Soakaway external distance ????

[Foxyuk]

hi guys!!!!! ive noticed water in my cellar it seems level with area where the soakaway leaves the house ..... i have looked in the valiant manual and it says distance for external pipe should be minimal to prevent freezing then it goes on to say should be a max of 3 metre with a 45mm fall per metre HOWEVER no mention of minimum distance..

My soakaway is about 3 inches from my external wall .... its 32mm pipe insulated and is just below ground level... there is no limestone or anything its been filled with mud and my red chips.

 

[Mike Jackson]

The soakaway should be 500mm from the wall, filled with limestone chippings and have the holes pointing away from the property.

 

[AWheating]

didnt know they sold bags of mud at the merchants?? 🙂

as mike has stated normally 500mm from external wall with limestone chippings.

 

[dancinplumba]

the soakaway has chippings round it not in it
imo

 

[Foxyuk]

The soakaway should be 500mm from the wall, filled with limestone chippings and have the holes pointing away from the property.

holes pointing away????

im sure the pipe is open at end im going to dig the area tomorrow,,,...

is it worth getting a soakaway kit???? assume that its a case of a bag of limestone round the kit external and above it......? not paid the heating guy yet so going to say to him is there a size of limestone chipoings preffered?

 

[mcniven]

the chippings are outside the soakaway!

 

[dancinplumba]

holes pointing away????

im sure the pipe is open at end im going to dig the area tomorrow,,,...

is it worth getting a soakaway kit????

yes
imo

 

[mcniven]

whats the diff other than size of chapping a bit of 1 1/2 into the ground with holes in it ???

 

[GQuigley67]

doesn't sound like your condensate is installed properly but might just be a coincidence with your problem, you would get more water from the rain in the soil than the soakaway the tanking may be gone in your cellar.

 

[dancinplumba]

whats the diff other than size of chapping a bit of 1 1/2 into the ground with holes in it ???

1 1/2 goes into a vertical piece of 4" soil with holes facing away from house with limestone chippings around it

 

[mcniven]

i know that mate! i meant insstead of buying a soakaway other than the obvious pipe size difference, whats the diff in putting your pipe just into the ground (in 1 1/2) with some holes at the bottom of it, into lime chips

 

[rawr]

limestone chippings go inside the soakaway as well as around it

 

[mcniven]

iv always put them around it! 🙁

 

[dancinplumba]

i know that mate! i meant insstead of buying a soakaway other than the obvious pipe size difference, whats the diff in putting your pipe just into the ground (in 1 1/2) with some holes at the bottom of it, into lime chips

soz mate
why not just leave it into ground open ended with chippings round it and make it below frostline ?

 

[rawr]

iv always put them around it! 🙁

Yeah they want both, thats what the instructions tell me anyway

 

[GrahamM]

The soakaway container should be filled with the chippings and the condensate is netralised as it seeps through. The container can then be removed periodicly and lime chips refreshed.

 

[Foxyuk]

ok just went out and dug up the area,,,, theres a soakaway unit about 12 inches from the external wall... no limestone... reckon red chips been used......

anyone in glasgow want to sort my soakaway properly???

 

[SafeGasInstall]

sound like a job for Gery

 

[GQuigley67]

i'm not available until weekend though

 

[johnnyplumb]

Yeah they want both, thats what the instructions tell me anyway

yeah , inside & outside is usually the correct way. i've often wondered why you need the container , maybe something to do with the end of the pipe getting blocked up .

 

[dancinplumba]

The soakaway container should be filled with the chippings and the condensate is netralised as it seeps through. The container can then be removed periodicly and lime chips refreshed.

your right,
http://www.mcalpineplumbing.com/media/downloadable/guidelines/L-Soak1gr.pdf

sure i read once in boiler mi's that just round outside, oh well 🙂

 

[GrahamM]

It makes little sense to fill the pit with lime chippings as they are supposed to be renewed annually. If they are in the container then this is pulled out and refreshed easily. Never done though is it?
If you have some to spare then throw them in the pit.

 

[dancinplumba]

maybe make it checkable at service, put it on benchmark, but like you said would it be checked ? means trip outside

 

[Foxyuk]

i'm not available until weekend though

pm sent

 

[johnnyplumb]

It makes little sense to fill the pit with lime chippings as they are supposed to be renewed annually. If they are in the container then this is pulled out and refreshed easily. Never done though is it?
If you have some to spare then throw them in the pit.

your right when you say it's never done but where does it say your supposed to change the limestone chipping in an underground soakaway ?, the m.i never mention this. the manufacturers of those inline condensafe things that are fitted above ground, usually tell you to change every year but never seen anything mentioned for underground soakaways.