We've been looking at a 30's house my son is buying and the surveyer said the drains were blocked. We looked for ourselves and discovered that although the drains are not blocked, there is static water in the half pipe in the manhole, about 2 inches deep. When you flush the loo, water does go out of the outlet side and you can hear it splashing down into a sewer. It seems that the outlet pipe lip is slightly higher than the bottom of the half pipe - it almost seems it was installed this way. There is no cracking in the cement or clay pipes.
Is this some kind of inteneded design ?
or has the manhole and house side just sunk by a couple of inches ?
The manhole, soil down pipe and kithen drains are all within 3 meters - what would it cost to relay the whole lot ?
Is this some kind of inteneded design ?
or has the manhole and house side just sunk by a couple of inches ?
The manhole, soil down pipe and kithen drains are all within 3 meters - what would it cost to relay the whole lot ?