Whether it is one house tank or a whole estate, our free service makes it easy to price plastic septic tanks in KwaZulu-Natal. Your request goes to a tank supplier serving towns, plots and farms across KwaZulu-Natal, so you can compare prices and response times before you commit.
Plastic Septic Tanks in KwaZulu-Natal
Plastic septic tanks in KwaZulu-Natal 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 KwaZulu-Natal and the rest of KwaZulu-Natal 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 KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal has a humid, wet climate, steep hills and a high water table near the coast, all of which strain septic systems. Outside Durban and Pietermaritzburg's sewered areas, rural homesteads, smallholdings in the Midlands and Hillcrest area, and lodges along the Drakensberg and the North and South Coasts use septic tanks, conservancy tanks and package plants. Coastal sand floods soakaways in heavy summer rain, so many properties use sealed conservancy tanks instead. Sugar cane and timber farms add worker housing tanks, and industrial sites around Durban and Richards Bay need bulk removal. Honey sucker operators and tank suppliers work from greater Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay.
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
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: larger tanks in series for chalets, with anchoring where the ground is damp
- Smallholdings and plots: a light tank that one truck can deliver to a remote building site
- Estates and complexes: a row of plastic tanks serving a few cottages or units on shared ground
- 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
- Factories, mines, sites and events: tanks for site offices and ablutions on construction sites and small works
- Schools, churches and clinics: tanks for a rural school or clinic where installation must be quick
Local tips for KwaZulu-Natal
In KwaZulu-Natal, the most common systems are sealed conservancy tanks on the coast, septic tanks with soakaways in the Midlands. Operators and suppliers mostly work from operators based in greater Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Richards Bay. A useful tip: ask for a vacuum tanker with a licensed tipping point, not a roadside dump.
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: high water table near the sea and heavy summer rain: soakaways flood quickly.
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: KwaZulu-Natal and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work throughout KwaZulu-Natal, including Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Umhlanga, Ballito, Richards Bay, Newcastle, Port Shepstone. For smaller towns and farms, ask what the travel charge is from the nearest base and how far it is to the disposal site.