Drainage issue

[RobbieR91]

Just having a driveway installed and the tradesman pointed out a concern to me in regards to top of the drive. We converted the front part of our garage a couple of years back and a drainage channel was installed by the new brickwork. As the channel now finishes a bit short to where the edge of the new drive will be he noticed that there is a void underneath the channel and also a hole has been made directly underneath where the down pipe is, so water from the guttering fall into this void too. His concern is the amount of water that will go into here and also it being right next to the foundations. The work was also signed off by building regs, so should I have concerns. Tia

 

[RobbieR91]

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[Hugh Jaleak]

Should be connected to some sort of drainage system by 4" pipework, either the house drains or away from the property, into a soakaway. Building Control may well have been told a few porkies, and signed it off believing it was done properly....

 

[RobbieR91]

Should be connected to some sort of drainage system by 4" pipework, either the house drains or away from the property, into a soakaway. Building Control may well have been told a few porkies, and signed it off believing it was done properly....

Cheers for the reply. Attached is a photo of my garage from a few years back, so downpipe seems to go straight into the ground. Had a walk round the my area and it seems ALL the houses have downpipes that go straight into the ground. Would that suggest the hole that I'm seeing is actually a soakaway?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

You'd need to have a dig around, pipe may go straight into the floor but I'd expect it to go into a drain at or just under finished level. No-one in their right mind allows a downpipe to discharge its contents immediately next to the building, any soakaway should be several metres from the building at least, so a drain would/should have been laid to take the water away from the building and dispose by a suitable method.