Soldato
Hi all.
Since I moved into this house I've been meaning to investigate the arrangements for guttering and drainage around my house as it's a bit all over the place.
I need to get the guttering replaced anyway as some of it is leaking, but also it doesn't seem to function very well. There are areas where the fall doesn't work well, a lot of corners, and not enough downpipes.
Around the bottom of the house im unclear where the drainage actually is. There is a soil stack and gulley at the back corner of the house, and all the guttering, bath and sink wastes and kitchen wastes flow into this one gulley through a quite messy arrangement of piping.
Some houses on the street have a front gulley, and mine indeed has a hole where a gulley should be, but the downpipe into it has been removed. There's also a front acco drain to catch water off the driveway but it's not clear where this goes either.
I'm not really sure how to proceed in finding out where some of these drains go and what I can do to improve things. I'm not sure what type of tradesperson I would need to contact to try to figure things out.
I can post some photos of various aspects of it if it helps to get advice. What would it be useful for me to take photos of to help visualise things?
Thanks.
Since I moved into this house I've been meaning to investigate the arrangements for guttering and drainage around my house as it's a bit all over the place.
I need to get the guttering replaced anyway as some of it is leaking, but also it doesn't seem to function very well. There are areas where the fall doesn't work well, a lot of corners, and not enough downpipes.
Around the bottom of the house im unclear where the drainage actually is. There is a soil stack and gulley at the back corner of the house, and all the guttering, bath and sink wastes and kitchen wastes flow into this one gulley through a quite messy arrangement of piping.
Some houses on the street have a front gulley, and mine indeed has a hole where a gulley should be, but the downpipe into it has been removed. There's also a front acco drain to catch water off the driveway but it's not clear where this goes either.
I'm not really sure how to proceed in finding out where some of these drains go and what I can do to improve things. I'm not sure what type of tradesperson I would need to contact to try to figure things out.
I can post some photos of various aspects of it if it helps to get advice. What would it be useful for me to take photos of to help visualise things?
Thanks.