AdamD Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 (edited) No Our driveway is on a slope and so flows down to the road and I’ve noticed a leak from the concrete slab type manhole cover, not gushing but a steady flow so clearly leaking a lot of water. I can’t get the slab up without damaging it so want to know what my first option is to investigate, or is breaking the slab to get it up the best way? Edited December 5 by AdamD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ProDave Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 Is the manhole on your drive or the pavement? It does not look like a sewer manhole cover, that type of concrete cover looks more like an old BT cable duct cover, and having seen inside a few, it would not surprise me in the least to find it is full of water. If it's not on your drive, it is not your problem. A picture of the whole of the slab might help and some context where on the drive or path it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamD Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 8 minutes ago, ProDave said: Is the manhole on your drive or the pavement? It does not look like a sewer manhole cover, that type of concrete cover looks more like an old BT cable duct cover, and having seen inside a few, it would not surprise me in the least to find it is full of water. If it's not on your drive, it is not your problem. A picture of the whole of the slab might help and some context where on the drive or path it is. Concrete manhole slab is on our drive. See pic. metal manhole cover just behind, I’ve lifted that and there’s no blockages and it’s running fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 (edited) I'd contact your water/sewer provider and tell them there is a leak but you cant investigate and you don't know who owns the asset. Do you know where your water supply comes in? I think I can see your meter box just to the right? In that case your rising water could be a blocked storm sewer, that other MH could be your foul sewer. Edited December 5 by Conor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamD Posted December 5 Author Share Posted December 5 11 minutes ago, Conor said: I'd contact your water/sewer provider and tell them there is a leak but you cant investigate and you don't know who owns the asset. Do you know where your water supply comes in? I think I can see your meter box just to the right? In that case your rising water could be a blocked storm sewer, that other MH could be your foul sewer. Yeah I think I’ll call them back. meter box is there correct, lifted it earlier and it was full of water, scooped it out to see it was still running even with the stop cock inside turned off foul sewer - so may be worth contacting the sewerage provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamD Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 Got it sorted, new water pipe installed. Unfortunately it was most certainly a leak from our old pipe so no hope getting anything back from the water company. An annoying expense, but a necessary one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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