plasticpigeon
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Does anyone know about drainage??? This will be a bit wordy, but I'd be very grateful for advice. The drains at my place are probably a mess, as they have cracked and were partly responsible for subsidence at the back of my house. They have been "repaired" by being lined and replaced in parts under an insurance claim made by the previous owner. I plan to replace the lot as the standard of work carried out by the insurance company was appalling. Their in depth surveying and reporting looked very impressive, but unfortunately the useful remedial work looked like an afterthought. Thankfully my drains are short (about 10 metres) and straight. At the moment it is a straight pipe that runs parallel to the back addition of my house (parallel to the kitchen wall in a c1900 terrace) so directly away from the main house at the back. Into the main pipe joins in this order, a gulley, then a soil pipe, and then another gulley. The first gulley was to take water from the bathroom, but this is now diverted into the soil pipe so could be removed. This all happens along the kitchen wall. The pipe then runs about 5 metres and joins with a communal drain that runs the entire length of the road but in the back gardens of the houses. The communal drains have junctions with manhole covers that take the waste water to the the main sewer in the road every 6 houses and the drains to the main sewer run down the alleys between the houses every 6 houses.
I have 3 main questions.
1) The area by the back of the house is blue brick pavers which I plan to keep. When I relay these would it be better to have a slope away from the house, or a slope towards the gulleys, ie towards the house but into the gulleys (rain and foulwater are all taken by the same system).
2)The outhouses have a roof and guttering. The downpipe previously splled straight onto the pavers right at the back of the house making that area very wet and causing localised sinking of the ground. I've diverted thios so it goes into the garden, but should I put in an extra gulley to take this water away?
3) would it be a good idea to put a manhole in my garden close to where my drain joins the communal drain. I like the idea of being able to inspect and rod my drains if need be.
I'm sorry if my description above is not clear. I can draw a diagram if need be.
Many thanks.
Does anyone know about drainage??? This will be a bit wordy, but I'd be very grateful for advice. The drains at my place are probably a mess, as they have cracked and were partly responsible for subsidence at the back of my house. They have been "repaired" by being lined and replaced in parts under an insurance claim made by the previous owner. I plan to replace the lot as the standard of work carried out by the insurance company was appalling. Their in depth surveying and reporting looked very impressive, but unfortunately the useful remedial work looked like an afterthought. Thankfully my drains are short (about 10 metres) and straight. At the moment it is a straight pipe that runs parallel to the back addition of my house (parallel to the kitchen wall in a c1900 terrace) so directly away from the main house at the back. Into the main pipe joins in this order, a gulley, then a soil pipe, and then another gulley. The first gulley was to take water from the bathroom, but this is now diverted into the soil pipe so could be removed. This all happens along the kitchen wall. The pipe then runs about 5 metres and joins with a communal drain that runs the entire length of the road but in the back gardens of the houses. The communal drains have junctions with manhole covers that take the waste water to the the main sewer in the road every 6 houses and the drains to the main sewer run down the alleys between the houses every 6 houses.
I have 3 main questions.
1) The area by the back of the house is blue brick pavers which I plan to keep. When I relay these would it be better to have a slope away from the house, or a slope towards the gulleys, ie towards the house but into the gulleys (rain and foulwater are all taken by the same system).
2)The outhouses have a roof and guttering. The downpipe previously splled straight onto the pavers right at the back of the house making that area very wet and causing localised sinking of the ground. I've diverted thios so it goes into the garden, but should I put in an extra gulley to take this water away?
3) would it be a good idea to put a manhole in my garden close to where my drain joins the communal drain. I like the idea of being able to inspect and rod my drains if need be.
I'm sorry if my description above is not clear. I can draw a diagram if need be.
Many thanks.
