Anything to do with you guys - Has lll been up north ?

flowjoe · Post: # 37232Post **flowjoe** Fri May 01, 2009 8:06 pm

Thought we would sneak an extra job in tonight on the way back to the yard, it will only take 5 mins i said.

WTF

Pablo · Post: # 37234Post **Pablo** Fri May 01, 2009 8:21 pm

Is that a recessed tray???

flowjoe · Post: # 37235Post **flowjoe** Fri May 01, 2009 8:34 pm

Even i can see that the loss of access into the blocked drainage system is more than compensated for by the beauty of two courses of poorly laid 1970`s imitation stone walling.

but in the words of Paul Weller `The walls come a tumblin down`especially at 4.30 on a Friday.

Pablo · Post: # 37238Post **Pablo** Fri May 01, 2009 9:12 pm

Ah now I see it my eyes are playing tricks today thats beyond stupid.

henpecked · Post: # 37240Post **henpecked** Fri May 01, 2009 9:18 pm

Theres been no blockages there for a long time

HP

henpecked · Post: # 37245Post **henpecked** Fri May 01, 2009 10:53 pm

BTW how did an inspection lid end up on a boundary?
Might be worth looking into.

HP

flowjoe · Post: # 37246Post **flowjoe** Fri May 01, 2009 11:07 pm

Its a common feature HP, the groundworkers/drain layers are working on a blank canvas then the boundaries are physically put in and it happens.

Most of the time the fencing guy or bricklayer will bridge the cover by 30mm or so, just enough to give the impression that it can be lifted, but the sadistic bastards know that it can`t

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Post: # 37255Post **Dave_L** Sat May 02, 2009 8:39 am

henpecked wrote:BTW how did an inspection lid end up on a boundary?
Might be worth looking into.

HP

Yeah, there's a couple down here on my estate like that crossing the boundaries.

Couldn't see it happening these days.....

Rich H · Post: # 37264Post **Rich H** Sat May 02, 2009 3:05 pm

See it all the time. The worst ones are where there's a change in level from one property to the next so one poor sod has a raised IC half on his property. Most often seen with a fence panel on top!

Post: # 37301Post **Tony McC** Sun May 03, 2009 12:29 pm

For some reason, there was a policy on new houses built in the late 60s and throughout the 1970s for the drains to run smack-bang down the middle of the gap between adjacent blocks. Naturally, the pipework and the chambers were all well and good and were passed by the Building Inspector (as they were back then).

The houses were built, roof on, first then second fix,wet trades complete and then the external works would be done last of all. A single course of 3x2s would be laid around the blocks, and a fence thrown up along the boundary, and, without fail, that fence would follow the same bloody line as the drains, resulting in a base panel resting on top of the crown unit and cover.

Because the base panel and the top panel could be removed, granting access to the access chamber, this practice was deemed acceptable, and continued for over a decade until someone finally realised that it was much, much better to off-set the drains to one side or t'other.

Nowadays, we might find it hard to believe our predecessors in this game could be so bleeding gormless, but the building trade back then was a very different animal!