John Benson

Thanks for all your help Crooksey, I’ll do that. best john

Hi Crooksey, thanks for getting back to me again. The neighbour and I use to be one property. Their loo etc flows to inspection cover outside my back door, which then journeys down to the inspection cover in kitchen and then down to street/drive. The manhole on drive is super deep. My question is why would the IC in the kitchen not work? If the non return valve is there. wouldn’t the water would just back up to drive manhole? It’s really deep. From one inspection I had done I could see The outflow pipe in manhole is set right at the bottom of manhole which is why it gets overwhelmed when flood water from street drains into it. I’m probably being really slow here, but I can’t see how you’d install a return valve there. Again, thanks again for replying.

Thanks Crooksey. This is really helpful. Nothing like this had occurred to me. If you don’t mind , could you take a look at picture below. Do you think the internal inspection drain in the kitchen would be the place to is install something like this? This is the cover closest to the deep manhole cover on the drive. Thanks again for taking the time to reply to this.

Thanks so much Crooksey for replying. The drains are not shared. I think it’s a case of surface water being illegally drained Into drain sewer on the street. Do you think sealing the drain with manhole grease will help? Like I said, it’s only a couple of cupfuls of water that escapes through the inspection cover in kitchen. It’s quite well sealed, no odours. thanks again.

Thanks for your reply tough buttercup. Although it’s not blocked. It’s more of a sealing issue. It only happens when there is a storm surge. No problem with odours etc. I was wondering whether to reseal with manhole grease etc or something cheaper.

Hi All, id very much appreciate if anyone had done ideas on the following. I have an internal inspection cover in my kitchen. It’s screwed down tight and there are no issues with odours etc. However, I noticed during a particularly period heavy of rain last year ( I think the drainage system around my area was overwhelmed by the intensity of the rain and the volume of surface water entering the system) there was some water in the kitchen. I suspect it may. have come from the cover. The amount of water was minimal, probably no more than a cupful or two, but given the nature of the water, it’s better avoided if possible. I was hoping you might be able to suggest an inexpensive solution. thank you all. I look forward to chatting and hopefully helping too where I can. Best john

Hi All, my name is Ben. I occasionally do some renovations. thank you all. I look forward to chatting and hopefully helping too. Best john