Make a septic with your own hands from barrels - one of the most simple and cheaper ways to ensure wastewater treatment. Its manufacture does not require much time, and materials are available. At the same time, the cleaning structure of this type is quite effective and gives high quality removal of impurities.
In septhes of this type, wastewater is cleaned mainly by mechanical methods:
- Partial clarification in the deposition of the largest particles of impurities takes place mainly in the first of three consecutively connected containers.
- Smaller inclusions are settled in the second tank where water flows from the top of the first barrel.
- The third barrels usually remove the "native" bottom, and when installing the septica in the lower part, a frustration is made of sand, gravel or clay. This material performs filter functions.
Passing through the soil allows you to achieve optimal results, however, this method is not suitable for sections with groundwater located close to the surface. To ensure sanitation in such cases, the drainage of purified drains is organized through filtration fields. Such structures are isolated geotextiles perforated pipes that come out of the third barrel at an angle of 45 ° to each other and are located in the trenches parallel to the surface.
Application of septics from barrels
Septic in the country, with their own hands from the barrels, it is advisable to build in the following cases:
- as a temporary construction at the construction stage of the house before the sewer system is organized,
- with a minimum amount of drain, characteristic of periodic visits to the country area without permanent residence.
Such requirements are due to a small amount of tanks. Capacity of large barrels is usually 250 litersTherefore, the volume of septica of three tanks will be 750 liters. At the same time, under the conditions of sanitary standards, the septic must accommodate three daily "portions".
Septic with plastic barrels it is advisable to build as a separate treatment plant, for example, for shower or bath.
The advantages of such designs are:
- low cost (frequently used applications are used),
- easy device and installation,
- smaller volume of earthworks due to a small volume of tanks.
Pros and cons of the materials used
Sewerage in the country can be arranged with the use of plastic or metal containers. Usually use the most accessible option, however, if you can choose from the possibility of making a decision to take into account the pros and cons of each of the options.
Benefits:
- low weight, ease of transportation and installation,
- easy to perform holes for pipes,
- absolute waterproof, eliminating the likelihood of soil pollution,
- resistance to corrosion from water or aggressive substances that may be contained in detergents.
Disadvantages:
- because of the small mass, plastic barrels require reliable fastening to the foundation in order to prevent their pop-up during a flood, which can lead to the destruction of the sewer system,
- due to the plasticity of the material there is a danger of squeezing the soil reservoirs in the cold season.
Iron barrels
Advantages of septula from metal barrels:
- high strength,
- stiffness of construction,
- water resistance, subject to the integrity of the walls and the bottom.
Disadvantages:
- corrosion instability requiring waterproofing and periodic check of its condition,
- a slightly more complex process of performing holes, requiring the use of power tools.
It should be noted that more often the homemade septic tank from the barrels is performed using plastic containers.
Materials and tools
Before making a septicch of a barrel, in order for unplanned breaks in the process of work, it is better to prepare everything you need in advance.
Basic components:
- metal or plastic barrels,
- sewer pipes (most often used with a diameter of 110 mm), the total length of which 1-2 meters exceeds the length of the highway,
- appropriate tees pipe diameter,
- sewer caps for barrels,
- pipes for ventilation (in some cases sewers can be used),
- podcils for ventilation (purchased or manufactured by protecting vehicles protecting),
- corner fittings
- flanges, couplings.
Mounting materials:
- pVC adhesive (if plastic containers are used),
- sealant
- cement,
- sand,
- crushed
- fasteners or clamps.
Instruments:
- bulgarian,
- shovel,
- electromycer.
Installation of septic
Sewerage from the barrels with their own hands requires the fulfillment of certain preparatory work before the start of installation. We will look at the manufacturer of the septica of three barrels, but remains the same for the septicity of two tanks.
In each barrel, technological holes are performed.
In each of their barrels, in addition, holes are performed on the upper end (or covers that are often provided with reservoirs for ease of purification) for ventilation pipes.
In each tank, the inlet is located 10 cm above the output.
Important: Making a septic tank from iron barrels with their own hands, metal barrels for sewage from the inside and outside are covered with an anti-corrosion composition.
Drinking under the septic tank from the barrels in such a way that when installing on each side of any tank, there was a gap 25 cm. The bottom of the pit is falling asleep or satisfied with a sandy pillow.
