Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 31, 2009 4:24 pm Call me paranoid but we visited our house yesterday afternoon to discover our downpipes had finally been connected after three months. We are very concerned that where they connect seems to be at ground level. Is anyone able to offer advice as to whether this is normal or there is some code that states they have to buried a minimum depth. Any ideas anyone? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ no coffee? no work!!! The Big M - PCI complete bring on handover Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 2May 31, 2009 4:32 pm Hmmm ours didnt look like this, perhaps its because of the site cut and you need to fill will soil afterwards. Built the Atlantique 37 Mk2 with Carlisle Homes - WE'RE IN!! Building thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14413 ATLANTIQUE 37 MK2 PHOTOS THREAD - updated 22nd August '09 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22399 Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 3May 31, 2009 4:36 pm Hi, I was pretty disappointed to find that mine pretty well look the same as yours. It is going to mean that I will need to build the soil up around them but it will only just be covering the pipe and will probably need to pushed back around them regularly as I'm sure rain etc. will keep washing it away. Not the best look but appears to be pretty standard these days. Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 5May 31, 2009 5:22 pm I guess it's because they're so far from the house. But you would think that it would have been better if they could have dug the dirt out a bit to place them lower down. Mine are a lot closer to the house so look like this.... http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp253/mtbpebble/IMG_0968.jpg Should be ok once painted. Our pvc goes to the roof and it's there that they have put the adaptor (from square downpipe to round pvc). Because we have ours plumbed to the big water tank we were told it's better that was so that if you have water sitting in the pipes it's sitting in the pvc (guess metal pipe can potentially corrode?). Anyway it really annoys me that they can't make round holes in the gutters, why do they have to have the square going to round~ in this day and age you would think they could have solved that problem! (I'm talking about the junction where gutter joins pvc - chucked a hissy fit at my hubby for the way it's done) Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 6May 31, 2009 5:25 pm That's what mine look like. But there's one above the front door, from the top roof to the lower roof, with an imitation 'spreader' at the bottom. And the spreader is just a bit of pvc with 3 holes cut in it. It's awful. Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 8May 31, 2009 8:25 pm jido Any ideas anyone? It depends how high finished ground level will be as to whether its going to be an issue or not. It looks like your plumber set out his drainage pretty poorly before the slab pour and couldn't be bothered re routing it properly. I'd have a chat with your builder about the finished ground level and if its going to be covered with less than 50mm of soil ask him to fix it. Its not that hard to fix and will annoy you for ever if you leave it. Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 9May 31, 2009 8:49 pm wake_me jido Any ideas anyone? It depends how high finished ground level will be as to whether its going to be an issue or not. It looks like your plumber set out his drainage pretty poorly before the slab pour and couldn't be bothered re routing it properly. I'd have a chat with your builder about the finished ground level and if its going to be covered with less than 50mm of soil ask him to fix it. Its not that hard to fix and will annoy you for ever if you leave it. Thanks for your comments everyone. The top of the pipe is pretty much ground level. We have been advised already that the big M dont backfill. If we were to fill to the top of the slab level the pipes would still be visible. A worrying factor where we were expecting grass and paving in some places where the pipes are. We will have a chat to our SS when he rings for his weekly chat. And you are right it will be one of those things that bites everytime we look at it. It's more than a cosmetic thing, we are worried that with the pipes at ground level they will easily be broken. no coffee? no work!!! The Big M - PCI complete bring on handover Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 10May 31, 2009 9:40 pm jido It's more than a cosmetic thing, we are worried that with the pipes at ground level they will easily be broken. Yep, like the first time you try to mow over it. Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 11Jun 02, 2009 6:35 pm mine are under the ground not like that at all finished building 40 square home on 5 acres with perry homes.working on the landscaping just finished pool deck with ://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=2217 Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 12Jun 02, 2009 11:38 pm I have always liked the look of round down pipes. I don't know why they do rectangle ones either? I also don't like how in WA they have the down pipe come off the back of the gutter, then into the eves and the pipe comes out down the wall It can get very hard to clean Mow to those pics that this thread is all about. Can you dig down around there and see if there is concrete foundations there? That would be the only real reason for that pipe being how it is. Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? 13Jun 04, 2009 7:17 am I'm guessing they've done it like that cause of the footings underneath ground level. Not sure of 'legal' requirements, but check the pipe is the 'UV Stabilised' variety - this should be stamped on it. If this is how it is to be, you may want to consider putting something around it permanently to protect from knocks & bumps - as a previous poster mentioned, mowers are easy to knock into these pipes. Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: Downpipe Connections at ground level?? UPDATE 24 JUNE 14Jun 24, 2009 9:45 pm I thought it timely to update on our situation. After sending off an email with piccys attached to our SS they have come back and advised that the plumber will have to come back and rectify. The pipes are indeed not buried deep enough. I am happy to be able to offer some praise and thank you for doing your job to M3tricon. We got off to a bumpy start with our csc but the build itself has been very smooth and stressfree. no coffee? no work!!! The Big M - PCI complete bring on handover Building Standards; Getting It Right! It's all good. 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