Septic tank, the operating principle, installation

Many of us have their subsistence farming or live in a country house. The correct approach to the exploitation of their own part-time farm with a cottage located on it presupposes the existence of a complete system life support, which includes a desired communications element, such as waste disposal system varied within the land portion. Of the currently used treatment plant itself more popular with the owners of suburban housing uses a septic tank.

In this case, many experts today believe that to make the installation of a septic tank yourself today can any ordinary homeowner. That is why the septic tank every day it only gets more popular. Wide experience of operation of such facilities leads to the conclusion that it is sufficiently effective and unpretentious in use. So, let's take a closer look device septic tank, its main advantages as well as the installation and use of the rules.

What is a septic tank

Septic Tank - this is such a special container in which through various processes of decay and fermentation takes place any mechanical cleaning of waste water and other household waste.

The fermentation process is carried out on the waste mass split light and heavy fractions, wherein the first filter can then simply merge into the soil. Heavy oils are eliminated (pumped) involving equipment and staff.

The main advantages of septic tank can be attributed to such features:

• manufacture of the constructions of you do not require some very high costs;
• This device is non-volatile, which in itself is a very great advantage;
• with its help you can easily build service multiple users who reside near you. From this the effectiveness of septic tank does not decrease.

Pay your attention! Normally and properly functioning septic tank (assuming its correct operation) will need to be emptied of solids not more often than once a year. To it, if desired, can be connected gardeners who live in the country briefly; periods between cleanings thus increase significantly.

The construction of a septic tank

All installations of this type have been marketed equipped with instruction for use of this device. With its help you can not only do a full installation of a septic tank with their own hands, however, and become familiar with its basic sound operation rules.

Septic tank purely constructively represents a large capacity, which is made of modular block principle and has three separate sections.

With the help of the sectional device you can use any desired at present volume of the device by connecting a variety of additional sections or modules.

Pay your attention! Direct dumping of water of a septic tank into the soil is permitted only after the after-treatment with special filtration field.

With all the technical features of the time the complete installation of such a system it is unlikely that you will take more than two days.

installation of a septic tank

Proper installation of a septic tank is normally carried out in several stages. Here they are:

• Mandatory training of special excavation.
• Alignment and seal the bottom of the pit.
• Installation of a septic tank.
• Implementation of the backfill earth.
• Filling the entire device with water.

The choice of a suitable place for the pit is usually made taking into account all the requirements of the instructions; ground sample thus may be performed manually or with the assistance of special mechanical equipment.

Pay your attention! The width of the hole prepared for the septic tank should be slightly (approximately 25 cm) dimensions larger septic tank. Its depth should be selected with a mandatory amendment on a sandy base (approximately 40-50 mm).

Align bottom of the well is carried out by preparing a sand cushion thickness is not less than 30 mm.

Upon completion of the various preparatory operations septic tank very carefully lowered the center specifically dug pit and mounted so that the total distance to the walls of the latter was almost the same. You can then make backfill soil supplemented with a mixture of sand and cement (here proportion of 5: 1).

Pay your attention! As backfilling is necessary to make sure the rammer layered earth and at the same time fill in the installation of a small portion of water. Dosage capacity refill is done for the uniform distribution of the total pressure on the ground.

After all of this septic tank is filled with plain water to a level that is slightly higher than the level of filling. Fitting housing top heater should be routed, for example, mineral wool, can then proceed to complete its filling mouth.

Installing Infiltrator

Infiltrator apparatus allows additional cleaning wastewater directly into the ground adjacent to the septic tank. For its arrangement near the septic tank escapes special rectangular pit. The walls of the pit are closed so-called geotextile, and at its bottom tight fit gravel layer thickness of approximately 20-40 cm (this value depends on the composition of the soil). On top of the gravel set Infiltrator with mounted on it a vent stack. All of this structure is closed with a layer of insulation, then it is made backfilling with a mixture of soil and sand.

In order to protect the pipes from freezing must necessarily close them using standard insulated material, e.g., izolona.

Now you know what a septic tank and why he got such a huge favorite with both experts and ordinary owners of country houses and cottages.

 Videos "Installation of septic tank":