drainage

Hi all We recently started an extension to the side of the house. Previously we never had any serious issues with water coming off the fields, but since excavating we have created a new low point in the ground which fills up with a serious amount of water off the farm fields and our garden when...

I had a new ALUK system aluminium window installed a few years back now. But recently been wondering where does the water build up inside the window (from condensation I suppose) drain from? There are no drainage or wheep holes on the outside. Ther are couple holes inside and I tried pouring...

Redoing a downstairs bathroom. Used to be the only bathroom in the house, and the bath waste went straight out of the external wall and into the (very shallow) drain. Moved the bath 2m away from the external wall to fit a boot room in, and realised I'm going to struggle to get it to drain.* I...

I moved into a Victorian house (~1910) recently and I'm currently having an awful time as appears the previous owners patched up about 3 decades of problems before selling. The main one being various damp issues and in this case the cause seems to be the water logged clay ground outside. I've...

Hi All, I have a normal size, raised shower tray with a 90mm trap, with what looks like flexi waste pipe. The pipe then runs through my ceilings out into an external hopper then down into the main waste. The sink in my bathroom seems to also be connected to the waste of the shower too...

Hello all! My first post and I’m needing some help! I’ve just taken out a sink, and there’s an odd sized drain cemented into the ground, going straight into (what I think is) a 110 mm soil pipe. Inside diameter looks like 55mm and outside diameter looks 70mm. Never come across this before. Can...

Hi everyone - thanks in advance for your thoughts on this and sorry if I mix up any technical terms, I've been googling a lot. We're planning on updating a downstairs cloakroom toilet in a 1960s/1970s Council house. The toilet is part of maybe a 1.5m x 1.5m single storey "extension" that all...

Hi I am trying to build a manhole chamber with sump on the cheap. To buy a proprietary unit is to much money. If I simply but manhole chamber risers (which are low cost), and concrete the bottom, if there a way to cut in 110mm holes to connect a drainage pipes whilst maintaining a good seal?

In the process of running a waste for a wet room shower on a ground floor. I have the option with my gradients to exit the waste through the wall either above or below the ground level outside. If I get a bottle gully with a boss built in like this one: Will connecting to the boss with the...

I have a problem with water leaking from an old clay pipe in my cellar I have no means of getting to find where the problem is only a soul stack outside the back door can you fix it without excavation there is no man- hole it’s a terraced house don’t no what can be done advice very welcome

Hi, Not a plumber, recently had a new 1st floor bathroom installed, so new sewerage pipe, and plumbing / drainage. Can you, or is it usual to connect the waste water from a bath / sink / shower into the new sewerage pipe? mine have been run through the kitchen below, then out to a drainpipe...

Hi all, I’m looking to install cobble sett pathway around the house where there is only walls and neighbours property adjacent. my question where do I channel my gradient and drainage to if this is the case and there is no obvious area for water to drain to? I have a couple of drains on the...

Hoping someone may be able to offer some guidance on some groundworks drainage here. Close to completing on a new property and plan to complete a double-story side and single story rear wraparound extension. The image below shows the existing house as the red box, with the new extension in...

Rear conservatory on a bungalow - back two corners appear to be extremely damp, often feels dry but huge dark patches of wet brick. After the last day of rain, the wall on the inside is extremely wet to touch now. strangely it’s just the two corners of the conservatory, sills, windows...

Hi All Hope somebody can help me out here a little. We are looking to convert our double garage into a new lounge but we have an internal drain with tap inside the garage. The drain just handles water from the sink in the downstairs toilet through the clay pipe in the image below (ignore the...

Hello folks - thanks in advance. Just moved in to a property built c.1930 which was renovated by previous owner. "As new" when we moved in. Damp signs appearing above skirting on the inside of solid stone wall. Caused by overflowing drain we suspect. Picture below. On the outside of this...

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate any advice you can spare... I have smells that are coming up through the floorboards next to a low profile shower drain / trap. I'm not a plumber, but I believe the shower trap itself is working fine as there are no smells coming from the drain itself...

Hi hope you're good. I have drainage smells coming up in my kitchen. The waste runs into a stack that comes to under the worktop with an air admittance valve on. The aav is not glued on, in case I needed to change it in future. Is it just a case of glueing it? Is there a chance the smell...

Good morning everyone , just a question about the house that keeps giving , I have attached a image from a downpipe coming off my original house which has a extension to the left as you can see there is no drain as such just a hole where the water pools up against the side of the house then...

Hi all A while back damproofers cut the concrete surface that meets the external wall of my house to form a trench. I have since been educated on the damproof industry and the efficacy of their trades. This was apparently done to stop pooling water against the wall. This seems sensible as the...