We educate our country life: the drainage pit with our own hands

Although the modern blessings of civilization have moved quite widely, it is by no means always possible in rural areas to connect their dwelling (dacha, country house, etc.) to the central sewage system. In this case, there is only one way out: to construct an individual sewage system, i.e. in the local area.

Picking up a place

The drain pit, built with its own hands, is not the most difficult thing, but it requires some knowledge and consideration of certain nuances. First of all, you need to decide on the place. On the one hand, too much distance from home is fraught with unnecessary pipe consumption and additional efforts and costs for their installation and installation. On the other hand, finding a cesspool near a house threatens both an unpleasant smell, and whole hordes of flies, and various infections. Consequently, the drainage pit with its own hands should be excavated approximately at a distance of 8-9 meters from the source of the sewage. It is necessary to provide and remoteness from a garden, a garden and other sites of the earth where the plants eaten by you in the food are planted - from them the pit should settle down at a distance of 30-35 meters. The same distance should separate it from natural sources of clean, drinking water (wells). And one more thing: sooner or later, but the dumping pit, dug out with your own hands, should be cleaned, not by you, but by a special sewer machine. Therefore, the access to the reservoir should be convenient, wide enough and not cluttered up.

Sewage block dimensions

Now the question about the dimensions. It is important especially when it is planned to use suburban housing permanently, when a lot of water will be spent on sanitation and household needs. On a person (on average) you need to "book" from 0.5 to 0.8 cubic meters of the total volume of the tank. Therefore, depending on how many people are in the family, and the drainage pit is equipped with its own hands. Important indicators such as the depth of freezing of the soil and its composition are important. If there is a lot of clay in the ground, the liquid seeps through it, accumulates. In order to reduce the number of problems, dig a drain with a volume of at least 7 cubes for 3 people, 9 for four, and so on.

What to enclose

To dig a tank is half the battle. The next important step in how to make a drainage pit is to choose the material that it should be lined from within. Leave a groove in a purely earthen form is not recommended - it is better to lick the cat, concrete rings or install something like a plastic "well" inside. Even a metal barrel or casing from an old washing machine is suitable. Although the ideal option - a ceramic brick. Plus natural stones. By the way, according to construction technologies, the right drain hole is a cylinder. This is how the central sewage system is equipped.

Pipe level

The pipes supplied to the drainage site must be laid in the ground not exactly, but at an angle of 5-6 degrees, not less. And the further the source of impurities from the neck of the drainage well, the greater bias should be observed. Otherwise, the dirty liquid will start to stagnate in the pipes, they will be clogged, and it will not lead to anything good.

Drainage and cover

Drainage in a domestic sewer is necessary. It is made of gravel, stones, broken bricks, other construction debris. The layer covering the bottom of the pit can range from 25 to 35 cm. The wall covering is completed in centimeters 70-80 to the neck of the reservoir. And from the top, the drain is necessarily covered by a sewer hatch (if the dimensions of the entrance permit) or a special plate, sufficiently heavy and strong, so that it is safe to walk on it.