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I went home last night to find a large trench where the decking used to be. At the bottom was the foul drain (as expected) plus another (unexpected) 4" pipe running at 45 degrees across the corner of the trench.
"That's a problem" I thought.
It turns out to be the rainwater pipe running into the soakaway which is found to be approximately 300mm from the foundations. Graham, the builder, is smart enough not to carry on with the surveyor's say-so. So the surveyor rings me up this morning to tell me that there's absolutely no problem at all.
"So what's the problem then?"
"There isn't one. Shall we carry on, or shall we dig up your entire garden and reposition the soakaway at 5m from the house?"
"Eh? There is a problem isn't there, or you wouldn't be on-site and ringing me up would you?"
"No, no, the rainwater isn't going to eat into the foundations and make the whole thing collapse!"
"So you're saying there's absolutely no problem, but you want me to tell you to carry on?"
"Yes"
No blame culture here then.
"That's a problem" I thought.
It turns out to be the rainwater pipe running into the soakaway which is found to be approximately 300mm from the foundations. Graham, the builder, is smart enough not to carry on with the surveyor's say-so. So the surveyor rings me up this morning to tell me that there's absolutely no problem at all.
"So what's the problem then?"
"There isn't one. Shall we carry on, or shall we dig up your entire garden and reposition the soakaway at 5m from the house?"
"Eh? There is a problem isn't there, or you wouldn't be on-site and ringing me up would you?"
"No, no, the rainwater isn't going to eat into the foundations and make the whole thing collapse!"
"So you're saying there's absolutely no problem, but you want me to tell you to carry on?"
"Yes"
No blame culture here then.
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