Photographs and illustrations
| Image | Creator | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
 White-painted hill farmhouse and outbuildings on a sloping field with bare trees and a wire fence in rural Wales | Bill Boaden (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Another Welsh hill farm - geograph.org.uk - 3273830.jpg |
 Septic tank installation in progress: a deep excavation in red soil with the new tank's access risers and blue pipework, and two workers on site | Jonathan Billinger (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Septic tank installation - geograph.org.uk - 7914060.jpg |
 Small tracked mini digger at the edge of a yellow oilseed rape field near Hereford | John Winder (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Mini digger near Hereford - geograph.org.uk - 4920849.jpg |
 Small sewage treatment installation beside a gravel lane, with green control kiosks, concrete access covers and protective bollards | Paul Collins (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Sewage Treatment Installation, Eastgate, Holme next the Sea - geograph.org.uk - 8397254.jpg |
 Yellow vacuum tanker lorry of the type used to empty septic tanks and drains, parked at the roadside | Mutney | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Cornwall Council vacuum tanker truck, St Ives, Cornwall - February 2023.jpg |
 Green plastic septic tank access lids and a white vent pipe set into a grass lawn | Wikideas1 | CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication) | Septic tank image 01.jpg |
 Autumn farmland, woodland and scattered farms on the Black Isle, with hills on the horizon in the Scottish Highlands | Julian Paren (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farmland of the Black Isle - geograph.org.uk - 7621453.jpg |
 Green limestone valley in the Yorkshire Dales with dry-stone walls, fields and scattered trees | Bill Harrison (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Yorkshire Dales view - geograph.org.uk - 6011319.jpg |
 Stone farmhouse and outbuildings below a steep green hillside in Cwm Tywi, Powys | Roger D Kidd (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Nant Ystalwyn farmhouse in Cwm Tywi, Powys - geograph.org.uk - 7980616.jpg |
 Farmhouses among small hedged fields and gorse off the Mountain Road in County Down | Eric Jones (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farm houses off the Mountain Road - geograph.org.uk - 6329562.jpg |
 Open drainage ditch running between flat arable fields on North Fen | David Purchase (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farmland, and a drainage ditch, on North Fen - geograph.org.uk - 5170724.jpg |
 Thatched cottage with tall brick chimneys behind a flowering hedge at a country road junction | Acabashi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Hellmans Cross, Great Canfield, Essex, England - thatched cottage.JPG |
 Cast-iron wood-burning stove with a lit log fire set in a brick fireplace | Acabashi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wood-burning stove at The Black Horse Inn, Nuthurst, West Sussex.jpg |
 A row of stone farm cottages beside a lane at Crookham Eastfield | ian shiell | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farm cottages at Crookham Eastfield, Northumberland - geograph.org.uk - 3999415.jpg |
 Traditional stone farmhouse with a slate roof and chimneys | Llywelyn2000 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Cae Du Farm near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd 02.jpg |
 Whitewashed cottage beside a lane in a small Pembrokeshire hamlet | Jeff Gogarty | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Cottage and church, Caerfarchell, Pembrokeshire - geograph.org.uk - 7151670.jpg |
 Post-and-wire stock fence running across rough hill grazing | John H Darch | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Fence on Linley Hill - geograph.org.uk - 7600953.jpg |
 White-walled thatched cottage with a garden in front | Derek Harper | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Thatched cottage, Coffinswell (geograph 5547274).jpg |
 Straight drainage ditch beside a ploughed field on flat fenland | Richard Humphrey | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Drain and farmland on Bicker Fen, Lincolnshire - geograph.org.uk - 4224434.jpg |
 Outdoor air source heat pump unit being installed beside a house | Jim Barton | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Heat pump installation - geograph.org.uk - 7495844.jpg |
