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Currently extending our driveway and we have a 6" fall (over 10m or so) towards the house. Am going to put in a channel - Aco or similar - and feed it via a P Trap into the current waste. How can I do this safely? Alternative is to build a soakaway/stormcrate but that's going to require more work and more expense.
Can't find enough online to help. Any ideas? Cheers
Rainwater can't go into waste
How about going into where your front guttering downpipe is?
Also in many areas now Building Control like water like that to go back into the ecosystem
into where your front guttering downpipe is?
When I said [i]waste[/i] I was referring to the (below ground) drains that feed off that. I've not yet excavated over to that side but I imagine exposing the pipe will be easy enough. My preference is to do so about 2m from the house. If this is permitted then I just need to figure how to make the join.
Depends on if you have combined foul and rainwater drains. We do here so it can be done, I think it still needs building control and you can only connect to your bit, ie not a pipe that is shared as that is the water company's property. If you are allowed to do it the physical connection is pretty easy if you have plastic, a bit trickier with clay as you'll need the right size rubber coupling. Then its just a matter of choosing the right fittings that allow flow in the right direction and rodding access as needed. Probably a 45deg equal T junction and a roddable gully or P trap