thanks guys! I was there at the nats when you debuted it, aaron!
here's a proper explanation of the storm water routing, plus an update at the end...
The whole house and shed uses brand new PVC piping, no more old and cracked ceramic pipes.
Starting at the back of the shed, the gutter has a downpipe at each end, so we joined one side up with the other. It doesn't look like there's fall here, but there is.
From there, it wraps around the side of the shed and hugs the wall, popping out at the front, where it then drops into the ground to what is the very start of the trench.
In the above photo I'm now standing on the edge of the shed slab, looking forwards. You can see the first of two drain t-pieces we installed (the vertical pipe will be cut down to suit the concrete level). Looking further forward, you can see all the new piping for various downpipes, and one that runs under the decking.
Now I'm standing in front of the gate, looking at the front yard, where the piping ends. The pipe that tees in from the right hand side is actually connected to a downpipe outside our bedroom window, which was never connected to anything, it would just run off to the ground. It's good to know that everything will the connected properly now.
So all that's left is two things:
- Do a final check on pipe levels and fall, just to make sure it's as good as it can possibly be with the little amount of grade we have.
- Possibly reduce the diameter of the pipe from 100mm to 90mm where it meets the old pipe under the footpath, so it can actually be sleeved inside it. At the moment it's just butted up against it.
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As of this weekend...
Levels checked, checked again, and re-checked. Pipe under footpath reduced to 90mm and shoved in about 1m deep, then the connection was slathered in motar. All pipes are now buried under 3 cubic meters of 7mm screening, all done by hand
Everything is still a mess but we're making progress. The best part is...
...it works!