On 07/07/2019 07:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
On 06/07/2019 21:33, Robert wrote:
In the pavement outside our house is a 200mm square concrete "plug" or
panel in a pavement slab, probably about 50mm thick. Plug is a courser
mix concrete than pavement.
It isnt mortared in and I could probably lift it out if necessary.
What is it likely to cover ?
Old Water stoptap ?
I would like it to be access to the "drain" which exits our Victorian
terraced house 10m away , taking both surface and foul water, and
connects presumably to the main sewer in the road but which has no
manholes anywhere.
Photo:Â*Â* https://ibb.co/cC3dQBp

Â*could be the cover for what we call in Scotland a Buchan disconnecting
trap .....if you lift it you will see the 6 inch top piece...but then
again sewer disconnecting traps usually have vented covers so probably
not....



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had a guy in a detached house phone me once that his drains were backing
up...I visited and found he was rodding to a dead end so I asked him to
measure the length of his rods and find the spot where the rods were
stopping ....then I told him to start digging in his front lawn ...some
way down he hit a concrete slab...he removed the concrete slab and there
underneath was the top piece of his disconnecting trap complete with the
blockage....he couldn't thank me enough....