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I live in a new build (in England), the house has a block paved drive 10m x 10m that slopes away from the house down to the road. At the bottom edge of my drive I have plastic drainage gully. I noticed that when it rains the gully was filling with water and over spilling into the road. There was a lot of sand from when the driveway was laid (fair enough) so I have removed this and found the outlet of the gully. This outlet is a 90 degree 110mm pipe bend that just faces back under the drive and just terminates. Once I've dug the sand out of the bend I can feel the hardcore under the drive.
Does this need to be connected to the surface water drainage or can the builder get away with this set up?
The drain seems pointless as it just fills with water and spills out into the road.
The building company is a local company with a good rep, they don't seem to be cowboys so I'm surprised to see this setup.
Does this need to be connected to the surface water drainage or can the builder get away with this set up?
The drain seems pointless as it just fills with water and spills out into the road.
The building company is a local company with a good rep, they don't seem to be cowboys so I'm surprised to see this setup.