Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:31 am
Hi, I'm new to this site and paving in general so please excuse me if this has already been discussed before, I just couldn't find the answer I needed on the site!
I'm laying a new patio (replacing a lawn area) in my first house and there is a pvc shallow inspection chamber to the edge of where I want to lay the patio. I cannot avoid the chamber altogether as this would make the garden look odd (IMO anyway).
Anyway, I am laying Bradstone's Panache paving slabs and would like to avoid cutting them where I can to preserve their design. Bradstone describe them as butt jointed slabs, which I believe means I don't need to leave a gap between each slab and therefore don't need to fill the gap (correct me if I'm wrong).
What I would like to do is alter the height of the risers in the shallow inspection chamber by an inch or two so that the lid of the inspection chamber becomes level with the top of the blinding that the patio will rest on, then I can lay a dry slab over the top of the chamber lid so that, whilst it is still accessible, it is hidden from view completely.
Would hiding the shallow inspection chamber in this way violate any building regulations? The inspection chamber only serves our property, as each property on our estate (it's a new estate) has its own shallow inspection chamber.
Thanks in advance for your collective help.
Grumpy
I'm laying a new patio (replacing a lawn area) in my first house and there is a pvc shallow inspection chamber to the edge of where I want to lay the patio. I cannot avoid the chamber altogether as this would make the garden look odd (IMO anyway).
Anyway, I am laying Bradstone's Panache paving slabs and would like to avoid cutting them where I can to preserve their design. Bradstone describe them as butt jointed slabs, which I believe means I don't need to leave a gap between each slab and therefore don't need to fill the gap (correct me if I'm wrong).
What I would like to do is alter the height of the risers in the shallow inspection chamber by an inch or two so that the lid of the inspection chamber becomes level with the top of the blinding that the patio will rest on, then I can lay a dry slab over the top of the chamber lid so that, whilst it is still accessible, it is hidden from view completely.
Would hiding the shallow inspection chamber in this way violate any building regulations? The inspection chamber only serves our property, as each property on our estate (it's a new estate) has its own shallow inspection chamber.
Thanks in advance for your collective help.
Grumpy