The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:37 pm**

Hi I recently converted my garage. During this there was an inspection manhole relocated outside in the form of a rodding eye which building control said they were happy with.

I asked my builder to link into this and give me a drain further over in the area which is slabbed as we donâ€™t have a drain in the back garden. However builders being builders forgot about this as I said we also needed to put drainage in what can only be described as water and clay topped of with a bit of the green stuff. (Or should I say weeds and mulch)

So he said you can get me back and we will put a drain on the patio when we put drainage in the garden when we dig it up.

However I still have regularly puddles forming on the patio in the meantime and since his quote doubled it may be sometime before we can put drainage in the garden.

In the mean time can I link easily either to the rodding eye he put in or my guttering down pipe. Finally if I link straight into the rodding eye is there a danger of gases and smells being omitted into the patio.

Would apreciate nay help you can give me. Thanks in anitipation.
Jmclay Glasgow

Posted: **Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:51 pm**

There's no great risk of sewer gases from a surface water system, so, if you formed a connection to the RWP (rain water pick-up - what the downspout links to), there should be no problem. Similarly; if the RE (Rod Eye) is on a SW line then no problem. It's only if you break into a Foul Water drain that you could expect problems.

If the RE is on a SW line, the simplest option would be to replace it with a AC (access chamber) and use the new branches to link to a land drain system in the garden.

The Brew Cabin

Linking to rodding eye or guttering downpipe