Septic for summer residence

Brick septic tank

Brick is one of the oldest and most used building materials. For the specific case of the construction of the treatment facility, it has many useful properties - ecological compatibility, high strength, frost resistance, low price.

In order to build a septic tank for a dacha on your own, you just have to learn how to make a bricklay and prepare the mortar from the binder.

Step-by-step construction instruction:

1. Earthwork. It is necessary to excavate a pit, which reaches no more than 3 m in depth. The cross-section must be calculated taking into account that the recommended volume of the septic tank should be about 8-10 cubic meters. It is also necessary to provide a distance for laying bricks, so add another 10-20 cm to the approximate width of the notch.
2. The bottom of the pit is lined with gravel backfilling, the foundation reinforcement is installed
3. The foundation is poured with a thickness of 30 cm
4. The foundation is solidified over 3-4 days.
5. The walls are built in one brick and are waterproofed with bitumen or mastic on the outside to prevent ingress of groundwater
6. . Then the outer walls are trimmedclay
7. Jumpers are made of a material that does not lend itself to corrosion
8. Plastering of the walls of the tank and additional double insulation with a waterproof or bitumenm
9. Construction of a ceiling and a vent pipe. It is recommended to select a pipe from asbestos with a diameter of 1 dm and a length of a part of 0.6 m protruding above the surface of the hatch. Further the outlet of the pipe from the slab is necessarily insulated
10. It is necessary to install the hatch for servicing the septic tank

Septic tank from the European cubes

The Eurocube is a plastic container for storing and transporting liquid and bulk substances placed in a frame of metal rods. Its volume is 0.6-1 cubic meters. Their cost compared with other materials is small.

Before you buy an eurocube, you can try to get it free through self-transportation from industrial enterprises that receive materials in such containers. In view of the costly disposal of a large number of cumbersome plastic containers, owners of enterprises will readily get rid of them, and for you it will be possible to reduce the cost of a septic tank for a dacha to a minimum.

Features of Eurocubes application

1. A small weight of material. When the soil is saturated with moisture due to flooding or flooding, the cube can float to the surface. Therefore it is necessary to weight - with the help of screeds or cables, the container is fixed to the concrete foundation
2. . The sewer pipe must be without turning, that is straight. In the case of bending the pipe at this place put a well. The overall slope of the pipes is 2 cm per 1 running meter or more.
3. When the septic tanks are installed, the cubes are filled with water halfway. This will allow you to monitor the horizontal position of the bottom and maintain the stability of the block.
4. The Eurocubes are mounted on a sandy substrate in order to preserve the integrity of the tank and eliminate the appearance of local loads and bends
5. Then the structure is covered with sand and compacted. Backfill from expanded clay or slag is made to protect the septic tank from freezing.

Because of the characteristics of polyvinyl chloride, from which cubes are made, it is necessary to periodically add bacterial bio-treatment reagents to avoid the appearance of an unpleasant smell.

Instruction for the construction of a septic tank from European cubes

1. To excavate a pit for two eurocub, fill them with water
2. Using metal structures as a formwork, concrete tanks
3. It is necessary to equip the tanks with inlet and overflow pipes. The ring cutter makes holes with a diameter of 110 mm. Pipes are placed in tees, the inlet pipe is set higher than the overflow level.
4. Sealant isolates the input and output of all pipes
5. The structure is placed in the excavation, the system is insulated

Cesspit from automobile tires

The septic tank for dachas from tires is the most economical version of the sewage system, and its construction does not require special professional skills. Such a sewage system can be constructed if it is used periodically, and the volume of sewage is small. Just remember that the tires in winter will freeze, which makes it impossible to use the object in the cold season. This simple device requires regular and frequent cleaning.

Scheme for constructing sewerage from

1. tires. It is necessary to excavate a pit that is slightly larger than the diameter of the existing tires. The bottom of it is covered with crushed stone, the thickness of which is 10-30 cm
2. Then it is necessary to install the tires one on top of the other, fixing them together and sealing the seams between them. The remaining space is covered with earth
3. The sewer pipe is inserted into the septic tank
4. The top of the sump from the tires must be equipped with the

manhole. The choice of the construction option for the private site depends on the material component, the amount of construction work, the amount of waste water entering the structure, the technical characteristics of the materials, fromwhich will consist of a septic tank, as well as the nature of its use.