 Air source heat pump beside a stone village hall in the hills | Peter Barr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Over Haddon Village Hall, air source heat pump - geograph.org.uk - 2308579.jpg |
 Compact indoor ground source heat pump unit on display | The wub | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Kensa Shoebox ground source heat pump - Science Museum, London.jpg |
 Small brick village telephone exchange with a red phone box outside | Geographer | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Honington Telephone Exchange ^ Telephone Box - geograph.org.uk - 5114335.jpg |
 Wooden poles carrying overhead power lines across farmland | Mat Fascione | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Power lines and farmland - geograph.org.uk - 8147755.jpg |
 Excavated trench with a new septic tank being installed | Jonathan Billinger | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Septic tank installation - geograph.org.uk - 7914060.jpg |
 Stone house with two tall pines on a moorland hillside, reached by a rough track | Andrew Tryon | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Old Cottage at Craggie, Sutherland - geograph.org.uk - 5338084.jpg |
 Stone farm buildings, oil tanks and a gravel yard at a farm steading | ian shiell | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farm steading at Barnhill near Laurencekirk - geograph.org.uk - 5806375.jpg |
 White air source heat pump unit fixed to the outside wall of a house | Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, UK | CC0 | Air Source Heat Pump - Vailliant aroTherm Plus on a terraced house.jpg |
 Farmhouse with a row of solar panels on its roof among trees | Dirk Ingo Franke | CC BY-SA 2.0 de | Struebbel bauernhaus.JPG |
 Large blue diesel generator set in a weatherproof enclosure on a farm | FBenjr123 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Cummins CE ISO9001 Farm Water Pump Generator.jpg |
 Frost-covered satellite dish mounted on the wall of a wooden building | Timo Newton-Syms | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Satellite Dish (38417414365).jpg |
 Post-and-rail timber fence around a grass paddock with two horses grazing | Acabashi | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Horses field Hatfield Park Hatfield Broad Oak Essex England 01 darker.jpg |
 Wooden field gate and stone wall at the edge of a farm field | Humphrey Bolton (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Gate on Sowerby Bridge FP100, Link A, at Upper Field House Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4612277.jpg |
 Tractor with a hedge-cutting flail arm trimming a roadside hedge on a country lane | Kolforn | CC BY-SA 4.0 | -2021-11-02 A tractor hedge cutting, Hall Road, Southrepps, Norfolk.JPG |
 Tree surgeon working from an elevated platform beside a tall tree, with a work van below | Gerald England (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Tree surgeon at work - geograph.org.uk - 7795798.jpg |
 Potholed farm track with puddles running between a field and a hedge | Jeff Gogarty (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Potholed track near Hampton Farm - geograph.org.uk - 4863527.jpg |
 Roofer in a hi-vis vest and helmet replacing slates on a pitched roof | Crownbuild | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Welsh slate roofing - Halifax.jpg |
 Painted render flaking away from the base of an old wall, exposing patched plaster | Kai Kemmann | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Lachsfarben überstrichener Spritzputz (wohl in der DDR-Zeit aufgebracht), im Sockelbereich ergänzt mit modernem kunstharzgebundenem Buntsteinputz, Am Dorfanger (34), Legefeld, 99428 Weimar 05.jpg |
 Whitewashed stone farmhouse with slate roof beside a narrow lane and dry-stone wall | David Purchase | CC BY-SA 2.0 | High Oxen Fell Farmhouse.jpg |
 Brown rat climbing over litter beside a container on the ground | Chuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) also called Norway Rat or Common Rat -with food container - Mathias Baldwin Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.jpg |
 Yellow gritting lorry with its lights on spreading salt on a road during snowfall | Sebastiandoe5 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Gritting Lorry.jpg |
 Red ride-on mower cutting a large grass field with trees behind | W.carter | CC0 | Riding mower in the north soccer field in Brastad 2.jpg |
 Low farmhouse with a shingle roof surrounded by deep snow under a clear sky | ZemplinTemplar | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Vihorlat Museum in Humenné - Ethnographic open-air museum - Farmhouse from Oľšinkov, winter (December 2010) 02.jpg |
