Saturday 26th Jan saw the architect come and have a look at the drains which had been uncovered by the excavation work from earlier in the week. He made some measurements in order to put them on the building plans.
We also looked down another access hole to the drainage system and noticed that this was silted up. The architect commented that this will need to be dug out and that he would have a word with the builders.
The next day on the Sunday as I was clearing out the garage (still!) my next door neighbour came round asking if we had problems with the drains. It turned out that he and his neighbour on the other side were having problems with the sewage draining away. In fact in his main drain, it was all backing up. Nice!
Basically we had a blockage. It was Sunday afternoon and I could not call the builders.
I left message on their office answer phone and decided the problem could wait another night until Monday.
9.10 and the doorbell rings. One of my builders has obviously picked up the message and came round. He attacked the blockage with a set of rods and 20 minutes later he had cleared the blockage.
BUT
Looking down the manhole, it is obvious he has succeeded in spreading the silt and rubble down the pipe. He realised this was going to have to be sorted.
That afternoon, he and a colleague went down the manholes and cleared out as much rubble as they could reach. Soil, stones and even bricks. He also went round to our neighbour and cleared out his drain too. When he was done, I had a knock at the door, he explained to me that they had done as much as they could for today and tomorrow a specialist drain cleaner will come along and finish the job off.
Tuesday morning and at the crack of sparrows fart we had once again men climbing down holes in the back garden. Looks like they had a few more toys and hoses to ram down the drain. A few hours later and they were gone. Leaving the drains clean, flowing and neighbours happy.
We also looked down another access hole to the drainage system and noticed that this was silted up. The architect commented that this will need to be dug out and that he would have a word with the builders.
The next day on the Sunday as I was clearing out the garage (still!) my next door neighbour came round asking if we had problems with the drains. It turned out that he and his neighbour on the other side were having problems with the sewage draining away. In fact in his main drain, it was all backing up. Nice!
Basically we had a blockage. It was Sunday afternoon and I could not call the builders.
I left message on their office answer phone and decided the problem could wait another night until Monday.
9.10 and the doorbell rings. One of my builders has obviously picked up the message and came round. He attacked the blockage with a set of rods and 20 minutes later he had cleared the blockage.
BUT
Looking down the manhole, it is obvious he has succeeded in spreading the silt and rubble down the pipe. He realised this was going to have to be sorted.
That afternoon, he and a colleague went down the manholes and cleared out as much rubble as they could reach. Soil, stones and even bricks. He also went round to our neighbour and cleared out his drain too. When he was done, I had a knock at the door, he explained to me that they had done as much as they could for today and tomorrow a specialist drain cleaner will come along and finish the job off.
Tuesday morning and at the crack of sparrows fart we had once again men climbing down holes in the back garden. Looks like they had a few more toys and hoses to ram down the drain. A few hours later and they were gone. Leaving the drains clean, flowing and neighbours happy.