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i know that its not allowed to connect a foul to surface water for obvious reasons of contamination, but does anybody know if theres anything in the regulations stopping you connecting surface to foul?
as far as i know the only issue could be the design of the drain not be able to cope with the rainwater (which is highly unlikey from one small sized house)
the reason why im asking is because my brothers house has two surface water gulleys for his rwp's, because of the bad weather every time it rains for over an hour these gulleys flood. 1st time it happend it caused £8000 worth of damage inside the house, each time since he has managed to get the fire service to come and pump it down the road for him.
the drain floods because the main surface sewer system in his street cant cope with the rainfall from the farm land to the side of his street. His drains are the lowest on the system so he gets flooded. The orignal plan was to fit non returns, but that would leave the surface water off his roof no where to go when it rains, so im thinking of connecting to the foul which is not effected by the surface water system and either capping or venting the surface.
That'll be clause B66, prevention of an emergency situation, that'll be o.k then to divert the surface water, honest Guv.
Of course the surface that was coming up might still want to do so even if you cap it.
Id rather have it connected up knowing it can get away than paddling in it, building control need never know.
By the way, I design and build land drainage schemes!
now is too late , he has asked and they probably will come later to check on him , but isnt he taking them to court for the 8k damage already ?
the guy who had the £70,000 worth of damage has built a wall around his house so all the water now misses his property and goes towards his neighbours further down the street.
my bro's main issue is he goes to work wondering what he will come to home to if it rains, so its stressfull and stops him getting out the house and on with his life which is not good.
not surprised he has had the £70k, he has enough left after building the wall to build another house there .....fill sorry for your family
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