- For filling the foundation, install a stepped formwork. When placing a barrel with a consistent level decline (each is 10 cm below the previous one), the volume of tanks will be fully used, which is very important with a small capacity of septices of this type. If the removal of the purified fluid is provided through the third barrel filter, the last tank is installed directly on the crushed stone, without the foundation.
- After filling the foundation at the stage of solidification of the solution, the rings or hooks are installed in it to which the clamps will be cling to fixing tanks. Just in case, it is better to "smoke" not only plastic, but also iron tanks.
If the removal of the effluent will be carried out through the filtration field, then the trenches for laying corrugated pipes can be pulled out at this stage.
After the foundation gets strength, you can start installing and fastening the tanks, the installation of pipes and sealing the joints at the place of their entry. Specialists recommend not to use silicone for these purposes, preferring other types of sealants, for example, epoxy.
The trenches of the filtration field are littered with geotextiles, and after laying perforated pipes, the material wrapped with the overtrib of edges on each other.
Fully mounted septic tank from barrels is covered with soil. Plastic containers at this time are better filled with water to avoid deformation. In the process of frustration, the ground is periodically tightly tamped.
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Construction nuances
By mounting septic tanks from the barrels in the country with their own hands, some nuances and rules should be taken into account:
Rules for selecting the volume and installation site of septic
The daily rate of water consumption is 200 liters per person, and the septicch must hold the drains. Collected within 72 hours or 3 days. Thus, subject to permanent residence, a three-chamber septicity from a barrel for 250 liters is suitable only for one person. Therefore, septic tanks of this type are used only for temporary residence or cleaning of drains from one point (for example, from a bath). In most cases, it is trying to increase the possibility of septic in any way, therefore, among the sewage treatment plants from the barrels, there are practically no two-chamber options (they have too small volumes).
It is important to comply with the sanitary requirements for admissible distances from the Septic to certain objects. For example, remoteness from the source of drinking water should be at least 50 meters. Gardening plants and fruit trees should be at least 3 meters from the sewage treatment plant. The distance to the road is at least 5 meters.
On a small summer cottage, it makes no sense to install an expensive septic tank. Moreover, if the cottage comes to life only in the summer, and the number of people living in it is small. You can make a septic tank from the barrels in the country with your own hands. Previously, 200 liter metal barrels used to build septics. Over time, plastic barrels appeared on sale. They are much easier and longer. As a result, demand quickly moved from metal barrels to plastic. Of course, a good owner, so as not to bear extra costs, will apply those barrels that he has. In this article, we will look at how to make a septic tank from barrels, applying and metal barrels, and plastic barrels.
Choose a place for septic
Choosing a place for the future septic, pay attention to the location of the wells with drinking water and residential buildings. According to the standards, the septicch must be located no closer than 5 m from the dwelling and 15 m from the source of drinking water.
Installation of plastic barrels
So, you chose a place to be installed and decided to build a septic tank from plastic barrels. You can start doing work:
- For a small summer cottage section, two or three barrels with a capacity of 200-250 liters are sufficient. Taking a little more space than the diameter of the barrels, mark the place under the pit. Keep in mind that the distance between the barrels must be 25 cm, and they should be located in one line.
- Getting Started with the hardest work with the soil. The depth of the pit is digging steps. First, the pit is digging in the height of the first barrel. Each next barrel will be installed at 15 cm deeper than the previous one.
- The bottom of the first two holes fall asleep with a sand pillow with a thickness of 10 cm. After that, they align well and tamper. If your finances allow, then the bottom can be concreted. Concrete poured the armature, curved in the form of a loop with a protrusion outside. The barrels will be tied to these hinges.
- The bottom of the pit under the third barrel falls asleep with a layer of sand about 50 cm. From above of sand, a layer of rubble layer is 30 cm. This layer will perform filtering of wastewater flowing into the ground.
- At the bottom of the first two holes, install the barrels with the bottom. They will perform the function of sumps. If the bottom is made of concrete and there are hinges, then using belts secure barrels to hinges. This device will save the barrels from the float in the spring.
- First barrel set with a removable top cover. Through it, you will clean the container from precipitation. From the top of the barrels, output the riser from the sewer pipe with a diameter of 50 mm to exit gases.
- If the septic design is provided by a filtration field, then in the second barrel, cut holes located on each other at an angle of 45 °. These holes will connect pipes overlooking the filter field.
