Concrete Washouts

Concrete washout containers, bags and systems

Steel washout pans

A steel concrete washout pan is the general-purpose washout for ready-mix chutes, mixers, wheelbarrows and hand tools, catching slurry and pump discharge in one open steel container until it is tipped out. It works as a temporary washout for a single pour or as a permanent wash point. Where the crew wants to draw off settled water before tipping the solids, the washout pan with a ball valve has the same body with a valve for controlled discharge.

Pump washout trays

A concrete pump washout tray goes under a pump hopper, mixer or truck to catch slurry and residue as the equipment is washed down. It drains through a ball valve and a Bauer-style outlet, so the contents can be run off to a hose before the tray is lifted. A tray is the right choice when the washout has to follow the pump from one setup to the next.

Concrete washout bags

Concrete washout bags are lined, drain-through polypropylene sacks that hold back cement, slurry and oil residues while the water passes out. They are the replacement bag for the bag frames, changed when full, and they are also used to drain flocculated settlement tanks and to catch residue from chute and tool washouts.

Washout bag frames

The washout bag and frame kit holds a washout bag in a rigid, reusable frame, so it can stand under a pump or wash point and drain in a controlled way. It suits pump and mixer washouts where the crew wants to empty the washout by changing a bag, without a suction truck or holding tank. The frame comes in single bag, double bag and enclosed versions.

Concrete bucket washout frame

The concrete bucket washout frame holds a crane-handled bucket steady over controlled drainage while it is washed out, and it adjusts itself to the bucket placed in it. General contractors, precast crews and equipment yards running concrete buckets of mixed sizes use it because one station takes the whole fleet. It is designed to work with the closed-loop system as part of a contained bucket wash station.

Closed-loop washout system

The closed-loop concrete washout system is a compact, self-contained unit that filters solids out of the slurry and recycles the water for the next wash. It suits sites without a permanent washout bay, where pumps, mixers and equipment are rinsed regularly and the crew wants the solids collected in a sack for disposal.

Concrete pump, truck and bucket washout stations

Concrete pump washout

At the end of a pour, the pump hopper, boom line and pipe are flushed out, and the washout under the hopper has to fit the clearance beneath it and catch everything that runs off. Catch area matters more than volume for this job. Pump washout trays and washout bag frames are both built for it. Fuel and hydraulic oil drips from the pump are a separate risk, handled with spill kits kept beside the washout.

Ready-mix chute and tool washout

Ready-mix drivers rinse their chutes after each discharge, so the washout needs a firm, graveled approach that a truck can back up to without crossing finished work. Hand tools, screeds and wheelbarrows are washed into the same unit. The number of trucks per pour sets how fast it fills, and a steel washout pan takes repeated chute washouts through a working day.

Concrete bucket cleaning stations

Crane-handled concrete buckets are washed after every pour, and the station has to hold the bucket steady while the crew works and contain everything that runs out of it. On precast and equipment yards the station stays in one place and handles the whole bucket fleet.

Settlement tank drainage

When wash water collects in a settlement tank and is treated with a flocculant, the settled solids still have to be separated from the water before either leaves the site. Draining the tank through a washout bag in its frame holds back the fines and oil residues while the water passes, and the full bag is lifted out and replaced with a new one.