Identify where drain goes

[b21playa]

Hi all

I have a drain at the side of my hose that I want to know if it’s connected to sewer or soak away. Is there a way to check this?

thanks in advance

 

[dilalio]

Photos pls.

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Dye test would be a good start, put dye in a bucket of water and tip it down the drain, observe if it arrives at a downstream manhole.

Also depends what else your planning to discharge into it, a rainwater drain may connect to a surface water drainage system, so you wont be able to discharge waste water into it.

 

[b21playa]

Photos pls.

This is the drain in question. I’m sure we only have combined drainage here. 1 inspection chamber which is on the other side of the house to this

 

[dilalio]

Clean it out. Run some dye into it and see if it appears at the manhole.

 

[b21playa]

The pipe in question is further forwards towards main sewer then manhole so can’t try dye test unless I had a camera down it at the same time

 

[Ian H]

If you launch a bucket of water down you should hear it from the manhole.

 

[b21playa]

If you launch a bucket of water down you should hear it from the manhole.

Good shout. Job for weekend I think when someone’s available to throw the water down

 

[dilalio]

The pipe in question is further forwards towards main sewer then manhole

Then, if it does join the sewer system, there "should" be a manhole at that junction.

 

[b21playa]

Then, if it does join the sewer system, there "should" be a manhole at that junction.

Unless it’s been covered by previous owners, I only can see 1 manhole on our land. Our last house didn’t have any

 

[b21playa]

Can a camera be put down a drain for Inspection?

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Can a camera be put down a drain for Inspection?

Yes, but you'll need a proper CCTV drain camera.

 

[b21playa]

Yes, but you'll need a proper CCTV drain camera.

Sorry I meant down a gulley rather than manhole

 

[Hugh Jaleak]

Depends if it'll go around the bend of the trap. I'm not familiar with all the models on the market, so there might be something that will.

 

[Ian H]

I wouldn’t put mine around a gully but there are small ones for that.