacity and discharge requirements, including trade effluent considerations, which we’ll factor in at survey stage.
In most cases, yes, alongside Building Regulations approval, though like-for-like replacements sometimes don’t need separate planning permission. We’ll advise based on your specific project.
We predominantly cover Mid and North Wales, Shropshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and the Midlands, and will travel further afield where required.
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