Agencies and other headaches, keys and cleaners, running costs and contracts...in short, all the things we spend so much of our time doing behind the scenes.<br>
Ha...thought I'd better mover before the traffic warden gives me a ticket
Found a new product today (well new to me - anyone else used it?) ...STARWAX Activateur Biologique..lasts 6 months as it is in pellet form - just bung it down the loo as normal - and is meant to be resistant to bleach,acids and antibiotics....
That is another thing that can stop your fosse...I have heard of someone having major problems until the penny dropped what the problem was - the home owner on antibiotics....makes me think - do we need to ask folk what medication they are on...the mind boggles!!
Oh,yes, I'd forgotten about antibiotics!!I've not tried that 6 months brand, let us know how it fares?I've tried other 6-month thingies but can't remember the brand!!They were good in that they lasted a while but not 6 months!! Maybe a month or so?
As you've guessed I'm "into" septic tanks too! We used to have a huge one in Uk , the enormous tanker thing had to come twice to empty it!It was built by US airforce in WW2!! Apparently it was the biggest the planning guy had ever seen- wow, what a claim to fame hey???
I have a cess pit, but no one has mentioned that I should be doing anything special with it (they tend to assume you know what they know in Italy - if you don't know they expect you to ask, but how do you ask about something you don't know that you don't know, if you get my drift!
Is a cess pit the same thing you are talking about?
No, different beast altogether. Cess pits need emptying quite often.They just "hold" the waste, don't do anything with it,unless of course it REALLY is a septic tank and they've called it a cess pit?
Fraise - the reason I rushed out to get treatment was I noticed a slight whiff in the courtyard....bunged the stuff down the loo yesterday I think it was and this morning all the whiffs have gone - so looks like this is a good activateur.....you know my spelling is going out the window now with all this French creeping into our everyday speak!....I am starting to get confused about words - anyone else finding this the longer they live in a non English speaking country....oh Lor a new thread!!
Well I would if anyone advised me how to post an image!!!
You can do it this way if you have webspace you can upload the image to: viewtopic.php?t=128
Or you can do it for free using Imageshack, which is what soodyer uses. I can't find her post relating how you do this, but hopefully she will remember where it was. Sue??
I'd be interested to know how successful your STARWAX is, Tansy. Or any other product come to that. At the beginning of the season I have tended to flush down the loo any meat or dairy products which are off or about to go off to help "feed my friendly bacteria" (and believe it works!). A less messy and smelly alternative would be well worth a try.
Carole-Anne, if you're new to 'alternative sewerage systems' you can find some books on Amazon. It does help to know what you're dealing with. I bought 'Septic System Owners Manual' and another one about 'country plumbing' before deciding it was time I got a life.
sue c ...I have quite a few cats...so the poor unfortunate creature that has been murdered on my door mat does go down the loo...BUT saying that we seem to have a free killing zone at the moment - so far so good with this STARWAX product, no whiffs at all....
When we bought our house the previous owners (ancient french farmers) advised us that whenever their dog killed a rabbit they chucked that in (the rabbit not the dog)and it worked very well at keeping things going.
Not sure that you could flush it down a loo though.
