Hello friends am here again this time I want to share with you my experience in a building site, I went to my church yesterday to assist them in some minor things and I also learned a lot, the building of the church is going on little by little with no rush at all, while I was there we covered the hole behind the pit. Ok first of all let me tell you what is going on, the pit you are seeing in the image is called a soakaway pit, we have this in all our homes. It’s were excreta are kept for a long time depending on the debt of the pit.
This one that is built in my church is very deep compared to the once built at homes why because it is going to be used publicly, and since the church will have male and female rest room so the pit is expected to be deep. The measurement of the debt of the pit is 12ft but some privet homes usually dig the pit 6ft, ok now after they dig the pit and lay the blocks inside, heavy rain fall later that same day at night so water fill up the pit.
That day I was there to remove the water and fill in pieces of stones and earth sand at the side of the pit to prevent mud from coming in through the hole provided inside the pit which allow water to go out, in a soakaway they are two sides, one for storing excreta the other one is where our bathing water go in and dry up, that is why while building blocks in the pit holes were provided to allow water flow into the ground.
This very type of pit is not easily seen around because of the expenses it has, to get a solid pit like this you have to buy let’s say a trip of gravel and sand, rod up to fifteen, banding wire, wood, nails blocks. To avoid all this and as a result of high price of building material most people won’t go for the kind of pit built in my church. They will just build the pit after digging and cover it with a slap that’s all. Such won’t last for long, but the one you see in the images will last for 20 to 25 years.
this image is a typical example of soakaway built with low cost which will not last longer as expected.
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Removing the water out of the pit was not an easy task am glad we did it that is why it is advised to dig a soakaway pit during the summer seasons, building it during the winter will cause you some unnecessary stress. All the same am happy why? Because my church will finally have a rest room no need to hold yourself when you are press till after service you go back home and use the rest room at home all that will stop.
Very soon the tiling work will soon begin and the outward beauty of the church will be seen, I will also share with you as we make progress in the building project. Thanks for going through my block I will be sharing some interesting stuff with you soon don’t leave my blog stay tuned. Cheers!!
the image below shows how it will look like.
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