Buying house with manhole in kitchen

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stuart45 said:

I've had to raise the brickwork on quite a few manholes in the past for making them inside an extension. I always used to think it was a bad idea. There's a lot of weight in the cover once it's full of floor screed.

^This.

But if the sewer surcharges then the hydraulic pressure on the underside of the cover can be considerable.... so let's hope the cover is securely screwed/bolted to its frame, which in turn is securely attached to the chamber.

user1977 said:

Martyn_H said:

How often are people around here rodding sewers? I'd have thought that's a once-in-a-blue-moon sort of event, not a regular task. Most properties I've lived in have never had any sort of trouble with the drains.

In my own experience the majority of properties with well constructed drainage won't have a problem unless the occupier starts pouring fat down the sink or flushing things that shouldn't be flushed.  The properties with poorly constucted drainage may need attention every six months or more frequently.  Although I couldn't quantify it, there must be some correlation between properties with poorly constructed drainage and those where work has been bodged carried out taking shortcuts such as not bothering to involve BC.

Martyn_H

One of our neighbours was throwing baby wipes down the toilet. There's a reason why MCs cannot be inside buildings now.