Recessed covers for rodding eyes?

[Neil-mc]

Hi,

We are about to have a sandstone patio laid, and there are 2 rodding eyes. It's a new property, and the existing covers are black plastic. Are recessed covers available for these? The only ones I have seen online are much bigger.

If not, are there any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Neil

[oioisonnyboy]

I'm guessing you mean the black plastic square rodding eye cover, one screw in each corner == cheap and nasty. to have 2 in your garden is bad luck, are you on a corner plot by any chance?

Easy suggestion would be to change the black plastic one for an oval aluminium rodding eye. Depending on how it has been installed, you may require a 45 degree bend as well to get the aluminium rodding eye at the correct angle. This would be marginally less offensive to the eye, but still leaves a rodding eye in your patio.

More difficult suggestion would be dig down around the rodding eye to expose the pipe. Rodding eye should be at the end of the drain run, therefore at its shallowest point. In my experience, probably no more than approx 750mm below garden topsoil level. Find the pipe, remove the section connecting to the rodding eye. Dig a trench back from the pipe to outside of your slabbed area and then reattach the rodding eye section, this will require an additional pipe coupler. Most likely to be 110mm brown upvc pipe, so inexpensive and fairly simple.

[Pablo]

I use 300x300mm recessed covers for rodding eyes available from the likes of Clarkdrain etc. Your Paver should be able to source them no problem.

[Neil-mc]

They are indeed the cheap and nasty plastic covers you describe, one for surface water and one for foul. I like the idea of the recessed covers (and not having to dig a trench!) so I'll tell my paver that's what we want. I wasn't sure if anything smaller than 300mm existed, but we'll go with that.

Thanks for your help,

Neil

[ken]

You can get 225mm x 225mm x80mm recess trays.
I’ve only used them once though, this was on a job the gaffa redesigned after the client stopped the job and asked the original contractor too leave, the trays were already on site so I’ve no idea where they were bought from but as the job was in Worsley, Salford they must be pretty easy to get hold of.

[Dave_L]

You'll be needing a Clarke Drain CD300 SR

http://www.clark-drain.com/resourc....aters-7

[haggistini]

Here is one I did earlier....

[Neil-mc]

Thanks for the link, and the picture! I definitely prefer the look of the recessed cover. I've not been able to find a 225mm cover, but as long as it's fitted well (like the examples I've seen on this forum) I don't mind if it's 300mm square.

Thanks again for the advice,

Neil

[lutonlagerlout]

I 'll trump that haggis


:;):
the problem with recessed covers Neil is that they are a bugger to get out
best grease them
cheers LLL

[Pablo]

Tony wins this round. Sorry Haggi try harder next time. LOL