advice needed on rainwater problem.

[kay-jay]

hi

going to look at a customers house tomorrow, she has a few jobs for me one of which i need a bit of advice on.....

basically her drainpipe for rainwater isn't draining and water is overflowing from the hopper.
obviously the first thing i will do is rod it to ensure its not a blockage. the pipe is concreted into the ground, and she has just had the driveway block paved and i reckon that its more likely that during this work the underground rainwater conduit has been damaged by a collapse and blockage. if this is the case where would i start? as i wouldn't know where the underground bit was laid or which bit was damaged, obviously she would prefer for as little of the drive to be excavated as possible....

i'm thinking of suggesting a drain camera as a starting point but any suggestions are most welcome...

KJ

 

[Gray0689]

If you get no joy with rodding then your spot on I'd get the camera in

 

[WHPES]

If it's under the driveway she needs to get the driveway people back in to sort it out as the drive's gotta come up again.

 

[tamz]

There will probably be a trap at the base. Check that is clear first.

 

[kay-jay]

hi, went to job,

firstly i disconnected bottom section of base of downspout as cement around it was already cracked. there was no blockage in the drainpipe.

looking and feeling below ground level there was nothing ....no trap , no soakaway apparent , no drain connection.
i told her to get the paving guy back around to get the blocks up for further inspection.

something that made me chuckle was that her bathtrap was fitted OUTFECKINGSIDE can you believe that? she wondered why her bath would not drain whenever it was cold. a free standing bath had no trap just pipe from the waste beneath a tiled floor then straight to outside with a running trap fitted just before the stack.

KJ

 

[tamz]

At least it is accessable lol