Can soakaway pipe go over shared sewer drain?

[r_c]

There is a rainwater down pipe at the back of our garage. In order for the water to go to a soakaway 5m away from the back of the house, the pipe to the soakaway will need to go over the shared sewer drain that runs along the back of us and our neighbour's house.

Are there any issues with doing this (in terms of physically building)? And are there any regulations around putting a pipe over a shared drain?

 

[noseall]

Crack on. Nowt stopping you passing a one pipe over another. In the image my soakaway pipe goes over the sewer and then under it again. Great fun!

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• noseall
• 18 Jan 2015
• 1

 

[Ian H]

If the shared drain is combined surface and foul you might be alowed to connect into it. You would have to ask your supplier.

 

[^woody^]

Crack on. Nowt stopping you passing a one pipe over another. In the image my soakaway pipe goes over the sewer and then under it again. Great fun!

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• noseall
• 18 Jan 2015
• 1

What a nice looking tidy site. Straight out of a text book!

 

[r_c]

Nowt stopping you passing a one pipe over another.

Thank you nosey and for the photo.

If the shared drain is combined surface and foul you might be alowed to connect into it.

That's interesting. This particular rainwater down pipe was previously going into a soakaway (which is now under our extension), so I doubt the drain is combined surface and foul. But ... it's worth looking into. Thank you for the suggestion.

 

[noseall]

What a nice looking tidy site. Straight out of a text book!

Ta Woods I like to stone-up outside as well as inside the building.......

Tidy1

• noseall
• 16 Dec 2016

Tidy2

• noseall
• 16 Dec 2016

 

[Newboy]

Ta Woods I like to stone-up outside as well as inside the building.......

It's people like you who give the industry a bad name!