drain pipe

I hope am I explaining this clearly. But basically I live in a semi detatched house. My neighbour (not attached) and their attached neighbour have been draining their surface water into a soakaway on my property for what I can assume is since when the properties were built in 1955. I have...

Why do new build developers build garage walls right on the property boundary line so that the gutter and drain pipes over hang onto the neighbours property? Assume they’re all compliant with building regs but does it not cause issues if any maintenance needs doing to the wall, gutter or drains...

Hi All Considering re-tiling the pathway at the front of the house however before putting anything new at the surface we want to make sure whatever is below is sound so we don't have to break the new if we need to fix the old pipes later. We lifted the sanitary cover and saw the below photos...

i'm planning an en-suite in the bedroom beside the family bathroom (both on first floor). The existing soil stack is outside and approximately 2.5-3 meters an existing gutter downpipe and where new toilet would come out of the wall. The house is 1938 and i assume that the existing rain...

So a few rear gardens in our street flood regular for the last 7 years and water does not drain at effective level. I recently moved in to the property (5 months) and have raised with council and the rear boundary property which is a school. Neighbours have lived here 35 years and never had an...

First time renovators, just trying to get to bottom of pipe work options. Context: classic 1960’s semi, end of run of 5 houses, poorly constructed conservatory on back of house, and want to complete bigger wraparound extension. Sewerage pipe currently runs under conservatory (constructed...

Hi, hoping someone can help me here. I have a 36mm OD solvent drain pipe that is cracked and has a piece missing at the concrete surface (circled in red in the attached pic). I don't want to have to dig out the concrete floor. I could cut the pipe about 2cm above the concrete surface. I could...

Hi everyone, Keen newbie here taking on a garden project. I'm building a small retaining wall and a patio. Thinking about drainage I'm going to run slotted flexible pipe by the wall and now thinking about where to put the water. There is a storm drain inspection chamber with lots of spare...

Easy job or not? Cheers.