Cesspool Components & Background Knowledge | Murphy's Cesspool & Spetic Professional Services
A cesspool is basically just an upside down bucket with a bunch of holes drilled around the sides. Except in cesspool construction the sides of the bucket is made from steel reinforced precast concrete rings. These precast rings are engineered with specific design features and are made in a few diameters. The “rings” as we call them in our industry, are constructed from concrete and rebar. A round steel frame made from rebar is put into a mold. Then the concrete is poured in from the top until the mold is filled. Air is then vibrated out. After that the ring is left to cure. Curing times vary depending on variables like weather and temperature. The rings usually have holes all the way around them that serve a dual purpose. The holes around the precast ring are a wedge shape . These wedge shaped holes are bigger around the outside wall of the ring. The holes taper inward and get smaller as they get closer to the inner wall of the precast ring. These holes actua