Sewerage is one of the most important engineering communications of a modern country house. But many owners of such housing are sometimes deprived of the opportunity to call professional scavengers to clean it, so you have to cope with this task yourself.
As a rule, a fecal pump is purchased for this. This article is devoted to a brief overview of these devices and an indication of the most optimal type of this equipment.
Immediately, we note that by their operating principle they practically do not differ from simple drainage pumps, but they have an important feature that sometimes limits their scope. We are talking about the lack of a strainer for large particles: it is assumed that the fecal pump will operate in an environment in which there are no large solid objects.
Of course, in most cases this is true, but different household garbage often gets into the sewers, which can sometimes lead to breakdowns. Therefore, take care of the presence of nets on all sewer drains of your home that will prevent such adverse effects.
However, not everything is so bad: most of the models have a drain with a diameter of 35 mm. In addition, many pumps have the ability to fully autonomous operation, as they float in wastewater due to the presence of a special float. In the event of a septic tank overflow, you only need to remove the hose for draining sewage into a special container and connect the equipment to the network.
What are they like?
We do not advise you to just go to a hardware store and buy the first fecal pump that has caught your eye, since with this approach you may well be the owner of high-quality equipment, but not suitable for your conditions. Simply put, you should at least roughly represent their classification (very simple):
- submersible pumps;
- semi-submersible varieties;
- surface models.
Having omitted much thought, we’ll immediately tell you that in most cases it is most appropriate to buy a submersible fecal pump in a private country house, since it is with it most of all the advantages. For example, it is used even for draining liquid from flooded basements, vegetable pits, as well as for organizing irrigation. However, these are still not priority areas for its use.
Unlike all the same household models, fecal submersible pumps are designed to operate in a fairly aggressive chemical environment, and therefore their bodies are made using high-quality plastic and first-class stainless steel. As we have already said, in the presence of a float mechanism, its operation is fully automatic. Note that the submersible pump should always be below the level of
wastewater, so in the process of pumping this indicator must be constantly monitored.
How to mount it?
- First, a pipe for pumping water is mounted near the bottom of the tank for sewage.
- Guides are mounted on the walls along which the household fecal pump will sink into the pit.
Due to their functionality and ease of maintenance, these devices have earned widespread acceptance among customers. Most of the models can cope with pumping drains to a height of up to 20 meters without special difficulties.