Manholes and Inspection Chambers

Daily Drains are experienced when it comes to installing and repairing drains such as manholes and inspection chambers as well as soil pipes. Quite often drains become damaged as they become older and quite often need replacing or repairing. Daily Drains can help as it’s something we do often and have complete confidence in giving you a valued service.

Installing an inspection chamber is sometimes no easy task as they can vary in depth (1 meter to 4 meters) and the terrain differs. Factors have to be considered such as, are there building or trees close by. When you hire a company you want the assurance that they’re 100% competent. Repairing an inspection chamber or manhole is an easier task. Benching can be re-applied bricks are adjusted and sealed in place again. There are many forms of repairing drains but we’d be happy to talk you through your particular problem. Replacement of inspection chamber covers as well as manhole covers is sometimes essential. Covers which are damaged sometimes have holes in them which can cause something to fall into the drain.

Fitting, replacing or repairing soil pipes

The soil pipes sole purpose is to transport waste and grey water to the main sewer or septic tank/soakaway etc. Waste usually comes from toilets, sinks and other water based appliances. When needed Daily Drains can fit or replace underground and above ground soil pipes. We measure the distance for underground pipes and calculate the fall needed to ensure that gravity takes effect. Repairing pipes that are damaged can either be by excavation or curing in place pipe.

Curing in place pipe is a method that causes minimal fuss to the customers property with no need to excavate. A CIPP resin relining tube is covered with a resin sleeve which is then pushed down the pipe. Once in the pipe it reaches the point of where repair is needed and is then inflated and left for a few hours. The resin sleeve then attaches itself to the inside of the pipe. Once the sleeve has cured it will be as hard as rock with a warranty of 25 years. Patches are great for repairing cracks, holes and displacements. The CIPP method can be applied to different lengths of pipe. Whether its a meter sleeve required to cover a few cracks or 20 meters. Either way Daily drains deals with all types of repair including gully pots repairs and traps.

Gully pot Repairs and Traps

We’re experienced when it comes to installing or repairing water fittings at your home or business. Below are a few examples of water fittings that you’ll find on buildings. Daily Drains have installed water fittings numerous times, by professional and experienced engineers. So if your gully pot repair and traps are in need of work then we are the company to call.

Rest bend and Hopper

As this set-up does not have a trap to stop bad smells it is only sutable for direct connection to surface water from the rain and nothing else. In the image a single hopper has been shown however you can use a double or dished hopper.

Yard Gully

This goes by many names such as Universal Gully or bottle gully etc. Larger versions, such as the one in the impage by this text may be termed ‘Access Gully’, this is when they allow rods to be inserted into the drain. Almost all of the gullies of this type are trapped.

P-trap and Hopper

This is used to pick water up from a storm drain downspout. The P trap does not offer access for rodding however Daily Drains has the necessary equipment to overcome this problem by having a small diameter hose which can go through the trap and directly into a blockage.

External Stench Pipes

An external stench pipe transports water containing human waste from toilets and bidets. It can also take grey water from sinks, washing machines and showers.

We’ve installed many external stench pipes for customers, quite often they want to get rid of an asbestos pipe or old cast iron. With the asbestos pipes we use a specialised company to dispose of the pipe while we conduct the removal.

What we do when replacing an external stench pipe

Step one: Cut a hole through the outside wall

We carefully measure where the hole must be, as it must be in place for the connector inside the building to precisely align with the sanitaryware.

Step two: Fitting the external soil pipe

We then attach the external stench pipe to a branch of the underground soil pipe (which takes the waste into the main sewers).

We sit the pipe that is connected to the underground pipe just below the hole in your wall where your toilet is likely to be.

Step three: Cutting the pipe that will pass through the wall

We place the pipe through the ready made hole in the wall and consider the wall cavity thickness and the pan connector.

Step four: Finish the connection to the soil pipe

Once we have a length of pipe connected into the underground pipe and a length coming out the wall, we then attach it all together with other pipe and parts. We often use a 90 degree bend which then connects into a diagonal pipe, which then connects into the stench pipe via a T-junction.

Step five: Adding a vent pipe

When the pipe is all connected, we add an additional length to it and a vent is paced on top. The vent has to be 90cm above any window, so you often find the vents go just past the roof, unless they have a durgo valve on them, in which case to 90cm rule doesn’t apply.

Step 6: Finishing touches

Finally, we carry out any finishing touches that need to be made. This will be using brackets to hold the new pipe to the wall. Using a pipe gap filler (the part has a number of names, that’s just how we refer to it!) to cover the hole made in the wall. Reinstate the surface if we have had to excavate to connect the stech pipe to an underground pipe.

See one of our stench pipe changes: –

Drainage Channels

Drainage channels are designed to be used to provide drainage solutions for surface water. Therefore they are used on driveways and patios and around garage and conservatory entrances and exits. Channel drains are available with various material top grates. Connecting pieces are also available to complete your installation.

At Daily Drains we regularly install gully channels for customers who often have water pooling on their property. We also clear the channels as they can become full of leaves and detritus, causing blockages.

Pipes, Gully Pots and Channels