I am installing new bathroom upstairs in property, need to install ne
soil pipe. Due to layout of house I need to site the soil pipe where the existin down pipe from the gutter is located. I intend to remove this (cast iron, corroded). Unfortunately, due t limitations of space, it will not be possible to put it back anywher after fitting new soil pipe. Is it possible/allowed to somehow route a short pipe from the gutterin into the new soil pipe?
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-- brian
It depends if rainwater is routed into the foul sewers in your area. This is usually only done in densely packed old urban areas, where there's no space for soakaways and no separate drainage pipework for surface water, and the foul sewers are designed to take storm deluge as well.
If it isn't, then you need to get permission from the local sewage company. A friend asked when building an extension, as routing guttering piping to soakaways would be fiddly. Much to my surprise, the sewage company were fine with this, but you need to keep the letter giving permission, as it will be flagged up in subsequent surveys.
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:55:11 +0000, a particular chimpanzee named brian randomly hit the keyboard and produced:
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 22:55:11 +0000, a particular chimpanzee named brian randomly hit the keyboard and produced:
No. Your rainwater pipe, if connected directly into a soil stack, will act as a vent. You may also have a separate system, which means rainwater should not discharge into the foul drains or sewers.
The rainwater pipe should be connected into a gully which, if it is combined, must be trapped.
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