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    Overflowing gully connecting to old soakaway (ed.)

    I think there may be a manhole at the back of the house as both my neighbours have one in their garden- although I havnt seen mine as it would be underneath my decking. We have got combined sewers around here but its all at the back of the house as far as I'm aware. According to neighbours alot...
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    Overflowing gully connecting to old soakaway (ed.)

    Hi Andy, We've got this kind of set up already which pumps the water out to the road (but I'm using a naff looking flexi-tub as anything bigger gets in the way of the garage door opening). It works well, but like you say is not a great solution long term Thanks
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    Overflowing gully connecting to old soakaway (ed.)

    Thanks Chris. I am assuming it is a soakaway as it is what the neighbours have said + we don't pay for rainwater drainage on this street. We had a professional camera inspection (plus i did one myself with a cheap ebay inspection camera) and it only went in so far, approx 3-4 metres until it...
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    Overflowing gully connecting to old soakaway (ed.)

    Please help me solve this issue! We bought this 1975 semi almost a year ago and since we moved in we have had non-stop issues with a gully overflowing in the corner of our driveway, flooding out our garage whenever there is heavy rain. With a bit of investigating it seems that the gully serves...
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