Phoning around for plastic septic tanks in Kimberley takes time, and every company asks the same questions. Send one job card instead and we pass it to tank suppliers and septic installers who serve Kimberley and nearby areas of Northern Cape. They quote on the work, travel, disposal and how soon they can come.
Plastic Septic Tanks in Kimberley
Plastic septic tanks in Kimberley are popular for new houses, cottages and lodges, where a light tank can be delivered and set quickly. Give the tank size, the soil type and whether the water table is high, so suppliers serving Kimberley and the rest of Northern Cape can quote delivery and installation correctly.
Want to know more first? Our plastic septic tanks guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Septic tanks and drainage in Kimberley
Kimberley is an old diamond town on a dry plain, and its mainly sewered suburbs such as Hadison Park and Beaconsfield contrast with outlying farms, smallholdings and settlements that use septic tanks or conservancy tanks. Rainfall is low, so soils stay dry, but calcrete, hard rock and old mine workings make excavation slow and soakaway trenches difficult. Old mining ground and ageing pipes cause sewer blockages that residents often mistake for septic problems. Guesthouses and farms toward Barkly West and Ritchie need regular pump-outs. Honey sucker operators serve the area from Kimberley, with long drives to remote farms across the Karoo-like plain.
Typical plastic septic tanks requests in the area come from:
- Houses: a 2,500 to 5,000 litre buried tank for a new or renovated off-sewer house
- Farms and game farms: tanks for worker housing and farmstalls, often delivered a long way from town
- Restaurants, shops and offices: small tanks behind a shop, restaurant or filling station, with a grease trap upstream
- Smallholdings and plots: a light tank that one truck can deliver to a remote building site
- Schools, churches and clinics: tanks for a rural school or clinic where installation must be quick
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: larger tanks in series for chalets, with anchoring where the ground is damp
- Factories, mines, sites and events: tanks for site offices and ablutions on construction sites and small works
Local tips for Kimberley
Common here: conservancy tanks and septic tanks on remote farms, drain clearing in old suburbs. Ask each operator or contractor to allow for this: ask whether your blockage is the tank or the municipal line before paying for a pump-out. Help usually comes from honey sucker operators and drainage contractors in Kimberley.
Plastic Septic Tanks usually means rotomoulded polyethylene tank, buried, for 1,000 to 10,000 L, or tanks in series, lasts 20 to 30 years if buried correctly. Ground in the area: calcrete and hard rock near the surface: trenching is slow and costly.
What to include in your request
- Tank size in litres, or the number of people and bedrooms
- Delivery address and how close a truck can get to the hole
- Soil type and whether the water table is high
- Whether you want supply only or supply and installation
- Municipal approval status and the drainage plan, if any
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Kimberley and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Kimberley and surrounding areas, including Galeshewe, Roodepan, Ritchie, Barkly West, Hadison Park, Beaconsfield. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.