Cesspit cleaning
Ramadan Drain CleaningCesspit and manhole cleaning in Abu Fatira
Cesspit and manhole cleaning in Abu Fatira starts with pumping out the water and sludge, but pumping alone is not enough. Abu Fatira is a residential area in Mubarak Al-Kabeer where most houses have an old cesspit beneath the yard and several manholes scattered between the kitchen and bathrooms.
Signs it needs it
When pumping aloneis not enough.
These are the signs that a chamber needs washing rather than another level drop.
01
The smell outlasts the pumping
The level came down and the lines run again, but the smell around the cover stays. What produces it is the layer stuck to the walls, and that does not come out with the water because it neither floats nor pours.
02
A hard crust on the surface
Lifting the cover to find a bound layer sitting on the water instead of a liquid surface says the chamber has gone a long time without cleaning, and that pumping alone will pass under it and leave it there.
03
The pipe mouth looks narrowed
The inlet or outlet mouth reads smaller than its real bore, or its rim is coated with deposit. A narrowed mouth means the chamber fills again quickly however much is pumped out of it.
This area
What setsthis area apart
Abu Fatira houses are older buildings with wide courtyards, and the cesspit usually sits in the middle of the yard or near the wall. Interior manholes collect bathroom and kitchen drainage before it reaches the main pit. After pumping, we open each manhole and scrape off the sticky layer from the floor and walls using rods and a brush, because it builds up over time and reduces the storage capacity.
Abu Fatira is a residential area in Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate, where most houses are older and have collection cesspits beneath their courtyards.
Cesspits in Abu Fatira are usually about a metre and a half deep, with walls of cast concrete without modern coating.
Cleaning in short
The washing, short.
Service
Cleaning of cesspits, manholes and chambers
What gets cleaned
Walls, channel, benching and the pipe mouths
When it applies
After pumping, or as scheduled care of a pit
Method
Scraping and washing down, with the residue lifted
Where it applies
Houses, chalets, blocks and complexes
Hours
Daily, 6:00 in the morning to 12:00 midnight
How we clean
From the cover tothe wash down.
Four steps, and the order matters so nothing we lifted goes back down.
We open and skim the top
The round cover comes off and the surface layer is taken first, because letting it drop as the level falls would lodge it in a pipe mouth and make a new problem.
We take the level to the base
The level comes down in stages until the base and the channel show. Nothing is cleaned while water still covers the wall, because you cannot tell what is stuck from what is merely wet.
We scrape walls and benching
The bound layer is scraped off the wall and off the benching around the channel, then washed down from the top so everything released runs straight into the channel.
We check the mouths and close
Inlet and outlet are checked clean at their full bore, then water is run from inside the house and watched crossing the channel before the cover goes back on.
Common questions
Questions about Cesspit and manhole cleaning in Abu Fatira
It depends on the house size, number of residents and daily use. A small house might need cleaning once or twice yearly, while a larger house may need it more often. We can advise when we open the pit whether repeated cleaning is needed.
Pumping removes the water and sludge from the pit, but a sticky layer remains stuck to the walls and floor. Cleaning scrapes that layer off using tools, leaving the pit empty and fresh for new use.
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