Hi, this is my first post so thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
I'm in the middle of having a conservatory built by a local firm. When the guy came around to do the quote, the one area I highlighted was a drain at the back of the house (where the conservatory is going) which takes the feed from the washing machine and sink - a white pipe comes out of the wall from the kitchen and into this drain. The drain is open as I used to have an outside tap above it. Hope that all makes sense!
I highlighted to the conservatory firm that this would obviously need moving / fixing somehow and they assured me that it wouldn't be a problem, they could move it. Work started a few weeks later and to my surpise, the builder employed by the conservatory firm didn't know anything about moving the drain. He dug out all of the foundations, started the brickwork, etc and the drain was still where it was. I phoned the conservatory firm a few times to ask what was happening and everytime I got a different story about who was moving it.
Last week, I got home from work to find that the concrete floor had been put in while the drain was still in place underneath. Obviously, they must have done something to stop the concrete from getting into the drain as it all still works (water flows down the sink OK), but I now have the white pipe from the kitchen going into the concrete floor, about six inches of which is visible. There's also a gap behind the pipe and the wall. I very much suspect that he has just covered it with blue polythene sheet and concreted over it but obviously I don't know!
I raised this with the conservatory firm and they said that it was a temporary fix and someone else would move the drain later. This continued all of last week, phone calls to and from, until now the rest of the conservatory is complete - all UPVC up, doors in, all plastering done, etc. The drain STILL is underneath the floor and now they're saying that there isn't a problem with it, it's all OK and that's how they normally do it. Not having any knowlege of this, I don't know if this is right or not.
My instincts say that it isn't - what would happen if the drain blocked? It seems to me that it would flood under the conservatory floor with no way to get access to it.
I wonder if any of you could shed any light on it? Are they correct? I haven't paid them any money yet.
Thanks a million!
I'm in the middle of having a conservatory built by a local firm. When the guy came around to do the quote, the one area I highlighted was a drain at the back of the house (where the conservatory is going) which takes the feed from the washing machine and sink - a white pipe comes out of the wall from the kitchen and into this drain. The drain is open as I used to have an outside tap above it. Hope that all makes sense!
I highlighted to the conservatory firm that this would obviously need moving / fixing somehow and they assured me that it wouldn't be a problem, they could move it. Work started a few weeks later and to my surpise, the builder employed by the conservatory firm didn't know anything about moving the drain. He dug out all of the foundations, started the brickwork, etc and the drain was still where it was. I phoned the conservatory firm a few times to ask what was happening and everytime I got a different story about who was moving it.
Last week, I got home from work to find that the concrete floor had been put in while the drain was still in place underneath. Obviously, they must have done something to stop the concrete from getting into the drain as it all still works (water flows down the sink OK), but I now have the white pipe from the kitchen going into the concrete floor, about six inches of which is visible. There's also a gap behind the pipe and the wall. I very much suspect that he has just covered it with blue polythene sheet and concreted over it but obviously I don't know!
I raised this with the conservatory firm and they said that it was a temporary fix and someone else would move the drain later. This continued all of last week, phone calls to and from, until now the rest of the conservatory is complete - all UPVC up, doors in, all plastering done, etc. The drain STILL is underneath the floor and now they're saying that there isn't a problem with it, it's all OK and that's how they normally do it. Not having any knowlege of this, I don't know if this is right or not.
My instincts say that it isn't - what would happen if the drain blocked? It seems to me that it would flood under the conservatory floor with no way to get access to it.
I wonder if any of you could shed any light on it? Are they correct? I haven't paid them any money yet.
Thanks a million!
