Conservatory drainage and existing rainwater sewers
 

Hello -

I recently discovered that the guttering downpipe of the largish (12 square
metre) conservatory of my recently bought house just goes into the clay and
ends, right next to the footings. There's not even anything resembling a
soakaway, which might explain why the conservatory is moving a bit.

So, I've added a bit more guttering, and the conservatory now drains into
one of the downpipes on the main house, which in turn drains into a shared
rainwater sewer. It's definitely a rainwater sewer, because the drainage
plans show separate rainwater and foul sewers serving the house.

Do I need some kind of building regulations approval for doing this? Some
on-line discussions suggest this is required.

Conservatory drainage and existing rainwater sewers
 

"Mr UPVC" Mr lid wrote in message
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Hello -

I recently discovered that the guttering downpipe of the largish (12
square
metre) conservatory of my recently bought house just goes into the clay
and
ends, right next to the footings. There's not even anything resembling a
soakaway, which might explain why the conservatory is moving a bit.

So, I've added a bit more guttering, and the conservatory now drains into
one of the downpipes on the main house, which in turn drains into a shared
rainwater sewer. It's definitely a rainwater sewer, because the drainage
plans show separate rainwater and foul sewers serving the house.

Do I need some kind of building regulations approval for doing this? Some
on-line discussions suggest this is required.



No idea of the regulations, but it was like that when you moved in, wasn't
it (yes) if you are asked!

Conservatory drainage and existing rainwater sewers
 

On 21/06/2010 22:12, Mr UPVC wrote:
Hello -

I recently discovered that the guttering downpipe of the largish (12 square
metre) conservatory of my recently bought house just goes into the clay and
ends, right next to the footings. There's not even anything resembling a
soakaway, which might explain why the conservatory is moving a bit.

So, I've added a bit more guttering, and the conservatory now drains into
one of the downpipes on the main house, which in turn drains into a shared
rainwater sewer. It's definitely a rainwater sewer, because the drainage
plans show separate rainwater and foul sewers serving the house.

Do I need some kind of building regulations approval for doing this? Some
on-line discussions suggest this is required.



You might if you were installing a new gulley and connecting into the
sewer below ground, but from what you say, you're not - you're just
putting additional water into an existing downpipe. So no regulations to
worry about. [Personally, I wouldn't bother for that sort of thing, even
if there were!]
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Cheers,
Roger
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