 Glass being filled with water from a kitchen tap | Shixart1985 | CC BY 2.0 | Filling a glass with water in a kitchen sink closeup.jpg |
 Spring rising on a hillside, collected into a stone-lined chamber feeding a trough | Dr Duncan Pepper (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Hillside spring feeding animals watering trough - geograph.org.uk - 1780817.jpg |
 Large white bulk LPG storage tank on a grass verge beside a hedge | Patrick Roper (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Bulk storage tank for Calor propane gas, Churchland Lane, Sedlescombe - geograph.org.uk - 7090131.jpg |
 Timber-framed thatched cottage with a long thatched roof and brick chimneys | Rodhullandemu | CC BY-SA 3.0 | The Thatched Cottage, Lindfield.jpg |
 Wooden gate and fence beside rough grazing fields, with rolling hills beyond in the Scottish Borders | ian shiell (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | View from Raecleugh Head farm in the Scottish Borders - geograph.org.uk - 6358050.jpg |
 Whitewashed farmhouse and barns behind a dry-stone wall below green fells in Great Langdale | Bill Boaden | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Middlefell Farmhouse, Great Langdale.jpg |
 Narrow Cornish lane between high hedge banks, with farm buildings beyond | Derek Harper (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Towards Treboul - geograph.org.uk - 3767928.jpg |
 Old brick farmhouse beside a road in flat fenland countryside | Richard Humphrey (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Old farm house at The Fenlands, Fen Dike, Gedney Fen - geograph.org.uk - 2176121.jpg |
 Stone farmhouse in rolling Northumberland farmland | Derek Harper (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farmhouse, Brandon (geograph 6647272).jpg |
 Whitewashed farmhouse with a slate roof behind a grass field in Pembrokeshire | Jeff Gogarty (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farmhouse at Caervega, near to Middle Mill, Pembrokeshire - geograph.org.uk - 6634483.jpg |
 Stone farmhouse and outbuildings beside a quiet road with hills behind, in Powys | GeraintTudur2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Trefeca College Farmhouse (trefeca Isaf Previously Listed College Farmhouse, B.4560 (w Side) Trefecc.jpg |
 White-painted brick farmhouse with a tiled roof beside a farmyard | Richard Law (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Lilleshall Hill farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 6930027.jpg |
 Moorland valley with scattered farms and stone barns in the North York Moors | Benjamin Smith | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Castleton - North Yorkshire Moors landscape - 06.jpg |
 Single-track farm road between fields, leading to farm cottages in Aberdeenshire | Bill Harrison (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Aberdeenshire farm cottages - geograph.org.uk - 5847841.jpg |
 Farm track and fields leading towards a farmhouse under an overcast sky in East Devon | Lewis Clarke (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | East Devon , Auncke Manor Farm - geograph.org.uk - 5767124.jpg |
 Stone farm building in green fields with hills and woodland behind, in the Glaslyn Valley | nick macneill (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Farm building in the Glaslyn Valley, Gwynedd - geograph.org.uk - 1917815.jpg |
 Timber-framed black-and-white farmhouse with brick outbuildings in Herefordshire | Jeff Gogarty (via Geograph Britain and Ireland) | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Brickhouse Farmhouse, Edwyn Ralph, Herefordshire - geograph.org.uk - 6315093.jpg |
 Brick farmhouse on the edge of a grassy field with trees in Norfolk | Chris Holifield | CC BY-SA 2.0 | -2021-09-03 Castell Farmhouse, Raveningham, Norfolk.jpg |
 Green plastic bunded heating oil tank on a concrete base against the stone wall of a rural farmhouse | Rural Home Services (AI-generated image) | Generated image, no third-party licence | Generated for this site |
 Truck-mounted borehole drilling rig in a grassy field beside a stone farmhouse, with two workers in orange hi-vis | Rural Home Services (AI-generated image) | Generated image, no third-party licence | Generated for this site |
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Diagrams
The "how it works" diagram and the septic tank and treatment plant diagrams were drawn by Rural Home Services. They're simplified illustrations, not engineering drawings.