No Manhole at property

Albermarle

There is a small rear extension at the back of house, one concern of mine is they may have covered the manhole under the extension

At one time it was allowed to do this, but if this was done the manhole should still be accessible, with an indoor sealed cover, assuming someone was not daft enough to concrete over it.
Would be worth checking under the floorcovering of the extension before doing anything else.

Bookworm105

Albermarle said:

There is a small rear extension at the back of house, one concern of mine is they may have covered the manhole under the extension

At one time it was allowed to do this, but if this was done the manhole should still be accessible, with an indoor sealed cover, assuming someone was not daft enough to concrete over it.
Would be worth checking under the floorcovering of the extension before doing anything else.

fine in principle but if you were selling a property would you allow a viewer to start lifting an entire floor covering to see if there is a manhole under it?
If he is the only viewer then perhaps you would, but I suspect many would not. Then again, if you don't ask, you haven't tried.

Top11

There is no sealed cover anywhere in the extension, nor at the front or rear of property.  No inspection chamber or anything exists in this property..

There is a svp stack about the extension which goes above roof level, but then it's hidden in the walls as it comes down into extension.

Jellynailer

I also live in a mid-terrace house with no manhole covers evident.  I got the building control plans and found that the cover for sewerage is in the next door garden and the other straddles below our boundary fence - so I had this section of fence changed to a removable one.  I suggest that the time to pay for CCTV is only if you have a problem.

oystercatcher

Not every house has a man hole. On our road of 1960's semi's we share a wide driveway with next door but the man holes are only on alternate double drives all along the road .....so we have three manholes, the house we are attached to has none !