Aco drain

ed84c · 28 Nov 2020

Hi
Just had an aco drain installed - its open at both ends, the landscaper telling me that "it doesnt need capping since it will drain out the open end"

Is this standard?

He has put a proper drop on it down to the open end.

Ian H · 30 Nov 2020

It would normally have an outlet opened in the base and put ontop of a trap.

If the water runs out of the end there isn’t much point in it being there.

ed84c · 30 Nov 2020

Where it runs out, they dug a hole, and filled with gravel saying it was a soak away

HERTS P&D · 1 Dec 2020

Was this a cash job by any chance??

Andy

Ian H · 1 Dec 2020

ed84c said:
Where it runs out, they dug a hole, and filled with gravel saying it was a soak away

With pipework in between? A Soakaway wants to be 5Mtrs from a building and you would want a trap to catch any silts.

ed84c · 4 Dec 2020

Disappointingly not.. I actually went with a more expensive quote as the bloke sounded like he knew a lot about drainage

The Aco is still 7inches below the DPC (not the 8 inches I asked for but I let it slide), and hence so is the soak away.

Soak away is next to the house though.. do i need to put a corner on it and run it 5m away? 3m is about the best I could do before reaching the pavement...

Ian H · 5 Dec 2020

ed84c said:
Disappointingly not.. I actually went with a more expensive quote as the bloke sounded like he knew a lot about drainage

I did the same with my driveway and ended up with cowboys that fitted an ACO that the surface water doesn’t even run into. And I do drains for a living

I’d see how it performs but rather than put a corner on it I’d put a bottom outlet onto it then pipe it from there to a soakaway as far from the building as you can.

foxhole · 6 Dec 2020

What is the acco protecting?

ed84c · 9 Dec 2020

To reduce dampness on the wall (or so I was told)

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