Drain inspection chamber
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from robgraham contains these words:
At least I think that's what it's called ! I need help in getting
one.
Elderly drains (cca 70 years) which have a 90 deg bend at the end of
the house alongside the road heading off to my septic tank. A broken
join a metre downstream of the bend has had to be dealt with, and as
there is no surface access at this point I was intending to replace
the bend with plastic and put in a rodding eye. However a passing
drain man (just happened to be going in next door to sort out their
drains (!) , and kindly showing professional interest) has suggested
there would be less work in putting in a plastic inspection chamber.
Can someone tell me please what I should be asking for and how it
should be seated above the access cover in the existing 90 deg bend.
Plastic inspection chambers are common but I can't remember ever seeing
a reference to one that just contained a bend, just branch connections.
If no one comes up with a plastic source you could build your own
inspection chamber the old fashioned way with a brick surround, an open
flaunched slow bend at the bottom and a conventional manhole cover
above.
--
Roger Chapman
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