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    Surface water into foul drain?

    Hope the sketch makes sense?
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    Surface water into foul drain?

    Just sketching it now....
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    Surface water into foul drain?

    I'm not ignoring it! It's not in our garden that they're blocked/cracked, it's further along under the neighbours garden. We've told them that the pipe is blocked/cracked and suggested they contact their Housing Association for advice. The surface water pipes have been removed from our...
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    Surface water into foul drain?

    Thank ree. Is a sump the same as a soak away? Trouble with that though is that our soil is clay so water takes a long time to drain away.
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    Surface water into foul drain?

    Hi all, We're doing an extension across the back of our 1950's mid-terrace house. We have a shared foul drain with our 1st neighbours. They've done a similar extension to what we're doing but have their surface water run into a soak away. The trouble is that we've got clay soil so their...
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    Conventional boiler troubles!

    Tibbot - no it's not floor standing. Axel - The plumber who came said about replacing parts then started saying it would be better to replace it etc. When I looked him up he wasn't on the gas safe register so I've arranged for another plumber to come round for a 2nd opinion. Fingers...
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    Conventional boiler troubles!

    Sorry, I have a conventional not condensing boiler :oops: Thanks for the suggestion BMM but we want to use fireplace to burn logs. Surferchick
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    Conventional boiler troubles!

    Hi, Our ancient Potterton conventional boiler has broken. I thought we'd be able to just replace boiler with a like for like one but have since found out that there are new rules about where it can be positioned etc. We can't afford the £2.5k to replace with a combi boiler. I have...
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