arquetas sin fondo

English translation: soakaways (also soakwells)

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Spanish term or phrase:	arquetas sin fondo
English translation:	soakaways (also soakwells)
Entered by:	Comunican

11:04 Apr 18, 2020

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Property repairs report

Spanish term or phrase: arquetas sin fondo

This is from a report about repair work needed to a residential development and here it is talking about flooding and the fact that drainage ditches and grilles have been installed, where the water is diverted to "dos arquetas sin fondo"

There is a picture of a kind of liftable manhole cover with a square hole that clearly does have a bottom to it (it only goes about 15" deep). So how can it be "sin fondo" which I take to mean "bottomless". Or does it mean that there is no *manmade* base (eg concrete)?

Thanks!

Comunican KudoZ activity Questions: 1188 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (118 closed without grading) Answers: 137 United Kingdom
Local time: 14:57

bottomless junction chambers

Explanation:
I've found this:
https://www.construmatica.com/producto/arqueta_sin_fondo/337... (image)
http://www.prefabricadosduero.es/pd/arquetas/arqueta-con-fon... (compares arqueta sin fondo y con fondo) (image)
https://www.cockburn.wa.gov.au/getattachment/d91c3bb0-7377-4... (explains how they work)

Selected response from:

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 15:57

Grading comment

Thanks for your Cockburn link and for your help in general as well as everyone else's. I showed a picture of the arqueta sin fondo to an architect friend and he said "soakaway" was what he would call them, so I've gone with that
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Summary of answers provided

Bottomless catch basin

Victoria Kloppenburg

bottomless junction chambers

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales

chamber without base

liz askew

Summary of reference entries provided

see

liz askew

Discussion entries: 4

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52 mins confidence:

bottomless junction chambers

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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Notes to answerer

Asker: Ah, thank you for that last reference. It talks about soakwells which sounds like it could be right: "A soakwell, sometimes refer to as storm tanks, storm pits, drainage pits, soak holes and oddly enough, sock wells ;) , are underground tanks that are use to catch and disperse water, typically stormwater runoff via downpipes, gutters and surface drains. Soakwells differ from rainwater tanks in that they are not used to make use of rainwater for later use. Instead they are used to channel water from above ground to a location below ground where the stormwater will dissipate or disperse into the surrounding soil." And "A soakwell is a cylindrical (or cubic) structure (usually made of either plastic or concrete) with holes in it . They usually have a lid on top but no bottom, as you want the water to soak into the soil. Water gets into the soakwell by means of a pipe that collects runoff from the roof or other impermeable areas."

1 hr confidence:

chamber without base

Explanation:
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Inspection Chambers & Covers | Drain Depot | Drain Depotwww.draindepot.co.uk › ... › Plastic Drainage
The UK's largest selection of Inspection Chambers & Covers. Next Day ... 280mm x 90deg Inspection Chamber Base & Square Cover (250mm high). £40.18 Ex ...

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What Is An Inspection Chamber? - Drainage Saleswww.drainagepipe.co.uk › inspection-chambers › what...
Inspection chambers are sectional, made up of three separate parts –a base, side risers and a cover. The base is a moulded section that accepts 110mm pipe ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 56

2 days 6 hrs confidence:

Bottomless catch basin

Explanation:
A cistern located at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer and designed to catch and retain matter that would not pass readily through the sewer.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch basin

https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=arqueta

Victoria Kloppenburg
Argentina
Local time: 10:57
Native speaker of: Spanish

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: see

Reference information:
http://www.garinsur.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Prefabricados...

fondo = base

yes

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https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/construction-c...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 56

Note to reference poster

Asker: Many thanks Liz!

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