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Septic Tank Drainage in Cape Town
Septic tank drainage in Cape Town is mostly booked by owners of plots and older suburban houses where the soakaway is wet or smelly, and by farms, lodges and estates with larger fields. Say what you see on the ground, when the tank was last pumped and the soil type if you know it, so contractors serving Cape Town and the rest of Western Cape can quote accurately.
Want to know more first? Our septic tank drainage guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Septic tanks and drainage in Cape Town
Cape Town has an extensive sewer, but off-sewer areas are many: Kommetjie, Noordhoek, Hout Bay's upper slopes, Philippi horticultural area, Joostenberg and the Atlantic coast farms rely on septic tanks and conservancy tanks. Sandy soils on the Cape Flats mean a high winter water table, so soakaways flood in the wet months and sealed tanks are common. Granite and shale on the mountain slopes can need rock breaking. Industrial areas such as Montague Gardens and Paarden Eiland use grease traps and conservancy tanks. Honey sucker operators serve the metro from Epping, Montague Gardens and the Cape Flats, and portable toilet hire is busy at events.
Typical septic tank drainage requests in the area come from:
- Houses: diagnosing a wet lawn and slow drains at an older house on a septic tank
- Estates and complexes: inspecting shared fields for a complex, with a written report for the body corporate
- Restaurants, shops and offices: diagnosing fields at shops, restaurants and filling stations where trading must continue
- Factories, mines, sites and events: inspecting and rebuilding drainage for site offices, depots and factory ablutions
- Smallholdings and plots: repairing or enlarging a field on a smallholding where the soil is heavy or the water table high
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: rebuilding fields overloaded by guest numbers, ideally outside the busy season
- Farms and game farms: repairing fields at homesteads and worker housing, often alongside a new pit
- Schools, churches and clinics: assessing large fields at schools, churches and clinics before a long holiday
Local tips for Cape Town
Common here: conservancy tanks on the Cape Flats, septic tanks with soakaways on mountain slopes. Ask each operator or contractor to allow for this: ask for a pump-out before winter if your tank sits in low-lying sandy ground. Help usually comes from operators in Epping, Montague Gardens and across the Cape Flats.
Septic Tank Drainage usually means diagnose, jet, repair or rebuild the field, for fields of 10 to 100 m of pipe, check every 3 to 5 years. Ground in the area: sandy Cape Flats with a high winter water table: soakaways flood.
What to include in your request
- Symptoms you see: wet ground, smell, slow drains or surfacing water
- Tank size and when it was last pumped
- Roughly where the drainage field or soakaway is on the plot
- Soil type, slope and whether the area floods in rain
- Whether trees, paving or vehicles are near the field
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Cape Town and surrounding areas, including Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.