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Actually, since I'm here.... and you guys have already saved me so much money ;-) ... we have the recent plastic bathroom+toilet waste that goes into the manhole(in blue on the picture). When I get that builder in... should they join that or create their own run all the way to the manhole ...

Oh dear... thanks to ree and Nige F for their recommendations. Latest... it seems not only the U bend was damaged. I shined a light down the pipe and there seems to be another junction, and it has slipped, or in any case doesn't seem to be joining or sealed. Photo looking down into the pipe...

Sorry, was a bit quick posting questions... Bottle gullies are generally about 30cm tall, but it will sit near the clay pipe, not on top, so I don't have a height issue. The angle might be an issue, but I've noticed adjustable bend (single socket) that I could use if the standard 15-20-30deg...

OK! a few red worms, and the soil is definitely damp. The collar between the clay pipe and the U bend is broken: The builder who did the extension (left of red line) literally buried the clay pipe in the foundations. I'm having a hard time creating some space around the pipe. There is roughly...

Ground seems fairly dry, definitely not damp or wet, not ever found worms (there are 1000s in garden proper). I will dig up anyway ;-)

Hi again... I wasn't really convinced in digging it all out, I don't want to break the concrete anymore that I should... But... One last thing has convinced me: the water level in the drain. Since that somehow the thing has sunk unevenly, or was never installed properly, it relied on the cement...

Mw, Nige, thanks a lot. I did a drawing of what I believe you mean, Proposal 2: Rainwater to soil pipe adapter: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-110mm-Black-Drain-Adaptor-to-68mm-Downpipe/p/432009 Soil pipe junction/access: http://www.screwfix.com/p/single-socket-access-pipe-sp581/82593 Soil...

Water from the gully goes into the manhole nearby (2.5m roughly), along the side return: And running water from the kitchen sink, it shows which outlet it goes to. It's a deep one (7 or 8 bricks deep)! (the big, newer plasticky job is the new bathroom soil pipe installed a few years ago by...

Oh, another view of the repair I'm thinking of... Current: Proposed:

Hi, I'm in a victorian house (1890) in London, this is at the back, in the side return (1m wide by 8m long), fully concreted over. The main rainwater downpipe that collect all rain from all roofs at the back falls with a bend into a clay gully. That gully is recessed quite a bit below the...

And there's me convinced my (not so brilliant) builders have maybe fixed their dodgy cabling by reconnecting cables with a connection block and then bury it all under plaster... :wink: could have been a small "invisible" fault after all.

Correct. I believe so. You are more aware of the situation than I am it seems. You are completely right. You don't happen to work in East London by any chance?! Regards, T

And I thought I included all the details! Just shows you guys know what you're talking about... Yes, the electrician isolated a fault at the end of what I called Radial 1, between 2 sockets. This wall is the super damp wall that needs channelling if we were to restore the ring. He didn't tell...

Thanks for the replies. The electrician told me about a neutral to earth fault. In terms of physical damage, I can't say for sure. All I know is that workmanship at installation wasn't great. They were errors in the render they used, so they had to pull everything out including the cables...

Hi, Posted 5 years ago about the electric installation in my kitchen... And I'm back about the same thing! Seems like damp walls have potentially damaged cables: an electrician visited, and confirmed i've got faults in 2 places. One of them can be easily accessed and fixed, the other requires...

Thanks for that. I had a civilized talk with the manager and the "electrician" and they're gonna do fused spurs at worktop level. I say "electrician" with quotes because I asked this morning him if he was gonna protect the kitchen circuits with an RCD. He said yes and showed it to me: a...

Hello, It's my first post, but I've been reading quite a lot for some time now. I do some diy, have some electric background from college/uni and I'm a computer techy. I can read and understand techy stuff, but I'm no sparky! My kitchen is getting completely redone, structural work...