Quick Plumbing Question

Yes Matt i poo'd my pants!

Specialone, if it is wrong, can it be easily fixed?

depends on the existing infrastucture, if there is only a combines system then it is fine to go onto the rainwater gully as this all goes down the same pipe to the treatment plant at the end of the day,

if there is a separate system it should be separated.

Don't sweat it though

A Millers Home?

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Thats a back inlet gully (BIG), it has no rainwater down pipe connection its just the kitchen 40mm outfall into a gully trap. It does allow for some surface water to discharge through it (but not in your case as its surrounded by gravel anyway. They're fairly standard on modern housing but the majority of them will be coupled with a Soil Vent Pipe (SVP) which is the vertical pipe you see extends above the guttering and thats what your poopy from the toilet usually discharges down. The fact yours doesnt have the SVP means nothing, its just as legit.

IE CHILL PAL - SAAAALLLL GUUUUUUDDD

our house has the same, the bathroom (not toilet just bath/shower & sink) goes into the same drain as the sink and washing machine from the kitchin, along with guttering from the back of the house!

Our place is 150 odd years old tho! is this ok? or should it be changed?

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

our house has the same, the bathroom (not toilet just bath/shower & sink) goes into the same drain as the sink and washing machine from the kitchin, along with guttering from the back of the house!

Our place is 150 odd years old tho! is this ok? or should it be changed?

If you have any work done by builders or the like they are probably obliged to bring it up to code, otherwise leave it.

When our extension went on three years ago the rainwater soakaways were all of three feet from the house. Current regs say much further (in our area rainwater does not go into the sewer pipe) so a new soakaway had to be added.

Storm water soakaways are normally 5 metres minimum from the house / extension wall, depends on the slope as well I think.

1m cube hole filled with fabric and shingle, job done.

As Matt said as long as the gully is connected to the foul water drain, then your 40 mm waste is fine.

o.k thats alright then, thanks to everyone for their replies and to Matt for letting me send you pictures of my drains!