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26th July 2006, 03:56 PM #1
Dainage woes - advice appreciated
I'll never buy a house that has any hint of a handyman or renovator about it again. :mad:
It seems the 3 car shed has guttering and downpipes, in accordance with building regs, one on each side. They are hooked up to a slotted pipe that connects each one together, a giant U bend - an illegal (surely) wet sump that empties into my Northern Melb clay soil. Fantastic!
Of course they are backed up and creating a swamp.
As I'll be re-doing a paved path (1.6 x 10 meters, that runs off at right angles to the shed), adding drainage to this and connecting this to the drainpipe from the shed to the stormwater - I'd like to employ someone to oversee & plan this.
What would be the correct person to employ - a plumber/drainer, builder, our civil engineer aquaintance....
This will be done with some other (planned) work, including:
removal of 5 cubic meters of soil,
sub-soil drainage,
set paving heights/slope,
paving drainage,
shed drainage,
concrete pad or stumps and platform for future rainwater tank.
Any advice appreciated.
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26th July 2006, 06:35 PM #2
Clinton, I would start with the plumber then the earthmoverand then hook in myself and give the rest a go with willing mates and a BBQ at the end of the day.
Dave,
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Originally Posted by Clinton1
Peter.
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26th July 2006, 07:42 PM #4
Plumber is the one to see.
Soakage pits are legit with council approval, but generally only used if there is no stormwater drainage system to hook into.
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26th July 2006, 07:48 PM #5
I'll never buy a house that has any hint of a handyman or renovator about it again.
Have you heard of the kettle calling the pot black?woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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26th July 2006, 08:31 PM #6
I'll be buying in the next year or so... If I see even a hint of reno work I'll be demanding the receipts to see who did the work. If it's the owner and I really want the place I'll knock a hell of a lot off the price and I'll make known why. I have seen some amazingly crap DIY jobs and have no intension of getting caught by it.
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27th July 2006, 09:58 AM #7
Peter - thanks for the tip....NOT
Bob - thanks, I suppose a builder would just charge me for telling a plumber to "put some drainage there"?
Jow - I don't mind doing work myself - I'll bear my own mistakes, or make the next owner bear them . I do know my limits though.
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