I need to move a drainage inspection chamber

[smokey]

Do I need to get building regs to move a shared inspection chamber which is slap bang where I want to build my conservatory?

Thanks

 

[corgiman]

cant you just pop a screw down internal lid on it?

 

[smokey]

No, I dont think so.

it is a rodding point too and I presume access is needed

Here is a picture, maybe you could give me a better idea

Heres the current set up.

The orange line is the pipe between my neighbours
The red line is the waste from the house
The blue line is the waste from the extended front porch/shower room

This is what I propose I do

The orange line is the pipe between my neighbours
The red line is the waste from the house
The blue line is the waste from the extended front porch/shower room
The green line is from the gutter attached to the garage downpipe which currently runs straight into a water butt which we dont want.

let me know what you think

Thanks

Smokey

 

[smokey]

Oh....I forgot to mention we are concreting the drive eventually so will concrete the 1st 6'/8' of the drive where the 'new' inspection chamber is going to be now, then the rest of the drive in a cpl of months time when I have built the conservatory

This is only 1 hurdle......sigh

You are probably just the man for this corgiman

Can you guess what it is? lol

Maybe I should repost this in 'Project', its certainly turning into a mammouth one

 

[Softus]

cant you just pop a screw down internal lid on it?

No, I dont think so.

it is a rodding point too and I presume access is needed

As cm said, you can simply replace the frame and lid with a double-seal frame and lid - these are purpose-made for building a room over the top, the only stipulation being that the lid can be unscrewed and lifted in the event of a drainage problem.

Commonly, flooring is laid around the frame and on the lid, thereby upholding the 'removability' of the lid.

 

[corgiman]

hope you are moving the boiler

 

[Softus]

...and the dog

 

[corgiman]

LMAO


it would be a brave plumber to face that fine looking beast

 

[oilman]

These people have something to suit. Give them a ring and they will tell you which one to use. Moving the access chamber is not necessary.

 

[smokey]

cant you just pop a screw down internal lid on it?

No, I dont think so.

it is a rodding point too and I presume access is needed

As cm said, you can simply replace the frame and lid with a double-seal frame and lid - these are purpose-made for building a room over the top, the only stipulation being that the lid can be unscrewed and lifted in the event of a drainage problem.

Commonly, flooring is laid around the frame and on the lid, thereby upholding the 'removability' of the lid.

I thought that too, however the drain is right where the dwarf wall is

The white line is where the dwarf wall is going to be...typical huh lol

 

[oilman]

Poison-dwarf wall........

 

[corgiman]

then shrink the size of the lid so it falls outside the poison dwarf wall

I am sure that with a lintle you could put a smaller lid on the drain?

I am probably wrong hopefully the others will be gentle with there derision of my idea

lmao

 

[Gasguru]

Isn't the real problem going to be building a dwarf wall foundation on top of the existing drain run?

The orange line is very close to the srayed white line.

 

[corgiman]

depends on the depth of the drain run guru

starting to get out of my remit now thou

so I graciously bow out