Manhole in tbe wrong place

AdrianC

busterkeye wrote: »

Im the first on the run if the foul waste so the inspection chamber didnt need to go where it is now.

And you know exactly where all the other underground infrastructure is?

paddyandstumpy

busterkeye wrote: »

Is this fact or are you just trying to be funny? Ive had a look and i dont have a bob am sorry to tell you! I dint even think hope has a bob, i defo know you dont have a clue so get back under your stone and let the adults have some time

Erm, Bob Hope...

mirko

I've got one a couple of feet from my front door. I've never once thought about it being a problem - its come in handy a couple of times when there's been a blockage..... Interesting what some people care about.

poppasmurf_bewdley

You can paint them green. Or, as mentioned above, cover them in artificial grass.

Or do what one of my neighbours did with this water meter cover, and bury it beneath a large rockery.

force_ten

what drainage plans are you looking at?

are they the proposed plans and if so how far out is the inspection cover from where the plans says it should be, when the project is complete the builder will submit revised plans as built and they should show the inspection cover in the lawn rather than on the drive

you also said the foul drain is shown as on the drive is this your drive or a neighbours drive, you said that you care because you dont want this, this does not sound like a very mature and adult explanation and then you wonder why you get childish replies

drains and inspection covers are required and at some point down the line you may be grateful that they are there if you are unlucky enough to have problems with a foul drain backing up, if your issue is purely cosmetic then why not look at getting a recessed grass top manhole cover, it may take a bit of work to fit but could be a solution

people normally give answers based on facts but as you are drip feeding information it is not surprising you are getting so few helpful replies

gettingtheresometime

busterkeye wrote: »

Is this fact or are you just trying to be funny? Ive had a look and i dont have a bob am sorry to tell you! I dint even think hope has a bob, i defo know you dont have a clue so get back under your stone and let the adults have some time

What you could do is apply for a section 185 to divert the sewer yourself but this will involve:


Employing a drainage engineer to come up with plans to divert the sewer
Deal with the water authority getting them to agree to said plans
Pay for the diversion & construction of a new sewer & manhole (if the plans are agreed)
Paying the supervision fees of said water authority which will run into hundreds of pounds.


The manhole is there for a reason. Not because the developer thought it would be a good idea to stick it anywhere where it would annoy you.


But I'm going to crawl back under my rock now where I can do my drainage layouts.......

EachPenny

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

You can paint them green. Or, as mentioned above, cover them in artificial grass.

Or do what one of my neighbours did with this water meter cover, and bury it beneath a large rockery.

Not a very smart thing to do. The water meter is usually combined with the stop valve and if the neighbours plumbing springs a leak before any internal stopvalve then you might have the pleasure of watching the neighbour desperately scrabbling around in their rockery trying to find the meter cover - which having had stuff piled up on top of it for a while might have broken, allowing the meter/valve chamber to fill up with soil. Your neighbour might also want to check any legally binding agreements with the water company regarding keeping access to the meter clear at all times.

Likewise with drain covers. They are there for a purpose and when needed it is usually as a result of an emergency. Paying the man from SupaRod £££'s per half-hour to wander around the garden looking for a manhole whilst the brown stuff bubbles up in your house is not what most people think of as a good idea.

So long as the OP's manholes have been installed with the covers left flush with the lawn level then they ought to be able to forget about the trauma of having two rather than one quite quickly, and it is very unlikely that visiting friends or family will even notice them.

CocoLouie

Just get a recessed cover from the chamber. The house builder may be willing to provide it.


I have a grassed 1 in my front garden and you can barely tell it is there.

poppasmurf_bewdley

EachPenny wrote: »

Not a very smart thing to do. The water meter is usually combined with the stop valve and if the neighbours plumbing springs a leak before any internal stopvalve then you might have the pleasure of watching the neighbour desperately scrabbling around in their rockery trying to find the meter cover - which having had stuff piled up on top of it for a while might have broken, allowing the meter/valve chamber to fill up with soil. Your neighbour might also want to check any legally binding agreements with the water company regarding keeping access to the meter clear at all times.

.

I agree with you. He was a bit of a nutter who was having rows with the water company because he had a meter on a new build and didn't want one.. He was trying to convince to water company he didn't have a meter!

busterkeye

Bit bad when you have to explain your jokes

I.knew what you ment, you just wasn't funny