Plumbers NZ | Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainage Community

Smoko => Dodgy Plumbing or Great Plumbing => Topic started by: robbo on April 04, 2014, 05:30:16 PM

Plumbers NZ is New Zealand's largest online plumbing, gas and drainage resource. Plumbing exam help, plumbing news, directory and free quotes.

Title: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: robbo on April 04, 2014, 05:30:16 PM

hi guys, came across this place and noticed the 40mm downpipe connections, never seen this arrangement before i bet the gutters overflow in a downpour, cheers

Title: Re: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: Rodza1 on April 05, 2014, 08:44:09 AM

Holy s*it. Whomever decided to do that obviously was never trained correctly or at all.

I'm guessing you informed the owners and asked if it overflows in heave rain?.
Convert it to a job to rectify perhaps?

Title: Re: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: robbo on April 05, 2014, 09:17:30 AM

hi guys/Rodza1, no i was working next door and couldn`t believe that someone would put 40mm down pipes that disappear into the  house and the amount of water that would try to get down them in a good amount of rain, must have been designed by an architect and approved by the council i would have thought,cheers

Title: Re: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: Rodza1 on April 05, 2014, 10:30:10 AM

Thats insane. i did a job where internal 65pvc downpipe blocked, 40 would be so much worse

Title: Re: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: integrated on April 05, 2014, 10:43:22 AM

looks like someone forgot to allow for extra drains when they did the extension - at least they put an overflow in...      :P

Title: Re: Interesting Downpipes
Post by: Plumber on April 08, 2014, 10:25:37 AM

There's an access point on that elbow discharging into the gutter, hope its not the WC lol.