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The builders bible for designing a sewer system

The builders bible for designing a sewer system

The system for removing pollution from utilities to a septic tank or sewer uses drainage pipes. They are also used in the sewer system in our homes w

Should you attempt your private bigger plumbing system projects

Should you attempt your private bigger plumbing system projects

A majority of house owners, after living in their house for a few years, develop easy mending and repair skills that help them to un

Do not create drain problems with a badly designed drain system

Do not create drain problems with a badly designed drain system

The purpose of drainage pipes is to expel the discharge coming out from the home and direct it into the septic or sewer tanks. In the

How to prepare a self cleansing well constructed drainage system

How to prepare a self cleansing well constructed drainage system

Drainage pipes are used in the system of removing effluent from utilities to the sewer or septic tank. They are also used in the sew

Make certain the drain system is well designed

Make certain the drain system is well designed

The system for removing pollution from utilities to a septic tank or sewer uses drainage pipes. For household sewer systems, the inspection chambers a

Stormwater pollution in soakaways

The  polluting  potential  of  stormwater  run-off  from man-made  surfaces  has  become increasingly  recognised.  Run-off  can  carry  a  variety  of  contaminants,  including amongst others heavy metals and hydrocarbons.  A number of  techniques have emerged  for  the quantity and quality control of urban run-off. The main two have been widely and successfully applied. These have  involved  the [...]

Wastewater Treatment systems

Commercial Biofilter Treatment plants are a biological treatment unit, requiring the growth of aerobic bacteria i.e. bacteria that lives with oxygen, for this air is continuously blown into a Filter in the aeration chamber. As can be observed with the system the primary chamber manhole has air vent cast into lid. This acts as air [...]

advice on new soak away for cesspit please?

I’m putting in a new soak away pipe for my ces pit as the old one is blocked, i’m digging in about 25 metres of perforated pipe but need to know what is the best size of stone to put around the pipe to form the soak away? the pipe is 80mm and has small [...]

How do I get rid of black gunk in my drains?

In all my drains in my house, there is this black slime nastiness accumulating on the inside. Is it mildew? I scrub the black off the inside of the drain plugs with a toothbrush and it comes up. Two weeks later when I go to clean it again, more black has ‘grown’ in. It also [...]

how can i help my cesspit work better ?

its an old brick cess pit and we have had to have it emptied about once a month, we now think problem is amount of rain we have had filling it.