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Bio-cycle units - Concrete vs Fibreglass

  • 08-12-2009 1:12pm
    #1
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭


    Need to decide on concrete vs fibreglass bio-cycle unit. Anyone experiences/comments on either option? Bones of 1k euro in the cost difference I'm told!

    Septic Tank not an option due to planning :/


Comments

  • #2
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Ask how long they're structurally guarenteed for... I found the fiberglass ones were only for 20 years, this steered us towards concrete...


  • #3
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Quite a few of the glassfibre tanks need a level concrete base to rest on and need to be surrounded in gravel or a dry light concrete mix to protect them thus negating the price difference.

    The chemicles present in a fresh concrete tank kill off bacteria until the tank goes off which is about 2 years.

    The specific ground conditions, watertable level, rock surface level, the vulnerability rating of the local aquifier and the requirement for the purity of outflow all play a part in the determination of the appropriate system for your site.

    If there has been a site characterisation report carried out for your site a site specific system should have been recommended, if not, why not speak to a bonded site characherisation assesor, you local authority should have a list.


  • #4
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Cheers for opinions.


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