Hi all We've recently had problems with a broken bend at the bottom of the soil pipe. Some digging out (thankfully not me!) and insurance discussions later, we're ready to engage someone for the day or so's work of fitting everything back together properly, filling the ca. 1/2 cubic meter hole with pea gravel, and making good etc.
However ... whilst watching the process of lifting out the crazy paving at the front of the house where this problem was, I saw what I realised was the DPC ... *under* the level of the paving! (The guy who used to own this place was a builder of sorts - every bit of work of his I've seen was a bodge).
So the DPC seems to be be about 1 to 1/5 brick-depths below the current level of the paving. We've never had damp problems here but obviously it's not a good situation.
I pointed this out to the guy who did the insurance quote and they have given me an 'extra' quote involving a length of ACO drainage connecting to the current soakaway. Apart from the cost of this, I'm not that keen. What are the panel's thoughts about alternatives to this scheme?
Thanks Jon N