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steveharvey2001 wrote: »The house was built in the late 1980s and is part of a large 1980s development with separate surface/foul drainage.
I am convinced that this is the result of a cowboy playing fast and loose with the previous owners who are probable totally unaware what was done.
The property should never have been marketed as having a utility room if the water drainage was illegal.
I expect that the only way to get this fixed is to dig a new foul drain to the nearest chamber or use a waste pump like the Sanivite.
If it worries you that much you need to walk away.0 -
The property should never have been marketed as having a utility room if the water drainage was illegal.
I'm not sure this is true. It's a utility to room where the drainage doesn't meet regulations, doesn't alter the fact that it is a working, functioning utility room.
If the property wasn't for sale it would carry on being a working, functioning utility room. In fact, post sale it will do so too, unless the new buyer decides it is something they want to alter.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Out of interest - is this requirement that rainwater and waste water from the house head in a different direction:
a. applicable to all houses?
b. If so - when did it become a requirement?0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »Out of interest - is this requirement that rainwater and waste water from the house head in a different direction:
a. applicable to all houses?
b. If so - when did it become a requirement?
No it isn't. There are many combined sewers. That's why most medium/large treatment plants have very big concrete storm tanks for added capacity.0 -
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Beg your pardon?0 -
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Maybe anotheruser wants to tag this thread and by putting a 'comment' will more readily be able to locate it in future?Gather ye rosebuds while ye may0 -
I'm not sure about the regulations but a while ago (maybe about 20 years ago) I remember my parents had to change their washing machine drain so that it went into the sewer rather than the rain water drain. So I assume that there was some regulation at some point, first I guess that you need to be sure that the drain is a rain water drain and not a sewer drain.0
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Fairly sure that when we built an extension a few years ago, ALL drainage (gutters, soil, washer etc) goes into one drain - the sewer drain. Is this not normal practice now? What if you only have one drain? I'm not aware of a separate rain drain around here...0
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doodle-bug wrote: »Fairly sure that when we built an extension a few years ago, ALL drainage (gutters, soil, washer etc) goes into one drain - the sewer drain. Is this not normal practice now? What if you only have one drain? I'm not aware of a separate rain drain around here...
It seems to depend on when the house/deverlopment/estate etc was built
http://www.connectright.org.uk/misconnections/1-was-your-house-or-property-built-before-the-1920s0
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