JoelP
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| posted on 11/4/08 at 08:43 PM |
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blocked drains
hey peeps, ive got another blocked drain. Seems to be the theme of the month. Anyway dinorod couldnt rod it as there is nowhere to rod from, they got
it flowing a bit with the water jet but 3 weeks later its blocked again. Im suspecting its collapsed somewhere under the weight of the van. Anywa,
question is, if i cut off the soil pipe that goes down the side of the house, what sort of radius is at the bottom? Would i be able to rod it from
there? Ive dug up a bit of the drive but it would be about 6 meters of trench to get to the edge of the property, imagine how annoying if i take up
all the block paving and find its blocked outside and not my problem! Rodding would give me an idea of where its blocked.
Cheers!
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caber
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| posted on 11/4/08 at 08:50 PM |
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Dig a hole reasonably near the house break through the drain and install a man hole there, you should be able to rod in both directions from there.
You can then decide whether to dig a new drain out to the edge of the property.
Caber
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/4/08 at 09:05 PM |
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good thinking, i was thinking of breaking in and rodding it but hadnt thought of putting a manhole in, was worrying about how to join it all back up!
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AdrianH
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| posted on 11/4/08 at 09:50 PM |
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With out being nosey, what style of house, how old, lay out etc.
The only reason I ask is that sometimes in older houses an old man hole cover can sometimes get covered up with soil and plants.
Had a semi, where the drain went from the kitchen at the back of the house, also took the rain water from the gutter. Down the side of the house past
the side door, under the side gate, picked up another rain pipe and the took a slight bend right round the front of the house and headed down to the
front garden wall. The neighbours did the same but turned slight left at the front of house both meeting up just at the centre of the garden wall.
The pipe length was about 75 ft from the back of the house down to the wall.
Now we had drain experts in, and it cost £1200 for digging up stuff before they realised that where the two drains met in the middle of the front
wall, was a buried man hole cover about a foot under the soil.
The house was build in the 30's So I would say that if around the same era borrow a metal detector or have a dig.
I may be well off base but hope it helps.
Cheers
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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Mal
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| posted on 11/4/08 at 10:12 PM |
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If you follow Caber's suggestion and fit a new manhole, you can join modern plastic to old crock pipes with rubber adaptors, so the job is not
too difficult.
HTH
Mal
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/4/08 at 08:03 AM |
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hi guys.
it occured to me there might be a manhole burriedsomewhere. The yard is block paved, judging by how badly done it is it does seem possible that the
cowboys have covered one up. The neighbours one is metal and in his drive, but i dont think mine joins that one. Would a metal detector find it under
maybe 6" or soil and blocks? That would definately be the easiest solution. Can metal detectors be hired? I might even have a stud detector
somewhere!
Cheers!
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/4/08 at 09:10 AM |
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but your pipes won't be metal?
you want two birch twigs and do some divining.
can you get plans for you house as they may show drainage?
you really want this guy to stick his arm down the pipes. 
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/4/08 at 05:57 PM |
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metal detector to find the lid of a manhole cover! Ive dug back to where the soil pipe joins the surface gully thingy, so tomorrow its getting fully
dug, smashed and a manhole built in its place!
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