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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:14 pm
by youngretiredgardener
To durgo or not! Thanks for all your thoughts, I'm nearly sorted about what I'm going to do but need clarification on a couple of points. I've read that a durgo can only be fitted if the system is vented elsewhere, now because I have a private drain system (which is a posh way of saying that I have a smelly cess pitt at the end of the garden!) the only part that is vented is the cess pitt itself - I'm not joined to anyone elses drain system and there is no vented stack, so does the vent in the cess pitt count as a vent (if that makes sense?!). If it does, then a durgo is the way forward, if it doesn't, I'll have to rethink! Also (sorry!), can i box a durgo in, or does it have to have lots of air around it to work properly. Cheers, Helen
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:49 pm
by flowjoe
Modern properties tend to have the main soil vent running through the house with a durgo situated in the loft, tight under the roof and just out of reach 
They often fail due to fibres and dust from the loft insulation.
So its a No, to only having one on a system that is already vented.
As for boxing it in its completely up to you as long as you realise when/if it does fail i guy like me will come along and no matter how careful i am i will chip or break a tile or tear some wall paper trying to get to it, the very same tiles/wall paper will then be out of stock when you try to replace them (its the law of sod)
If you do box it in try to leave as much space around it as you can and leave some sort of easy access if possible.
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:41 pm
by lutonlagerlout
welcome to my world joe
the world of discontinued laminate when someone wants a radiator moved 200mm.
the world of out of stock tiles when a new toilet is 20 mm shorter than before
the world where the painter who "never spilt a drop in my life,honest" knocks over a litre of gloss onto a mansion flat's shagpile carpet in st.johns wood, while the whole family are watching him
I wont even get started about the guy who washed the mixer out against the wall we had just built
:;):
LLL
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:21 pm
by flowjoe
We broke a flag once in Morecambe doing some trial holes, the home owner was a complete &%$£ and wanted a like for like replacement, even though the one that was bust was where he kept his bins and they were 15 years old.
Three days running around without even getting close to a match and he relented and let us rob one from another part of the garden that he hadnt set foot in for years.
That flag must of cost £700 + the insurance company picked up the bill because i told the dumb ass structural engineer we would never get it up in one piece. 
They often fail due to fibres and dust from the loft insulation.