An Orkney Build (in ICF)

Just one comment about your drainage run along the back of the house.

 

You appear to have a drain joining into the main run with a tee underground.  I was under the impression a branch like that had to be made with an inspection chamber?
 

Looking great - and the weather appears to have been playing its part too looking at those blue skies. One aspect of the build I am still trying to understand is the drainage system.  I understand how the foul water is dealt with when using a treatment plant but it is the surface water that is causing me some difficulties. Can it run off into the same network of pipes as the foul water and then eventually through the treatment plant or does it need its own network of pipes which lead into a soak away of sorts? How have you dealt with yours?

PW.

 

Dave,

 

When I think back to other builds, you are absolutely right, that is invariably what they have done.  BC certainly came out and had a look, and the various pictures taken by the guys who put the pipework in, and seems happy enough.  

 

Looking round the house I'm renting there are no inspection chambers here either, just rodding points...perhaps one of those things done differently here.  

Edited November 6, 2016 by Stones

6 minutes ago, Redoctober said:

Looking great - and the weather appears to have been playing its part too looking at those blue skies. One aspect of the build I am still trying to understand is the drainage system.  I understand how the foul water is dealt with when using a treatment plant but it is the surface water that is causing me some difficulties. Can it run off into the same network of pipes as the foul water and then eventually through the treatment plant or does it need its own network of pipes which lead into a soak away of sorts? How have you dealt with yours?

PW.

 

Surface water runs to a surface water soakaway in its own set of pipes.  Round the house, the pipes are side by side in the same trench.  At the front of the house, foul water pipework all links up and goes one way, surface water pipework links up and goes the other way, both soakaways being as far apart as possible.

Stop bead and shadow gap at newel to plasterboard? Would likely crack otherwise. You could fill shadow gap with flexible caulk see if the looks ok?

I think that probably will be the way forward.  It's one of these details we will see / notice, but go unnoticed by everyone else.  

Unbelievably useful post in terms of getting my head round what needs doing.

For example;

'....  but all it required was four lengths of timber to prop it in place, then backfill with a dry mix concrete / fill the plant with water.   ...'

 

@Stones, how much of your digester will be proud of the ground? I ask because @PeterW arranged things so that all of his is hidden (somehow, must ask him)

 

@Oz07, what's a shadow gap?

Wherever something will crack you use a gap or a champher to create a gap where it cracks. Hides the crack in the shadow rather than trying to stop it happening 

8 hours ago, recoveringacademic said:

Unbelievably useful post in terms of getting my head round what needs doing.

For example;

'....  but all it required was four lengths of timber to prop it in place, then backfill with a dry mix concrete / fill the plant with water.   ...'

 

@Stones, how much of your digester will be proud of the ground? I ask because @PeterW arranged things so that all of his is hidden (somehow, must ask him)

 

@Oz07, what's a shadow gap?

 

The plan is to landscape around so only the lid is showing, but until we reach that point, I can't say for certain - digger driver currently off work walking wounded