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Soakaways in Bellville
Soakaway work in Bellville is mostly booked by owners of plots, farms and older houses where a septic tank is the only option. Share the number of people, the tank size and whether the ground is sandy, clay or rocky, so contractors serving Bellville and the rest of Western Cape can quote accurately.
Want to know more first? Our soakaway guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Septic tanks and drainage in Bellville
Bellville and the northern suburbs are mostly on the City of Cape Town sewer, so septic tanks here are found on the outskirts: smallholdings in Durbanville, Philadelphia and Joostenberg, farms along the Klapmuts road and older homes in Kraaifontein and Brackenfell fringes. Soils are a mix of Malmesbury shale and clay, which drain slowly in the wet Cape winters, and parts of the Cape Flats side have a high water table. Wine and olive farms use french drains for cellars and housing. Stikland and Bellville South have industrial sites with grease traps and tanks. Honey sucker operators work from Bellville and Kuils River, and cover the Winelands edge.
Typical soakaway requests in the area come from:
- Houses: a new or rebuilt soakaway for an older house whose pit has clogged or flooded
- Smallholdings and plots: a larger pit or two linked pits on a smallholding with space but heavy clay soil
- Farms and game farms: building pits at homesteads and worker housing, kept well clear of boreholes and dams
- Restaurants, shops and offices: pits for rural shops, filling stations and restaurants that are not on a sewer
- Factories, mines, sites and events: pits for site offices, depots and ablutions, sized for the number of workers
- Estates and complexes: sizing pits for shared tanks on a complex, with a test report for the body corporate
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: larger or multiple pits that cope with peak guest numbers and seasonal overloading
Local tips for Bellville
Common here: septic tanks on smallholdings and wine farms, grease traps at industrial sites. Ask each operator or contractor to allow for this: ask for a pump-out and inspection before the winter rains start. Help usually comes from operators in Bellville, Stikland and Kuils River.
Soakaways usually means dig a pit, fill it with stone or fit chambers, for 2 to 3 m across, 1.5 to 2.5 m deep, check yearly, lasts 15 to 25 years. Ground in the area: malmesbury shale and clay: slow draining in winter, soakaways fail early.
What to include in your request
- Number of people using the system and the tank size in litres
- Whether this is a new soakaway or a repair of an old one
- Soil type and whether a percolation test has been done
- Distance to buildings, boreholes, streams and boundaries
- Stone pit, rubble pit or chamber, if you have a preference
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be.
Service area: Bellville and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Bellville and surrounding areas, including Tygervalley, Durbanville, Parow, Kuils River, Brackenfell, Stikland, Bellville South. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.