norberto Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ive started digging a hole for a pond in my back garden. Ive only gone about 14" down and ive hit a pot pipe:( about four inch in diameter. i can look inside the pipe and its very clean, i cant see how it is anything but old land drainage. My neighbours garden is a little lower than mine. Anyone any ideas what this could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 are there any manholes in line with the pipe if so you could have hit a live drain and this will need repairing otherwise you could end up flooded out with the smelly stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ask everyone 'up hill' of your property to flush their toilets at a given signal. If your plants turn brown you're in the sh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ive started digging a hole for a pond in my back garden. Ive only gone about 14" down and ive hit a pot pipe:( about four inch in diameter. i can look inside the pipe and its very clean, i cant see how it is anything but old land drainage. My neighbours garden is a little lower than mine. Anyone any ideas what this could be? Its easy to tell if its land drainage because the pipes aren't usually cemented together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnvqsos Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It could be an old drain.If you contact Yorkshire Water they can locate sewer runs etc.,and are very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balpin Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It will be a bit of old pipe the builders left, before they put the topsoil on. Go on a bit further until you come to the end, then dig it out. No service pipes are buried at 14'' they are at least 18'' minimum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderfoot2 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Ive started digging a hole for a pond in my back garden. Ive only gone about 14" down and ive hit a pot pipe:( about four inch in diameter. i can look inside the pipe and its very clean, i cant see how it is anything but old land drainage. My neighbours garden is a little lower than mine. Anyone any ideas what this could be? could be anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norberto Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 No manholes anywhere, thanks for tips and advice, cant be sewer pipes only 14 inch deep, so i think thats out, but thanks for suggestion. May contact Yorkshire:) water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider1 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Its an old land drain if not collard and cement jointed .Is the garden on a slope . Land drains are about a foot long and 2inch across :hihi: Proper drains are 3 ft long 4inch across and have a glazed finish All typs of drains can be near the surface sometimes Probably as Balpin said do as he sugested Edited February 26, 2012 by spider1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider1 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 It will be a bit of old pipe the builders left, before they put the topsoil on. Go on a bit further until you come to the end, then dig it out. No service pipes are buried at 14'' they are at least 18'' minimum You mean should be in reality not always the case :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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