01FRP Manholes
Corrosion-resistant access structures for sanitary sewers, interceptors, storm drainage, and industrial collection systems.
- Full FRP base & invert
- Booted or pipe/coupler connection
- Buried service
Technical overview
- Design basis
- ASTM D3753 for fiberglass manholes. Diameter, depth, laminate, and stiffness are selected for the actual burial and loading conditions.
- Base & flow channel
- Full FRP base and shaped invert configurations; identify channel size, slope, benching, and inlet/outlet elevations on the drawings.
- Connections
- Booted or pipe/coupler connection to suit the connecting pipe. Pipe/coupler connections use a pipe stub laminated into the manhole wall with an external coupler. Confirm actual outside diameter, material, and connection angle.
- External loading
- Check soil pressure, maximum groundwater, empty-structure buckling, and uplift. Traffic loading requires a coordinated cover, slab, and load-transfer design.
- Quality documentation
- Specify dimensional inspection, laminate properties, stiffness, cure/hardness, and watertightness verification in the submittal package.
Groundwater design reference
Freshwater adds approximately 0.433 psi of external pressure per foot of water head. At 20 ft of head, pressure at the base is about 8.66 psi. This is a hydrostatic reference, not a manhole depth or pressure rating.
References: ASTM D3753
Include with your inquiry
Diameter, overall depth, rim and invert elevations, pipe outside diameters, connection angles, groundwater elevation, and traffic loading.






