Drainpipe elbow extension needed.

Mailman

Here is a picture of the A1 building job that was done on my apartment block.



So water trickles down drain pipe but never reaches drain. Where do I get what I need to extend this pipe the extra two inches needed to reach the drain?

the GALL

I have to say thats the worst bit of ground works/ drainage ive seen in a long time
problem for the management company maybe?
there is so much wrong with that it aint even funny
from h/s issues,
to drainage,
to rising damp.

Mailman

I'm the management company secretary so it's my problem. Easiest solution is to extend the pipe but don't know where to get the right parts.

Mailman

It's bucketing down now. Torrential! Most of the water is missing the drain rather than going in to it.

the GALL

if you go to a hardware they may have an extensioin piece €5ish if not youll need to buy a lenght of down pipe and cut the required lenght off, while your at it you might want to either drop the height of the gully or build a hopper in concrete to catch the water a better job but not asteticly(sp) pleasing either way if you doing the job yourself an hours labour and €20max a contractor will cost you €150/200 and 3 hours labour
what orientation is the wall, just wondering because of that moss you have growing on the pointing

Mailman

sheltered south east.

things got worse.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/proud_darcy/DSCF1188.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y173/proud_darcy/DSCF1189.jpg

that's the road outside the entrance to the estate taken a few minutes ago.

the GALL

who's the mad fecker out swimmin?

Mailman

the GALL wrote: »

who's the mad fecker out swimmin?

don't know. He pulled up in a MPV, jumped out, put on a pair of yellow flippers, dove in then jumped back in to the boot of the MPV and sped away.

the GALL

dubs?

Mailman

I don't know. If you zoom in on the pictures and look at his tatoos you might figure out his affiliation.

the GALL

comical ...ok back to the building,
see if the hopper on the wavin will screw/twist off dont force it it'll either come off handy or not at all and replace
make up a hopper (from concrete) to chanel the water from the down pipe into the drain
if this sounds hazy dont worry ill draw up something and pm it over to you

Mailman

Thanks. I pass two hardware providers most days so I'll stop in and see what they have.

bauderline

For everything else there's mastercard.... but that's priceless !

dardevle

there are a couple of manufacturers making
rectangular hoppers for gullys...looks like it would
be the solution to yer problem.

antoinolachtnai

I would get the closest fit of pipe that you can find. The problem is that these pipes are often non-standard sizes.

So I would use a heat gun to get a piece to fit.

If you do it this way, you are unlikely to get a perfect fit, but it just might be good enough until you get something better.

Mailman

OK. I'm making progress.

http://database.hunterplastics.co.uk/groups?rangeno=4

They're the people who manufacturer the rainwater piping.

On the site I can replace the item there at the bottom of the pipe which they call a boot with a near right angle elbow which should give me the distance I need.

Problem is I don't know who carries Hunter Plastic products in the Greater Dublin area. I tried local builder provider but they had product from a different manufacturer.

antoinolachtnai

Ring Hunter or email their technical dept. Say you are the caretaker and are looking for a spare piece. Send them the photo. They might just send you out a piece. Your job was probably worth ten grand to them and it's not much bother for them to send what you want. Or they might put you on to the local supplier.

antoin.