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satchmolips
Hi all,
My folks bungalow was built in 1989. After several months of problems with kitchen sink smells and floods then got to the problem today. The sink waste feeds into a gulley trap which is INSIDE the house. This was a gulley with a normal plastic cover where you cut hole for waste pipe and a drain type covers the other half, obviously for external use. It was totally full of grease etc. It had been originally sealed by plastic under the hard plastic cover. Question is; was it ever legal to have such a gulley in the house? Was there a better seal that could have been used for such a gulley? House was built by reputable buiding co and overseen by architect. Did someone foul up?
I have made an alluminium cover, hole for waste, sealed that all with sealant and then mortared over the lot with weak mortar. Guess I will have to break that when it needs cleaning in the next 20 years, unless there are any good tips out there.
My folks bungalow was built in 1989. After several months of problems with kitchen sink smells and floods then got to the problem today. The sink waste feeds into a gulley trap which is INSIDE the house. This was a gulley with a normal plastic cover where you cut hole for waste pipe and a drain type covers the other half, obviously for external use. It was totally full of grease etc. It had been originally sealed by plastic under the hard plastic cover. Question is; was it ever legal to have such a gulley in the house? Was there a better seal that could have been used for such a gulley? House was built by reputable buiding co and overseen by architect. Did someone foul up?
I have made an alluminium cover, hole for waste, sealed that all with sealant and then mortared over the lot with weak mortar. Guess I will have to break that when it needs cleaning in the next 20 years, unless there are any good tips out there.