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aco drain

  1. M

    Bodged Aco Drain Keeps Getting Blocked

    I'm a builder and have just been out to a family members house about an aco Drain that keeps getting blocked. They've recently had the garden done by someone else and they installed an aco drain along the back of the house. It keeps getting blocked to the point where it's overflowing and causing...
    • mb597
    • Thread
    • aco drain building drainage drains garden landscaping patio plumbing rainwater water
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Building
  2. C

    Issues installing ACO drain level

    Please see the video attached - it explains everything quickly. This is a 1936 house, with cavity walls. The walls contain rockwool type insulation and the builder thinks the bricks need a coat of water repellent. I also intend to clear the cavity at some stage. However, this post relates to the...
  3. whickey

    Rising damp still after exterior aco drains

    Since last year been having rising damp when rain is very heavy! Last week had aco drains put in outside on the black paving. The driveway would not meet new regulations as driveway is so close to the damp course. Despite the aco drains being put in last week with this continued heavy rain...
    • whickey
    • Thread
    • aco drain block paving damp external wall dpc damp course external
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: General Discussion
  4. E

    Aco drain help

    Hi Everyone, I'm going to be installing an Aco channel drain (Raindrain) soon. I will need 3 and a bit sections for the job so I will have to make a cut in one. My question is can I make a cut anywhere along the section then fit an end cap to it? I'm hoping so but It wasn't clear from the docs...
    • EdF_uk
    • Thread
    • aco drain channel drain drainage
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Building
  5. E

    Installing Aco channel drain.

    Hi everyone, I'm building a patio from Indian sandstone slabs and have planned to install an Aco RainDrain channel drain at one end of it (see drawing). The fall is 1:80 towards the drain. The drain will be about 3.3m long. My question is do I need to have a fall on the aco drain? I wasn't...
  6. Rageyboy91

    Aco drains drainng nowhere.

    Just brought a house and I've seen this posted on here as a common issue where aco drains that drain no where at the end of concrete drives, the water runs into the front pea pebble ditch where the air bricks live and the render crosses the dpc, which has led to damp in the property, the...
  7. C

    Perforated land drain into aco drain

    Hi all, I'm currently looking into installing a perforated land drain in my back garden as the grass is becoming a boggy mess. I currently have an aco drain along the side of the patio which leads into the house gutter drain which is close to the edge of the grass. This drain is the only option...
  8. A

    Connecting ACO drain to existing system

    Hi, I'm a new member but have been reading a lot of the great advice on here. I'm struggling to find information to help me move forward with my project...... I'm totally redesigning our back garden and have taken down a concrete garage, lifted a large block paving driveway and removed large...
    • Aldiverman
    • Thread
    • aco drain dpc drainage gulley paving
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Building
  9. T

    New patio - where to lay ACO drainage channel

    I am installing a new patio and intend to use an ACO channel to drain it - either into an existing gully or into a soakaway. I intend to have the patio fall in two directions - away from the house and also towards a soakaway. My question is about where to put the drainage channel. The patio...
  10. mrelliott

    Aco drains

    My understanding of an Aco drain in block paving is that it's visible on the surface of the BP. Is that correct? TIA
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