Owners of country houses and urban private houses often face the problem of lack of centralized sewage. Most find a way out in the equipment of isolated systems. The construction of automated wastewater treatment plants is too expensive. If we rely on price opportunities, then in this case, a cesspool will be a suitable drain system. When building it, it is recommended not to seal the walls and bottom, since the filling rate of the sealed pit is faster.
To ensure its long-term and high-quality functioning, as well as to maintain an ecological and aesthetic balance, it must be regularly cleaned. Not all owners of this design have the ability to pump out the contents with devices for pumping waste and sewage equipment. These options are expensive when used frequently. In addition, not everyone has an access to the sewer pit, and there is simply nowhere to drain the contaminated liquid.
Consider ways to clean a cesspool without pumping out with special means:
- mechanical;
- chemical;
- biological;
- folk.
Mechanical cleaning
This option for removing sewage waste is not costly, but time consuming. It is necessary to be physically prepared for the fact that you will have to lift a filled container more than once and mentally prepared for inhaling an unpleasant odor. To clean the tank in this way, you will need:
- protective suit;
- deep container (preferably weighty);
- rope;
- respirator;
- gloves;
- rubber boots (when descending into a cesspool).
The mechanism of operation is as follows: the rope is tied to the container, the container is lowered into the pit and scoops up the waste, the extracted sewage is moved to a closed container for removal.
Chemical cleaning
Let's highlight several chemicals that are effective for cleaning cesspools:
- formaldehyde;
- ammonium compounds;
- nitrogen compounds.
When using the above means, it is very important to observe safety measures, as chemicals can behave differently when combined with other substances.
Formaldehyde is an effective and inexpensive drug. It has a pungent smell. In the presence of solid waste in the pit, formaldehyde is often used. It breaks down the solid structure of waste, making it compost. The drug tends to corrode metal, therefore it is recommended to prevent contact of the drug with iron products.
To eliminate the unpleasant odor in the cesspool and the decomposition of solid waste, ammonium is effective. Do not use it if there are household chemicals (washing powder, dishwashing detergent, etc.) in the pit, as they reduce the effectiveness of the product.
Nitrogen fertilizers are considered less harmful, but expensive. They cope well with the dissolution of sludge in the sewer. In addition to the decomposition of impurities, they struggle with a fetid odor.
Biological treatment
The advantages of such funds are that they are completely harmless to human health and the environment, do not affect construction materials, and can be used for open and sealed structures.
The disadvantages are the following: the need for frequent updating of the product, instability at low temperatures, intolerance to chemical impurities.
The bacteria of the drug are multifunctional. They help to eliminate fatty deposits on the walls of sewer structures, eliminate unpleasant odors, and also dissolve sludge. The drugs come into effect two hours after they are placed in a cesspool.
Biological agents are divided into two groups:
- septic tanks;
- antiseptics.
Biological preparations belonging to the group of septic tanks actively decompose waste. Microorganisms of this type are cultivated, it is difficult for them to adapt to the environment where household chemicals are contained.
With the frequent use of septic tanks, the need to empty the cesspool by mechanical means decreases.
Antiseptic agents are used to disinfect sewer tanks.
The contents of the pits are a suitable environment for the development of bacteria that negatively affect human health. They are also the source of the unpleasant odor.
Antiseptics fight these phenomena, and also have the property of processing solid waste into a liquid mass.
Consider the latest weapon against sewage in a cesspool.
Folk remedies
The most famous products belonging to this group are plants with a pleasant, specific smell and sawdust. In a friendly tandem, the plants will dull the unpleasant odor, and the sawdust will absorb the contents. Examples of effective plants: mint, basil, tomato, nettle. The advantage of this tool is that the material for use can be found in any yard. Disadvantages: fetid odors are not destroyed for a long time, solid waste is not decomposed. Folk remedies are much inferior to modern ones, but nevertheless they are the most affordable.
Which of the cleaning methods is the best - this choice is individual.
Many people prefer to clean the cesspool with special pumps or machines.
And for good reason. This procedure is safer than manual cleaning with a rope and container. Less hassle and less time wasted. Biologics and chemicals reduce the filling of the pits, decomposing the contents to a liquid state, but they cannot guarantee one hundred percent getting rid of fat and sludge.
It is permissible to reflect on the choice of a cleaning method. It is unacceptable not to use any of them.
