Whether it is one house tank or a whole estate, our free service makes it easy to price soakaway in Brits. Your request goes to a drainage contractor serving Brits and nearby areas of North West, so you can compare prices and response times before you commit.
Soakaways in Brits
Soakaway work in Brits 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 Brits and the rest of North West 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 Brits
Brits is an irrigation and industrial town below the Magaliesberg, with the sewer serving the central suburbs and not much beyond them. The agricultural holdings around Hartbeespoort, Schoemansville, Damonsville and the Crocodile River valley rely on septic tanks and french drains, and the weekend and holiday houses by the dam add seasonal loads. Black clay and alluvial soil near the river and the dam are poorly draining and the water table is high, which is hard on soakaways. Factory sites and farm worker housing use conservancy tanks. Honey sucker operators work from Brits and Hartbeespoort, and the Gauteng side supplies tanks and plant.
Typical soakaway requests in the area come from:
- 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
- Houses: a new or rebuilt soakaway for an older house whose pit has clogged or flooded
- Factories, mines, sites and events: pits for site offices, depots and ablutions, sized for the number of workers
- Lodges, guesthouses and venues: larger or multiple pits that cope with peak guest numbers and seasonal overloading
- Estates and complexes: sizing pits for shared tanks on a complex, with a test report for the body corporate
- Restaurants, shops and offices: pits for rural shops, filling stations and restaurants that are not on a sewer
Local tips for Brits
Most work in Brits is done by teams based in honey sucker operators in Brits and Hartbeespoort, and the usual setup is septic tanks and french drains on holdings, conservancy tanks at factories. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the soakaway was sized for a dam-side house, not a weekend cottage.
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: black clay and a high water table near the dam and river: slow drainage.
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: Brits and surrounds
Operators, contractors and suppliers on our network work in Brits and surrounding areas, including Hartbeespoort, Letlhabile, Mothutlung, Oukasie, Damonsville, Mooinooi, Schoemansville. Give the suburb, holding or farm name so the quote can include travel, and say how soon you need someone.