- In the third barrel, cut down the jigsaw or a grinder, and set the pits on the filtering bottom.
- Barrels with each other will be connected by overflow pipes. Therefore, in the sides of the barrels you need to cut holes with a diameter of 110 mm for sewer pipes. The hole leaving the pipe barrel must be 10 cm below the incoming one.
- Using the sewer tube, connect the barrels with each other. Connection places to make a sealant.
- After the entire installation procedure, follow the hobbling. Kotlovan falling asleep layers. As the layer is submitted, water is poured into the barrel, so that the pressure does not crush the barrel. And the space between the walls of the barrels pumped up a dry mixture of sand with cement. Each layer is rambling as falling asleep.
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Filtering field
If the groundwater is deeply located, you can add a filter field to the septic device. In this case, the installation of the third filter barrel is inexpedient, and it is not installed. Let's briefly consider how to make a filter field correctly:
- Near the installed septic, trench is digging. Its width must contain 2 perforated pipes, and the depth is about 70 cm.
- A geotextile canvas is stacked in the trench.
- A perforated pipe is stacked on top of the web and connects to the second barrel.
- The top of the pipe falls asleep with rubble, and is covered by the remaining edges of the canvas. The edges of the canvas must overlap each other by 15 cm.
- The baked pipes fall asleep soil. If desired, the filter field can be sealed with lawn grass.
Installation of metal barrels
If you have a metallic 200 liter barrels, you can save on the purchase of plastic. The fact is that from metal barrels you can also make a septic. The scheme and the order of installation are the same as when installing septica from plastic barrels. Only for cutting holes in the sides of the metal barrels will require an electrolovka with a filling of metal. You will also need a welding machine that you can boil overflow pipes and a pipe to exit gases from the first barrel. To increase the septic tank, the barrels can be vertically welded with each other. In places welding for strength, jumpers are welded. The metal has a property quickly rust, so the surface of the barrels is desirable to handle the protective composition before installation. It can be bitumen or any other means of this action sold in a construction store.
Video
In this video you will find the instructions for making a plum for a bath from a plastic barrel:
The toilet in the country today does not seem to be inconceivable. In any construction store you can find everything you need to organize a pressure water supply system from a well, river or, in extreme cases, even from special rainwater collection containers. Inexpensive pumping station, plastic pipelines, budget plumbing, septic - and your rustic life will never be the same :)
However, from the construction of a full-fledged "urban" toilet, the problem of wastewater removal is kept. The cost of automatic sewage treatment plants, concrete or plastic septic, with delivery and installation is calculated with tens, and even hundreds of thousands of rubles. Alone to build a traditional septicity from concrete rings, with a growing huge pitcher, with a sinking of filtration fields and cement works, not everyone will be solved.
However, for seasonal families of a family of 3-4 people, a homemade septicity of plastic barrels is quite suitable, the project of which offered a member of Forumhouse Andryukha96
General view of the facility
Barrels can be placed in a pit with fortified walls, or just bury into the ground. If spring in your area is a high level of groundwater, it is worth thinking over that the barrels are not flooded so that they are not squeezed out of the soil and that the contents do not break throughout the site. Problems solution options: Attach the barrels to the concrete base (if there is), sprinkle the barrels around the perimeter of the cement-sandy mixture 1: 5, to reliably sew all the connections (at least for the time of the spring flood).
Here are some questions and comments to the discussion of the project septica from barrels on the site forumhouse:
Will there be such a volume of septic?
If you enjoy full (shower, toilet, sink, etc.) then for the calculation is taken 200 liters per person per day.
If only the toilet, then 25 liters per person per day
Septic must be at least 3 daily water consumption.
However (from photographs), it turns out that the second camera-barrel "works" only half of the volume (about 100 liters), and the third, in general, on a quarter. Total, the total septicch is equal to 200 + 100 + 50 \u003d 350 liters ... it seems to me that it is indeed not enough for calm).
It turns out in one barrel about 150 liters * 3 \u003d 450. According to my calculations for three, only the toilet is praised).
I have an analogue. Three children and two adults yearly. It works 1 year and 10 months. I did not give up. In addition to 10 meters of leaky pipe in the ground.
How does all this work?
Left barrel Last! All water from her is pumped up with a drainage pump in the pit on the street (or filtration well / filtration field - according to circumstances). And the first barrel right there goes to drain from the toilet, everything floats in it, which is not sinking, and sinks what turned into il.
