The construction of the bath is very troublesome, especially if you build it yourself. Of course, in addition to walls, roof and ceiling, it is very important to build a drain. At first glance, such a task is easily fulfilled, but it is worth paying attention to the features that can save you a lot of time and effort.
A bathhouse built in horticultural massifs is most often considered seasonal, so the drain can be done in several ways.
Photos of plums for a bathhouse
What needs to be taken into account
There is absolutely no need to make a drain hole if there is a ditch next to the bath, which can calmly contain all the water. If the bathhouse is on the border of the drain ditches, then it is simply necessary to bring the pipe to it, because such ditches are constantly cleaned and maintained in a working optimal state, which will save you from any problems with the plum equipment.
In the case when your garden has a high level of groundwater, and the bath is not built next to the drain, it is pointless to equip the drain hole: all groundwater will go into the hole, and there will simply be no place for draining water from the bathhouse, which must be taken into account, which must be taken into account, which must be taken into account.
But how to make a plum for a bath, if it is still necessary? Firstly, it is worth considering the soil on your site: if it is mainly sandy or loam, then you should not bother yourself with a deep hole: in such soils, water quickly goes into the ground, so drainage pits are more and more popular in such cases.
Swarm the hole
For the construction of the pit, it is enough to dig a hole with a depth and a length of one meter, and then fill it with a layer of gravel, then gravel, and then brick scrap. In this case, the pipe must be removed under the slope, to a depth of 0.4 or 0.8 meters, depending on the depth of your drain pit.
Of course, each person has his own idea of what exactly the hole is laid out, so there are many variations, but the most common – purchased: special waterproof layers of various sands and other materials.
Do not forget about the following method: put the wave of slate on the bottom of the pit, then on it one more, but not as the first, but across. Thus, it is worth laying out the sheet behind the sheet until the total height of the structure is lower than 15-20 cm of your soil level. Of course, most often such a system for a long time is enough for an average family, and a large number of people will not be enough.
Naturally, in order to perfectly choose the volume of the drain hole, you need to be able to elementarily count. On average, 3 buckets of water are spent on an average of 2 people-approximately 30 liters, but after all, 6-7 people will need much more.
But when equipping the pit, you need to remember that the walls also need to be strengthened, otherwise such a drain hole will not last a long time. Typically, slate, boards are strengthening, but you can dig into any container in which it is previously necessary to make holes so that the water goes into the ground.
Much more complicated for those who have clay soil: after all, it does not pass water, which means that it will be necessary to dig a hole much deeper, until you reach water -permeable soil. But this can not always be found, and digging to the center of the Earth is also not a way out.
Naturally, no one prevents you from putting a container and periodically pumping water from it, but not only uncomfortable, but also unreliable: at any moment the barrel under pressure from the soil will swim or collapse from frosts, so this option is very inconvenient.
In general, it is worth noting that digging such drain pits for seasonal baths is not a way out, because it is much easier to use a drain ditch, which is not only reliable, but also constantly cleaned, so it is worth considering when building a bathhouse.
Video on the construction of the drain from the bathhouse