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Hi all,
I bought the house with this drain and planned to build rear extension, however Covid19 has pushed that plan back a bit so I'm looking for a semi-permanent solution to this open drain which is throwing up sewage smells. I've read about durgos but not sure they're appropriate. I'd like to know what all my options are, even if it means putting a stack in and going up through the conservatory roof. But obviously I want the cheapest and easiest way to deal with this problem, if indeed there is one. Don't know how the previous people lived this way for so long to be honest!
The house is 1910ish and most of my neighbours have bathrooms at the back of the house above the kitchen so we're probably smelling all their business (our bathroom is at the front). We have a manhole cover down the side return - adjacent to where the inside drain is. The drain itself is situated around 1m from the side wall inside the conservatory (lower half is brick-built and upper half is UPVC glazed). There's a back door (kitchen) between the drain and side wall and it's a step up so a smallish pipe could possibly run out to the side under the door step.
As for the drain? It's standard square of around 6x6 inches, open and has the kitchen sink and dishwasher going to it via pipes which empty above the grate. And the conservatory itself is used as utility so have another sink and a washing machine going to it in the same way.
So what are my options please peeps? I'm not an expert so please talk to me like I'm a young child!
I bought the house with this drain and planned to build rear extension, however Covid19 has pushed that plan back a bit so I'm looking for a semi-permanent solution to this open drain which is throwing up sewage smells. I've read about durgos but not sure they're appropriate. I'd like to know what all my options are, even if it means putting a stack in and going up through the conservatory roof. But obviously I want the cheapest and easiest way to deal with this problem, if indeed there is one. Don't know how the previous people lived this way for so long to be honest!
The house is 1910ish and most of my neighbours have bathrooms at the back of the house above the kitchen so we're probably smelling all their business (our bathroom is at the front). We have a manhole cover down the side return - adjacent to where the inside drain is. The drain itself is situated around 1m from the side wall inside the conservatory (lower half is brick-built and upper half is UPVC glazed). There's a back door (kitchen) between the drain and side wall and it's a step up so a smallish pipe could possibly run out to the side under the door step.
As for the drain? It's standard square of around 6x6 inches, open and has the kitchen sink and dishwasher going to it via pipes which empty above the grate. And the conservatory itself is used as utility so have another sink and a washing machine going to it in the same way.
So what are my options please peeps? I'm not an expert so please talk to me like I'm a young child!