To accelerate biological processing in the first barrel, a constant aeration of aquarium compressor is carried out (it can be used and something more productive - then the design will begin to resemble a full-fledged automatic sewage treatment plant, such as Yunulos Astra). It will also be useful to periodically add through the toilet bacterial crops (there are a large selection in stores).
When the summer comes insert the pump in the first barrel, and the end of the hose kin in the garden, I will take it off the bottom of the bottom and then back all in place.
the pump is necessary or drainage with the float (the price is 1,500-2,500) or to the baby to make the float to not run with the pump constantly!
How to sevenetize connections?
And something it seems to me that the entrance places in the barrels is a weak place.
I think the usual rubber sealer for the transition of cast iron plastic will suit.
For sealing compounds, a special glue for plastic was used (it goes in a tube) and then moisture-resistant ship sealant. Waited a day and ready.
Gluits a pistol with molten glue.
Not certainly in that way. Clause with a special nozzle on a construction hairdryer with a rod.
The main material of the rod. Polypropylene and polyethylene are also.
Is it possible to connect the barrel with the corrugation cube? In the case of which the walking of the soil compensates.
Today you can easily purchase a ready-made septicity of industrial production or to build capital treatmentings yourself. But if you need to organize temporary sewer or sewage volume in the summer house, you can use simpler and accessible solutions. For example, to buildseptic with plastic barrels do it yourself . Such a treatment plant will help to make life more comfortable and at the same time it is not bad to cope with the problems of wastewater assigned to it.
The construction of the house is a long enough. To do not give up the usual amenities for the time of construction, you can build a temporary local sewer - homemade septic. You can collect it from two plastic barrels with a volume of 200 liters.
For the construction of such an installation, you can use old, but not having leaks of plastic barrels. The use of metal barrels is inappropriate, as the metal is rapidly destroyed under the action of sewage drain. Installation collected from metal barrels will not last long.
Septic tank made from barrels is a simple installation, but it is still more convenient than a cesspool or drive. Such a septicch cleans, and does not increasing water, so the need for pumping occurs less frequently.
When can I build a septic from barrels?
Today there are many diverse septic models offered by manufacturers. But all of them are quite expensive, so in some cases it is advisable not to spend money, but to collect a septic tank using plastic barrels. The advantages of this option include:
- Cheap. For the construction of the cameras, there can be used former plastic containers with a capacity of 200-250 liters;
- Easy device. Work on the construction of such a septicism is not difficult.
The main minus of the septica device collected from the barrels is a limited amount of chambers.. A small volume that has a septic tank from barrels is the reason that the need for frequent pumping of the sediment will occur.
Tip! It is clear that with the volume of cameras equal to the volume of the barrel (200 or 250 liters), the amount of stocks should be minimal.
Septic, collected from barrels, is perfect in the following cases:
- Dachas that are used only as a place for periodic rest. That is, cottages on which permanent accommodation is not planned;
- Traditional baths (without pool, jacuzzi and toilet), in this case, septic tank will not require frequent pumping;
- For building households as temporary installations.
Stage planning
Even the construction of such a simple installation, like a septic tank, assembled from two barrels, should be started with planning. You should choose the location of the septica, as well as make a scheme of the future selection.
Choosing installation site
Just like any other installation of local sewage, septic tank should be located at a distance from the well or well, which produces drinking water extraction. In addition, septic must be removed at least 5 meters from the foundation of a residential building and 1 meter from other structures on the site (bath, garage, etc.).
The ability to pump a precipitate should be thought out. If the machine of the associates will be used to pump, you need to access the septic.
Selection of installation scheme
If the cottage will be used by 2-3 vacationers, you can choose the following septic circuit:
- Two or three successively connected barrels, the latter of which does not have the bottom and performs the functions of the filtering well;
- Each subsequent barrel is located 10 cm below the previous one;
- Barrels are connected by overflow pipes. The pipe entering the septic tank is 10 cm above the pipe overgoing;
- Under the first two barrels that are used as sumps, a sand pillow is performed from a height of 10 cm;
- Under the last barrel, not having a bottom, a 30 centimeter cushion from rubble and 50 centimeters from sand is performed first. This layer is used for final waterproof water, which is absorbed into the ground;
- If the soil water is highly located on the site and the installation of the filtering well is not possible, the filtering fields must be built.
