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| | | Author: | Stuart9  | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 14:43 | | Subject: | Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 151 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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| | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 15:02 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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If you need anyone to dig drainage ditches in exchange for room and board, let
me know. My son and I will hop on a flight if it get's us closer to the isle
of islay  Think I'm kidding?
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Thanks for the offer, however I’m looking for advice on avoiding such work. 
Trying to find out if I can avoid putting in soakaways for rainwater drainage
even though I cannot drain to septic tank system or public drains.
Let you know if that changes.
In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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If you need anyone to dig drainage ditches in exchange for room and board, let
me know. My son and I will hop on a flight if it get's us closer to the isle
of islay Think I'm kidding?
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| | | | | Author: | misbi | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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Not knowing your exact issue, but sounds like you might want to Google "rainwater
soakaway" if you haven't tried that already
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 16:28 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Can’t find an answer, only answers to other situations.
Need to know if I have to install soakaways if I have rainwater draining onto
the ground, my garden to be exact.
I have an older house 1929ish with small 1960’s extension and don’t know if I
can be forced to channel these to soakaways or I can leave them as they are.
I have to change one as it drains into septic tank system and that’s not allowed
anymore.
Can I change this so it empties onto the garden like the two other down pipes
I have on the front of the building, well away from the septic tank system.
No public rainwater system available, I’m below main road level on a private
road, I don’t pay drainage costs only water supply to utility company.
Anyone know the legal position ?
Cheers.
In Off Topic, misbi writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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Not knowing your exact issue, but sounds like you might want to Google "rainwater
soakaway" if you haven't tried that already
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 16:29 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Should have said that I live in a rural location.
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Can’t find an answer, only answers to other situations.
Need to know if I have to install soakaways if I have rainwater draining onto
the ground, my garden to be exact.
I have an older house 1929ish with small 1960’s extension and don’t know if I
can be forced to channel these to soakaways or I can leave them as they are.
I have to change one as it drains into septic tank system and that’s not allowed
anymore.
Can I change this so it empties onto the garden like the two other down pipes
I have on the front of the building, well away from the septic tank system.
No public rainwater system available, I’m below main road level on a private
road, I don’t pay drainage costs only water supply to utility company.
Anyone know the legal position ?
Cheers.
In Off Topic, misbi writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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Not knowing your exact issue, but sounds like you might want to Google "rainwater
soakaway" if you haven't tried that already
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | bengreen28 | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 17:52 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| I think you can let it drain into the ground, councils prefer that as it doesn't
overwhelm the drains.
Example, when we moved in where we are, ok it is built up area, we wanted to
put in a driveway, we had 2 options make it permeable so water goes through,
put in a solid drive with drainage channels around it taking the water into a
crate system under the drive so the water could soak away, both these did not
need planning permission. Or we could have a solid drive with water running into
the road for the councils drains to take away, this would need planning and we
probably would not have got it.
The councils are so worried about flooding they prefer to let it soak in the
ground.
Have you looked on your council website there may be something there?
https://www.runnymede.gov.uk/article/14044/Surface-Water-Management-for-new-dwellings
This is for new houses and from my council but there may be some relevance that
works for you.
Try this one as well.
Hope that helps
https://homeseptic.co.uk/soakaway/regulations/
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Should have said that I live in a rural location.
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Can’t find an answer, only answers to other situations.
Need to know if I have to install soakaways if I have rainwater draining onto
the ground, my garden to be exact.
I have an older house 1929ish with small 1960’s extension and don’t know if I
can be forced to channel these to soakaways or I can leave them as they are.
I have to change one as it drains into septic tank system and that’s not allowed
anymore.
Can I change this so it empties onto the garden like the two other down pipes
I have on the front of the building, well away from the septic tank system.
No public rainwater system available, I’m below main road level on a private
road, I don’t pay drainage costs only water supply to utility company.
Anyone know the legal position ?
Cheers.
In Off Topic, misbi writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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Not knowing your exact issue, but sounds like you might want to Google "rainwater
soakaway" if you haven't tried that already
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | WhiteHorseMatt | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 17:53 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Should have said that I live in a rural location.
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Can’t find an answer, only answers to other situations.
Need to know if I have to install soakaways if I have rainwater draining onto
the ground, my garden to be exact.
I have an older house 1929ish with small 1960’s extension and don’t know if I
can be forced to channel these to soakaways or I can leave them as they are.
I have to change one as it drains into septic tank system and that’s not allowed
anymore.
Can I change this so it empties onto the garden like the two other down pipes
I have on the front of the building, well away from the septic tank system.
No public rainwater system available, I’m below main road level on a private
road, I don’t pay drainage costs only water supply to utility company.
Anyone know the legal position ?
Cheers.
In Off Topic, misbi writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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Not knowing your exact issue, but sounds like you might want to Google "rainwater
soakaway" if you haven't tried that already
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Only thing I know is that a new soakaway would have to be 3m from the house.
We have one at the front of ours, everything else goes into waterbutts.
Matt
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| | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 12:26 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| I would assume you should proceed however you see fit, and then deal with it
if the need ever arises.
All I really know is that you want stormwater gone and not be capable of coming
back.
I am a fan of whatever costs the least time and/or money and has a reasonably
satifactory outcome 😎
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| My feelings too but local and national authorities often think otherwise, they
usually want the most comprehensive and hence, most expensive option when they
aren’t paying.
In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | I would assume you should proceed however you see fit, and then deal with it
if the need ever arises.
All I really know is that you want stormwater gone and not be capable of coming
back.
I am a fan of whatever costs the least time and/or money and has a reasonably
satifactory outcome 😎
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | molten.brick | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2021 12:48 | | Subject: | Re: Any UK drainage experts ? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| You can only do your best.
The french have a reasonable drainage system - I still have one massive french
drain here.
My authoritarians tried this on me after a negligent complaint - after afew failed
attempts on their part, they gave up on pursuing it further.
Good luck!
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | My feelings too but local and national authorities often think otherwise, they
usually want the most comprehensive and hence, most expensive option when they
aren’t paying.
In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | I would assume you should proceed however you see fit, and then deal with it
if the need ever arises.
All I really know is that you want stormwater gone and not be capable of coming
back.
I am a fan of whatever costs the least time and/or money and has a reasonably
satifactory outcome 😎
In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | A long shot but looking for some help if anyone here is aware of the regs concerning
older rural properties and rainwater discharge.
Tried googling but can’t find a straight answer on my drainage problem.
If there is, could I pick your brains please.
Thanks for any help.
Stuart
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