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Drain pipes for garage rainwater
The garage is having a makeover, including getting guttering. What
pipe do I use for the underground run to the outlet for the septic tank ? Thanks Rob |
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robgraham wrote:
The garage is having a makeover, including getting guttering. What pipe do I use for the underground run to the outlet for the septic tank ? Thanks Rob You don't run rain water to a septic tank. I hope you meant that you are running the pipe to where the outlet of the tank itself goes.. It should go to a soakaway..or of you are really lucky and the health and safety lot haven't seen it, into a ditch. 4" standard pipe is adequate. |
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On 2 Apr 2006 04:32:45 -0700, robgraham wrote:
The garage is having a makeover, including getting guttering. What pipe do I use for the underground run to the outlet for the septic tank You don't. -- Nigel M |
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"robgraham" wrote in message ups.com... The garage is having a makeover, including getting guttering. What pipe do I use for the underground run to the outlet for the septic tank ? Thanks Rob why do you need to run the garage rain water to your septic tank rain water goes to a soak away ? |
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robgraham wrote:
of that, if I do a soak away what piping do I use - seems a bit unnecessary to use 4" drain pipes. It does not take much moss etc to block a smaller pipe. I would have thought it much simpler to be able to fit and forget rather than have to keep clearing it etc. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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On 2 Apr 2006 11:43:10 -0700, robgraham wrote:
I did try to make it clear I was going to the **OUTLET** from the tank as I'm not that daft. Shame your English wasn't better then. Either use 4" pipe, or 3" flexible. If the run is less than a metre, you could get away with down pipe. -- Nigel M |
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Nigel Molesworth wrote:
robgraham wrote: I did try to make it clear I was going to the **OUTLET** from the tank as I'm not that daft. Shame your English wasn't better then. He said: "The garage is having a makeover, including getting guttering. What pipe do I use for the underground run to the outlet for the septic tank?" Not too difficult to understand. |
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Thanks Chris !
Rob |
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:35:54 +0100, Chris Bacon wrote:
He said: "What pipe do I use ... to the outlet for the septic tank..." Not too difficult to understand. Totally ambiguous. He meant to say: What pipe do I use ... to the outlet OF the septic tank Whereas what he said implies: What pipe do I use ... to the outlet for the septic tank INPUT Hence all the confusion. -- Nigel M |
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