Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jun 18, 2020 6:45 am G'day, We are in the process of getting our house ready for a sale. Had a plumber come around and fix up a few exposed cracks in down-pipes where my wippa snippa got hungry and also found that the valve cap on my first flush pipe was missing, which we thought was why the storm-water tank was not filling up. Had a bit of rain yesterday and and went to see if the tank was filling up, so I walked around and found where all the water was sitting near a down-pipe, which then runs under the slab to the storm-water tank (pictured below) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Spoke to old mate who said he can come around and fix it soon, and I'm guessing he will just do a relining of the pipe. My concern is we had a landscaper come in to put an ag line which connects to where all of this water is coming from... so i'm starting to think that might be the issue. In my head it seems crazy that you would connect something to a charged pipe which then allows the water to get out? I have been up since 4am going crazy about it, so if anyone can let me know if that is right or not that would be great. Re: Charged Stormwater System 2Jun 19, 2020 11:21 pm TacoMan G'day, We are in the process of getting our house ready for a sale. Had a plumber come around and fix up a few exposed cracks in down-pipes where my wippa snippa got hungry and also found that the valve cap on my first flush pipe was missing, which we thought was why the storm-water tank was not filling up. Had a bit of rain yesterday and and went to see if the tank was filling up, so I walked around and found where all the water was sitting near a down-pipe, which then runs under the slab to the storm-water tank (pictured below) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Spoke to old mate who said he can come around and fix it soon, and I'm guessing he will just do a relining of the pipe. My concern is we had a landscaper come in to put an ag line which connects to where all of this water is coming from... so i'm starting to think that might be the issue. In my head it seems crazy that you would connect something to a charged pipe which then allows the water to get out? I have been up since 4am going crazy about it, so if anyone can let me know if that is right or not that would be great. If it was originally a charged line, it no longer is, if he has tapped into it, where does the agg line go to? Once you know the basics, the rest is easy. Read my post in the thread linked below. viewtopic.php?p=1919271#p1919271 2 19491 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4835 Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 8390 |