Electricity sub station risks

AdrianC

F1001 wrote: »

I read that the National Grid are looking at removing pilons or some other kind of unsightly electricity distribution things in the countryside so that's good news for y'all too.

It's not a new story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29989654
They've just announced which bits they'll be starting with - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34254392

A very few bits of the countryside. Nowhere near here. They've got FAR better things to be doing with the money, imho.

Davesnave

Could the Saniflo be replaced over time, or is it overcoming an 'impossible' drainage situation?

My father in law installed one in the 90s. It's now been removed, which tells its own tale, but they manage fine without it.

F1001

The seller only installed it 18 months ago - 6 months left on guarantee - indication that he was having problems so needed to put one in.
The only fix I can imagine is getting another soil pipe added but because the house is a corner house in a prominent spot on the road, anything added on the outside will not be permitted (the council won't approve anything that impacts the appearance of the house on the side facing the road). If it can be fixed have no clue as to how much work / cost that would involve.

F1001

Sorry digressing from elec sub stations now....

Davesnave

It might be worth geting a plumber's opinion. I'm adding an en-suite and my plumber thinks the building inspector will be OK with an internal soil vent pipe, which is easy enough as part of the renovations and not disturbing anything.

A useful link here...maybe. Every situation's different, but I like the down to earth style:

http://www.draindomain.com/soil%20vent%20pipe.html

....and the occasional un-PCcomment:

"There`s not much that can go wrong with a soil vent pipe in itself,other than the wife knocking it off the gable wall when reversing onto the drive...." :rotfl:

F1001

Thanks! Although Internal SVP also makes me a little uncomfortable - not something I can't get over though...
"The worst case scenario is the rest bend at the base of the soil vent pipe collapsing or blocking for one reason or another, if you can not get direct access from a downstream chamber it is common practice to cut into the now blocked and full soil vent pipe. This is a tricky enough operation when outside the property because you are cutting into a vertical blocked pipe and trying not to get covered in the brown stuff at the same time, on an internal SVP its a nightmare and usually time to get the mop buckets out"


If we were having renos done then I would definitely consider but seeing that the rest of the house is perfect I don't think I can handle this job and then the restoration of the other rooms that are affected by the works.


Would be great to hear how you get on with the building reg permission for that and how much that costs

chris_m

For detailed (?) info on Saniflo's, you can't get better than this post, which I also recall from the Usenet days;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=38888696&postcount=6

retepetsir

I work for an electricity distribution company and would have no issue living next to a substation (unless it was a huge grid site, which are in the middle of nowhere anyway!).

You get more EMF from a hairdryer and internal house wiring that from a shielded substation....

Feel free to PM me with any questions

AdrianC

chris_m wrote: »

For detailed (?) info on Saniflo's, you can't get better than this post, which I also recall from the Usenet days;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=38888696&postcount=6

<wipes tear of laughter>
One of the all-time gems of uk.d-i-y

F1001

chris_m wrote: »

For detailed (?) info on Saniflo's, you can't get better than this post, which I also recall from the Usenet days;

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=38888696&postcount=6

LOL!!! Brilliant