Recent content by liverpoolkeith

Thank you both. I have often wondered what goes on under there. The drain pipe is redundant now, as Ive had a new one fitted and that drains into the borders of the garden. I always assumed there was just a natural soakaway type of thing. It only recently, that I've had time to concider what...

Hi there, I assumed that the soakaway was under the leaves? Is this not right? I wondered where the water went and I was told by a neighbour it just soaks into the soil at the bottom?

working my way around, usually the hard way.

Nige, yes there will possibly be some sort of opportunity to have help with any damage etc. However I'm interested in looking more closely at this to stop it from happeneing again, and also want to make the basement a more permenant room, to sleep in. I've used it as a bedroom for over 4 yrs now...

This is 2 pics one from ground level, and one from the basement window, thats open. you can see a lot of debris in the area, and the remains of the old drainage from the bay roof, thats no longer connected to anything.

Under the grill. The view from the cellar window (open)

The front grill covering the soakaway

soakaway

the house was built in the turn of the 1900's. so is over 100yrs old. there is access to the top. its like an upside down chimney at the front of the house.

Hi guys. New to forum so this is my first post. Found you off Google and looked promising. I have a soakaway at the front of the flat. It was a 6 bed house made into flats. I use the basement aswell. However after last week's torrential storm there was some spillage in the basement only along...