Interceptor trap for rainwater soakaway

I've fitted a trapped gully with a grid on the inlet to screen leaves and the trap itself will trap gravel. The rainwater pipe terminates in a shoe a few inches above the grid. A precast concrete surround protects the gulley. This arrangement has been in use since 1985 with no known problems.

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Yes, that is the way to go.

You need to watch out, a lot of these "modular" systems can't be accessed for cleaning out. Typically, they are just like a pile of plastic milk crates wrapped in plastic.

You might consider rainwater recovery/harvesting to flush the toilet/washing machine & then go on metered water supply & save somemoney as your water consumption would be small.

Sorry Harry - should have said Scotland where a) water costs nothing and b) we have plenty of it. I could make a comment about some parts of England being wetter than Scotland but that is not PC just now !

The other factor is that anything I do now should have an adequate lifetime to see me out and be someone else's problem when it ceases to work.

Thanks Bob for your help.

Rob