Diagonal Drain in footing

[miketurner2626]

Hi everyone,

Completed the dig on a 3m single-storey extension today and came across a drain that runs a way we weren’t expecting.

Seems to serve as a rainwater waste but not too sure if that’s all it is as there’s another clay pipe behind it that seems to run down (done my best to draw it in white on last picture).

Any ideas how to tackle this? Would love to do a good ol’ lintel over the top and crack on but don’t think it’ll work in this scenario !

(For those interested, main house is on a raft foundation and generally the soil is quite sandy).

 

[noseall]

Hi everyone,

Completed the dig on a 3m single-storey extension today and came across a drain that runs a way we weren’t expecting.

Seems to serve as a rainwater waste but not too sure if that’s all it is as there’s another clay pipe behind it that seems to run down (done my best to draw it in white on last picture).

Any ideas how to tackle this? Would love to do a good ol’ lintel over the top and crack on but don’t think it’ll work in this scenario !

(For those interested, main house is on a raft foundation and generally the soil is quite sandy).

I'd have re-hashed that storm pipe long before fitting those shutter boards and moved it closer to the boundary wall (outside the trench footprint).

 

[23vc]

The unexplained bit behind it might come from the front of the house, although if it’s angled downward it doesn’t make much sense. Still shouldn’t stop you rerouting it all tho as per noseall