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Thanks all for the replies. I'll work on it this weekend. Will let you know what happens!

Ahh yes..im familiar with the paving expert. Very useful. The main issue I have is that I'll be chopping into an existing pipe so the levels will be the same. I.e. I won't have the inlet above the outlet. I could add a 90 degree bend onto the outlet. Bent down into the water. That should...

That's sort of what I thought. I think the precast would be a bit big for what I need. Just didn't want to construct or attempt to invent something if there was a pre-defined way of doing things.

Right.. after almost a year we now have a free ish flowing drain. I installed a manhole, and 2 rodding points and have had dyno-rod in to jet the whole lot out and its now flowing. What I want to do now is stop it getting blocked up again. The main culprit is silt im guessing from leaves...

so.. I think I'm going for a concrete base and bricked/blocked up sides with a 450x600 mm galvanised lid, possibly with a catch pit which will save having to mould/shape a channel in the base. i think this will be cheaper than buying plastic IC's, risers and having to use adaptors to go...

Hugh, yes i think having access would be better than just repairing the pipe and covering up. if possible I'd like to just fit a rodding point.. but adapting 180mm to standard rodding bends/pipes/eyes doesn't seem possible/straight forward. I have already cut a 200mm(ish) section out of...

Well.. I haven't got a super accurate diameter. Its about 180mm. There is a weld along the top, so I'm guessing its not spun.. more like wrapped and welded. Its fairly thin. 2 or 3 mill thick metal. Havent been able to get at a joint so far, so not sure about that.

Right yes.. sorry its the grey line going from bottom left to top right in the image.

ive just been looking at jetting equipment.. not cheap to hire but might be the only option. we did consider relaying the entire thing. it would mean hiring a digger and the cost of the gravel alone would be pretty steep i should think. but it could still be the best option. removing the...

Hi all any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated. (this is a fairly long and possibly complicated post.. please bear with me) On the attached sketch of our property you will hopefully see a grey line. this is (i believe) supposed to be a surface drainage pipe coming from the...

I was up there at the weekend. I found a few places where water could be getting in.. One was at the bottom of the lead on the right had side, a hole in the render could have been letting water in. The main one was up on the join between their roof and ours. There was a crack that was...

... I was afraid of that. What would the likely cost be? (plus a bit for essex?)

:oops: :oops: Well 'someone' (me) has done that recently to try to combat the problems. It obviously hasnt worked. Whats the problem with using flashband on lead? (I used a heatgun to ensure the backing was good and sticky before applying it) And what is flashband supposed to be used for...