At the side of my house there's a rainwater drain that, being near the
outside tap and hose, tends to also get used as a general drain for
waste water (only water though, nothing nasty). However, around the
drain itself is basically just mud. I'm considering slapping some
concrete around it to form a kind of shallow funnel and to fill in a
manky muddy gap between the house wall (below the DPC), the boundary
garden wall, and a piece of concrete forming part of a patio (it's a
complicated layout). About half a square metre of concrete.

In the same area, though, is a run of SWA that supplies the shed. It's
clipped to the house wall, the side of the patio, and then to the garden
wall to run down to the shed. This new concrete I'm planning would be
poured over part of the cable, so it would come down the house wall into
it, then emerge up the garden wall on the other side.

I don't expect to need to modify the cable. Any reason not to just
concrete it up as proposed?

Cheers,

Pete

Pete Verdon wrote:
At the side of my house there's a rainwater drain that, being near the
outside tap and hose, tends to also get used as a general drain for
waste water (only water though, nothing nasty). However, around the
drain itself is basically just mud. I'm considering slapping some
concrete around it to form a kind of shallow funnel and to fill in a
manky muddy gap between the house wall (below the DPC), the boundary
garden wall, and a piece of concrete forming part of a patio (it's a
complicated layout). About half a square metre of concrete.

In the same area, though, is a run of SWA that supplies the shed. It's
clipped to the house wall, the side of the patio, and then to the
garden wall to run down to the shed. This new concrete I'm planning
would be poured over part of the cable, so it would come down the
house wall into it, then emerge up the garden wall on the other side.

I don't expect to need to modify the cable. Any reason not to just
concrete it up as proposed?

I can't see any reason why not - if you do ever need to get at the cable,
it's only 5mins work with a lump hammer to break the concrete up

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Pete Verdon" d wrote in
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At the side of my house there's a rainwater drain that, being near the
outside tap and hose, tends to also get used as a general drain for waste
water (only water though, nothing nasty). However, around the drain itself
is basically just mud. I'm considering slapping some concrete around it to
form a kind of shallow funnel and to fill in a manky muddy gap between the
house wall (below the DPC), the boundary garden wall, and a piece of
concrete forming part of a patio (it's a complicated layout). About half a
square metre of concrete.

In the same area, though, is a run of SWA that supplies the shed. It's
clipped to the house wall, the side of the patio, and then to the garden
wall to run down to the shed. This new concrete I'm planning would be
poured over part of the cable, so it would come down the house wall into
it, then emerge up the garden wall on the other side.

I don't expect to need to modify the cable. Any reason not to just
concrete it up as proposed?

Might it be worth laying some kind of duct to allow for future additions or
mods?
N

Nick wrote:
"Pete Verdon" d wrote

In the same area, though, is a run of SWA that supplies the shed. It's
clipped to the house wall, the side of the patio, and then to the garden
wall to run down to the shed. This new concrete I'm planning would be
poured over part of the cable, so it would come down the house wall into
it, then emerge up the garden wall on the other side.

Might it be worth laying some kind of duct to allow for future additions or
mods?

The problem with such a duct in the "pouring" face of a drain gully is
that the duct is likely to catch a fair bit of any water being poured in.

I suppose I could run the ducting a little way up the walls either side.

Mind you, I'd need some kind of split ducting to install it in-situ - I
don't want to remove half the cable to feed it into a tube.

Best just slap concrete over the lot, I reckon. The odds of needing to
get at that cable are minimal, and any future ones (also unlikely) can
take a different route.

Cheers,

Pete