drainage

Hello everyone, I'm having a meltdown deciding what to do to improve the look of my garden without breaking the bank. My question is can I cover this area of my garden by laying down gravel grids and fill it up? Few notes: * I don't have a good access so ideally want to avoid redoing it from...

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...

I'm planning a concrete driveway and have selected to use Dek Drain's aluminium edge "Slot Drain" drainage channels. I've checked the manufacturer's website, and although they don't say much about using it with concrete their installation guide shows two examples, one with block paving which...

So we’ve a straight run for the new kitchen, from an inspection chamber to a settlement rest bend (it gave us extra depth, to accomodate going under the foundation & to the depth of the inspection chamber invert) However the closest we could get the rest bend to the wall, leaves it 230mm away...

Looking for advice or any thoughts. I live in a 70s mid terrace house with a shared RWP that drains my side of the fence. I want to extend the full width on the boundary making new party walls. The extension will be with brick walls with coping and the roof will be low pitched with a gutter...

Hi I’ve just bought a new property that is c100 years old. I’ve had all the relevant surveys carried out, which to my mind isn’t really that great. They pointed out a few things but they also missed some. But that’s another story. Roll back a few months and after a few viewings I noted a drain...

Hi all, I’m trying to work out how I can fill this gap between my house and our patio, so that it is level with the patio. The gap is 50cm from the house, 5’ deep in the center, and 3.5’ either side. Yesterday, I cleared out some slate chippings that filled the area, that were sat on top of...

I'm currently in the process of laying porcelain paving across our small garden, but I've hit a wall when it comes to drainage. From the start, I was set on having the paving drain water towards the bottom of the garden — it's about 8m long — rather than towards the house. I just don't like the...

The polythene DPM for my wet room will sit beneath layers of insulation and a concrete slab. If the floor gets regularly wet, where will the water go? Presumably it wouldn't be ideal for the concrete and insulation to be waterlogged all the time. Therefore should I leave a few deliberate drain...

Block paving laid Feb of last year. After a few months, noticed water pooling against house. Took 6 months of daily chasing (and changing Google review to negative) for company to come out and fit short drain going to down pipe. The blue circle area has a more noticeable dip (metre stick...

I had a firm out twice now to try stop a persistent smell from hatch to sewer which is inside my house. They fitted a new hatch the first time. 2nd time called out for same smell issue have removed some gravel from the seal and have put grease around the metal edge of the manhole where it meets...

Hello, I bought a new build (yes I know I know, we are both physically disabled and did not have choices) Bungalow that down the side has a steep incline toward the side of the property. As usual asking the developer for help is a non-starter. There is no option to grade away from the...

Really stuck for a budget solution for our lawn. It´s a new build, we moved in as 2nd social housing tenants in July. Housing and developer not interested in doing anything, so we are on our own. Water pools worse bottom right - gravel board constantly black - but does pool all along the...

Not sure if this should be in guttering or gardens but looking for some advice! I have a small front garden - 2m from house to boundary wall. I've been doing some landscaping work involving digging up the old broken concrete paths round the house and discovered that the rainwater downpipe was...

I have a concern about a drain at the front right of our house. This drain was blocked up beyond the U-Bend so I had a guy come and unblock it. I watched the entire process whereby he jetted it to remove the blockage, nothing unusual there. But what he revealed was that the drain is not holding...

Hi DIY not community, I’ve recently installed this Floplast plastic debris gully, which will eventually be connected to the down pipe and was unsure how best to finish it at ground level. The debris gully has been concreted in but I took the surface of the concrete up to ground level and...

When the macerator flushes it causes the water in the traps for the sink and washing machine to spyhon out. I was think of installing something like a anti-syphon p trap for the washing machine and sink. The macerator which I have on the 1st floor. I saw mentions of an AAV, but not sure if I...

Looking to figure out how I can join these to the drainage that goes to the sewer. I guess I need to get a drainage trap like this , but not sure what else is needed to join the black pipe (shower) and grey pipe (sink and diswasher) The drainage pipe goes down into an elbow into the sewer...

I'm planning to put a patio in a small area of our garden that was a dumping ground for the previous owners. I've cleared it up and dug down a fair bit: The wall on the left is a retaining wall holding our sloped lawn up the hill and to the right is the back of our garage. In digging out the...

Hello! I have a second floor terrace with big gaps between the slabs for drainage. Weeds grow there non stop. Last year I bought a compound to grout them but my father in law advise me to leave the gaps to allow drainage so I never ended up using it. The other day I just thought I would sow...