Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Ideas to drain water away from house 17Jul 11, 2010 1:38 am Kio I've got a similar problem as well, do you mind to post some "after" pics? No worries... I'll take some later today. Only thing is, is that I've covered up the tee with dirt so all you'll see is the drain. I can go through exactly what I did though and what I still need to do to finish off the job. Re: Ideas to drain water away from house 18Jul 14, 2010 10:43 pm Hi You will probably find that the stormwater pipe that is installed around your house has no fall. This is a common problem when 90mm stormwater pipe is installed by some plumbers. The 90mm stormwater pipe is prone to being squashed after installation and sometimes can be completely flat especially in clay areas. The only way to test to see if it is not completely flat is place a hose down the pipe and see how fast the water comes out at the kerb. Regards Shane AS4654.2-2012 External Membranes it is "Informative" but if you get water ingress your insurance assessor will go to this straight away and if not achieved, they will deny… 9 1908 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 8480 I've got a challenge here. Background is the builder has cut too deep for the slab and the slab is now below the very substantial retaining wall. It's failed occupancy… 0 18401 |