Construction materials Septic
- Two barrels made of plastic, 250 liters. If a device is planned for a filtration well, then another barrel will be required without the bottom. The use of metal barrels is possible if time sewage is built, which will be used for several months.
- Rubble shallow fraction - the size of individual elements 1.8-3.5 cm;
- Geotextile;
- Sewer pipes having a diameter of 110 mm;
- Drainage pipes for the construction of filtering fields;
- Corners for connecting pipes.
Installation of septic
Consider how the installation of the septic is collected from the barrels.
Preparation of barrels
- It is necessary to prepare a hole for connecting incoming and output pipes. In the first barrel, you need to make a hole for the incoming pipe at a distance of 20 cm from the top cover of the barrel. The inlet is made on the opposite side of the barrel, shifting it relative to the first 10 cm down;
- In addition, in the first barrel you need to make a hole for ventilation riser. The cover of the first barrel is better to make a removable, as it is in this chamber that solid waste will be most accumulated, so it will need to be cleaned regularly;
- In the second barrel-sump, the opening of the incoming pipe is made at a distance of 20 cm from the top cover. The output tube is placed on the opposite side of the barrel, 10 cm above the opening of the inlet pipe. If the drainage pipes leading to the filtering fields will be connected to the barrel, then it is better to make two holes located at an angle of 45 degrees to each other.
Preparation of catlovana
- Drive should be larger in size than barrels. The gap between the walls of the barrels and the sideboards of the pit should be about 25 cm around the perimeter;
- The bottom of the pit need to be well sealed, after which it is necessary to perform a pillow of sand, a height of 10 cm;
- If possible, pour the bottom with a concrete solution. In concrete, install mortgage metal parts with loops for fixing barrels;
Tip! If a septic tank is built from the barrels, as a constantly working installation, it is recommended to fasten the barrels on the concrete slab using a bandage belt. If this is not done, in the spring during the flood of the barrels can emerge and destroy the entire sewage system.
- When preparing a pit, you need to remember that each subsequent camera was below the previous one. That is, the output tube of the previous chamber should be at the level of the subsequent inlet.
Septician installation
- Barrels are installed on the prepared places, pipes are connected to them;
- Reverse filling of tanks is performed using a mixture of sand and dry cement powder. Such a back will protect the septicity from damage during seasonal soil moves;
- Failure must be performed very carefully so as not to damage the places of pipe connections with cameras;
- Falling around about 30 cm of the mixture, you need to tackle it around the perimeter of the barrel. Then you can proceed to filling the next layer;
- Simultaneously with filling, you need to fill the barrels with water. Filling the tanks with water will prevent the deformation of plastic walls when filling out.
Building soil doctors
In order to be spread in the chambers-sumps, the water finally cleaned from impurities and contaminants, it is necessary to build field filtering fields or a filtration well.
Building a filtration well
- For the device of the filtration well, you can use a barrel without the bottom. Additionally, it is recommended to make holes at the bottom of the barrel;
- Before installing the prepared container in the pit, the sand is poured, the layer height is 50 cm. Then you need to pour rubble, the height of the layer is 30 cm. The diameter of the flow layer should be larger than the diameter of the barrel 50 cm in all sides of the side of the barrel;
- After installing the container in place, it should be filled with rubble on a third of the height.
Building filter fields
- Sweese trenches for laying drainage pipes. Trenches should be prepared so that the pipe lay with a slope. The size of the slope is 2 cm per meter of length;
- When building a septica from barrels, as a rule, the field of aeration is arranged from two drainage pipes allocated from the second sump chamber;
- Ditches prepared for styling pipes are covered with geotextile tissue so that the sides of the material cover the sides;
- Through geotestile, the thirty-bentimeter layer of rubble is poured, to which drainage pipes are stacked;
Tip! You can purchase already perforated pipes or make holes in conventional pipes intended for assembling external sewage systems. In the latter case, the water outlet holes will need to be drilled independently.
- On top of the pipe covered with rubble, and then all this turns into geotextiles. The fabric wrap up so that a latter is formed 10 cm;
- The last stage of work is a frustration of the soil trench.
So, a septic tank made of plastic barrels is an inexpensive and practical solution for the bath, construction of a lot or cottage. This installation clears the drains and does not require frequent pumping.