Hi,

Its difficult to describe but I'm hoping someone will know hat I'm
banging on about. Upon lifting my manholde cover in my front path, I
noticed that there is a small ledge just where my drain exits, ie the
water has to flow over a step on its way out. This causes tissue to
get lodge there and can lead to a blockage. Is there any reason why I
can't break that step so as to allow for an unhindered path for water
flow. thanks

On Tue, 12 May 2009 01:47:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Its difficult to describe ...

Picture? Somewhere like flickr if you don't have your own online space.

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Cheers
Dave.

On May 12, 10:43*am, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Tue, 12 May 2009 01:47:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Its difficult to describe ...

Picture? *Somewhere like flickr if you don't have your own online space..

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Cheers
Dave.

will get one this weekend and repost..thanks

Its difficult to describe but I'm hoping someone will know hat I'm
banging on about. Upon lifting my manholde cover in my front path, I
noticed that there is a small ledge just where my drain exits, ie the
water has to flow over a step on its way out.

IIRC they're often designed like this to act as a natural trap for
heavier objects that might end up down the drain so they don't clog
the pipes up.

It's effectively a U-bend you can clean out if necessary :-}

On May 12, 10:04*pm, Colin Wilson
o.uk wrote:
Its difficult to describe but I'm hoping someone will know hat I'm
banging on about. Upon lifting my manholde cover in my front path, I
noticed that there is a small ledge just where my drain exits, ie the
water has to flow over a step on its way out.

IIRC they're often designed like this to act as a natural trap for
heavier objects that might end up down the drain so they don't clog
the pipes up.

It's effectively a U-bend you can clean out if necessary :-}

I see. the only problem is you don't realise its blocked until things
start smelling and when you life the manhole cover....