missing bricks!

C_Mababejive

I would hope that the accesses for the drains would have been infilled/bricked up. Just shows the poor standard of modern construction.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I would hope that the accesses for the drains would have been infilled/bricked up. Just shows the poor standard of modern construction.

They are hoping to revive the ancient roman tradition of lighting a fire & venting it under the floor. Underfloor heating

iveco_man

darich wrote: »

there is no lintel shown in the image posted though.

open your eyes look at the photo with red line

darich

iveco_man wrote: »

open your eyes look at the photo with red line

the photo with the red line shows no lintel where the arrow points.
The first photo also shows no lintel where the down pipe is shown

molerat

The construction pic shows lintels in each wall where the pipes pass through, I can see at least 10 and one laying on top off the blockwork waiting to go in.

diable

smk77 wrote: »

I've got a 2 yr old son and pregnant wife (who is too scared to go outside to put rubbish in the wheelie bin) who could have picked up something nasty from the rat.

I would have thought the two year old would have been too short to reach the lid of the wheelie bin ;o))

darich

molerat wrote: »

The construction pic shows lintels in each wall where the pipes pass through, I can see at least 10 and one laying on top off the blockwork waiting to go in.

You're right...there are numerous lintels all over the site.....but none where the red line is pointing.
It's clear because the pipe on the ground goes under 3 lintels and is then clearly visible right up to the lintel on the furthest away gap.
Where the red line is, the lintel is missing.

It's also missing on the photo showing the drain pipe in post 1

smk77

diable wrote: »

I would have thought the two year old would have been too short to reach the lid of the wheelie bin ;o))

Trust me...he'd climb up it to open the lid!

smk77

Thanks for all the comments above.

I've got my rat entry point wrong! It's further to the left where the 2 pipes are sticking up and the one is leaning on its side (half way along the red line).

Sorry about that!! so, it looks as though a lintel was never put in place?

diable

Expanding foam and some decent poison should do the trick, I get the industrial stuff as a mate deals with the railways and said don't bother with the DIY store stuff.