Hi all - strange one this....
Basically I am having a double storey extension built to the side of my house. The front garden will now be block paved to become the driveway (which has been built over).
Now - the Building Regs guy called in yesterday and talked to my wife - he has given us a couple of things to get sorted but the strangest one is that on the front garden he wants a soakaway made - he actually stated that there may already be one in place and he wanted her husband (me) to dig around the garden to try and find this soakaway (if it exists...not sure why he asked me to do - the wife can dig pretty well... )
Now - he expects me to go around searching for a pipe that may or may not be there at a depth he doesnt know and the garden is 50m squared!! Is this a bit silly or is it just me???
Basically I am having a double storey extension built to the side of my house. The front garden will now be block paved to become the driveway (which has been built over).
Now - the Building Regs guy called in yesterday and talked to my wife - he has given us a couple of things to get sorted but the strangest one is that on the front garden he wants a soakaway made - he actually stated that there may already be one in place and he wanted her husband (me) to dig around the garden to try and find this soakaway (if it exists...not sure why he asked me to do - the wife can dig pretty well... )
Now - he expects me to go around searching for a pipe that may or may not be there at a depth he doesnt know and the garden is 50m squared!! Is this a bit silly or is it just me???