Hi folks just looking for advice Moved in to this house about 3 years ago but been having problems with the walls inside extension and have just noticed that the downpipe on the extension never had a drain at least i cant see one i have dug around it but seems there was never one there What would be the best advice now ? i would not mind collecting rain water in a water butt , but would i be better off gettin it to a drain there is one on the other side a bit away
Yes you need somewhere for this water to go i.e. a soakaway. It might be possible to tie this into the mains drainage but I think this is frowned upon and perhaps not compliant with building regs. Surface water and sewerage should be kept separate.
when u say a soakway would it be possible to have an overflow hose from the water butt and have an area about 3-4 ft away with a 1 foot hole of stones gravel etc, and have the hose going to this area ? this is a terraced house and not all houses have a down pipe unfortunately
Water butt as a temporary solution and then a soak away or drain connection as a permenant solution. I.E get a water butt now and then work out what you want to do next. You could have to contact the local water authority or local building control to find out if you can connect rainwater pipes to the main drainage. As it is often disallowed, I am lucky enough to have it allowed here.
Soakaway set as far away from the house as possible, depending on the ares of roof its taking and what sort of soil the ground is will determing the size of it. But let's say a 20/25 M2 roof and good draining soil, then a soakaway of 1m3 will do. This will need to be filled with clean stones/hard-core of half brick size, topped with plastic sheeting before covering with soil again. As for a Waterbutt you can get an inline outlet that allows the rain to go to the butt until its full, it then allows the rain to drain away when full.
You are really lucky the back end of the extension hasn't fallen off ( literally ). Yes you really must provide a soak-away or there a real danger that severe damage can be caused to the building.
Hi guys well i got the water butt but there seems to be more water coming down the water pipe than in the Water Butt? do i need to seal it from the bottom pipe to the water Diverter, i had to lower it as water was not going through the water butt