I have strong to need to build two extra rooms in my house. However, the only space available for me to build the rooms in my house is occupied by a soakaway pit, meaning that the empty space available for building has a soakaway pit under it. My question is: can I construct my two rooms on top of the soakaway and make allowance for a small opening/piping which can be used to evacuate the pit whenever it gets filled?

Please, advise approximately.

very very wrong thinking!!!!

kuka700:
I have strong to need to build two extra rooms in my house. However, the only space available for me to build the rooms in my house is occupied by a soakaway pit, meaning that the empty space available for building has a soakaway pit under it. My question is: can I construct my two rooms on top of the soakaway and make allowance for a small opening/piping which can be used to evacuate the pit whenever it gets filled?
Please, advise approximately.

What u call soak away pit is actually composed of two pits.
1.the air thight pit where anaerobic bacterial decomposes feases and waste called septic tank.
2. another pit which is not air thight that allows filtered water after proper decomposition from the septic tank through into the sorounding soil through spaces delibratly created for sippage. This pit is call soak away pit.
So if you have ur septic tank built on the likely hood of total evacuation of the remains of completly decomposed waste called sludge becomes combersome and nasty. which might just outweighs any persived logic. But how ever you might build above it then link with stairs so the rooms are elevated from the pits. That is if you really need to have those rooms.
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