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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

Well I have finally got round to getting the pipe to plumb in a waste pipe for my washing machine in the outhouse, just got to drill a 32mm hole in the wall then a hole in the down pipe from the outhouse, sounds easy enough, Mmm but the ones you think are going to be easy are the ones that turn out to be a pain in the arse lol, wish me luck

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

Might seem a daft question why drill a hole into the down pipe, wouldnt it be easier just to run the waste pipe into the drain itself,,?

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

if only it was that easy for me, I have a house that does not actually have drains showing, all the pipes go into the ground up till now when I do a wash I have to open up a rodding hole in the back garden and stick the waste pipe down that lol and a house pipe into the kitchen window and onto a connection under the sink, to small a kitchen to have it in there, I did a power supply into the outhouse so if I get this done today I am just left with getting a proper water supply to it installed.

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

make the HOSE pipe lol

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

well as I suspected it's not going as smoothly as I hoped lol, first of all I thought it was just a single brick outhouse, but turns out it is two, and now as I think job as good as done I cut the hole in the downpipe and it is compacted full of rotting leaves and god knows what, so know I will have to pull it out the ground to clear it all out :9 why do things never go as easy as you thought it would lol

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By *bovethekneeCouple
over a year ago

Hampshire / Herefordshire

Sounds like a soakaway not a proper drain. I would not vent a washer down there.

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

think you might be right I just dug around the fitting as the bottom was full with crap as well, and the pipe goes no where, there is some clay pipe fragments in the ground so not sure if it has collapsed with old age or it's just meant to soak into the ground i hope not, reported it to the council repairs department, so fingers crossed when they come to look at it lol.

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

You are not allow to run grey water into a storm or soak away if found out environment agency fine you. Looks like job just got bigger good luck

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By *riskygaz OP   Man
over a year ago

birmingham

the news goes from bad to worse I have all ways just assumed everything went into the same pipe, oh well you live and learn.

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