Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:51 pm
On a typical housing estate, are there two separate systems for sewers and water drainage? Our house was built in 1999.
I'd guess that they merge into one at some point, though I've no idea.
My reason for asking is that we have a problem with water collecting on our patio, and we want some drainage putting in to clear it. This was a problem last year, but this year with all the rain we are constantly in the garden bailing out the patio so that the water does not sit against the back of the house.
We've had three lots of people out who have all said completely different things in how to resolve this.
One said that we could not connect a new drain (for rainwater from the patio) to the drain where the rodding point was, because that was part of the sewerage system, and wanted to direct all the rainwater under the fence into next door! Another said that he would connect the drain to this rodding point. He had looked into the rodding point to "see if it was deep enough".
Can the drain be connected to the rodding point? Last thing we want is sewage backing up as it can't handle the deluge of rainwater!
A local handyman that we have used before and trust, agrees that we could put the new drains in to join up with the downpipe, once underground. Trouble is, he's never done this before - he has taken advice from a friend in the business who confirms that this can be done, though the handyman is wary of doing this in case it goes wrong on his first attempt.
Any advice on this? (Would pics help?)
I'd guess that they merge into one at some point, though I've no idea.
My reason for asking is that we have a problem with water collecting on our patio, and we want some drainage putting in to clear it. This was a problem last year, but this year with all the rain we are constantly in the garden bailing out the patio so that the water does not sit against the back of the house.
We've had three lots of people out who have all said completely different things in how to resolve this.
One said that we could not connect a new drain (for rainwater from the patio) to the drain where the rodding point was, because that was part of the sewerage system, and wanted to direct all the rainwater under the fence into next door! Another said that he would connect the drain to this rodding point. He had looked into the rodding point to "see if it was deep enough".
Can the drain be connected to the rodding point? Last thing we want is sewage backing up as it can't handle the deluge of rainwater!
A local handyman that we have used before and trust, agrees that we could put the new drains in to join up with the downpipe, once underground. Trouble is, he's never done this before - he has taken advice from a friend in the business who confirms that this can be done, though the handyman is wary of doing this in case it goes wrong on his first attempt.
Any advice on this? (Would pics help?)