Pipe leading on to street.

Need a hand with a home project, how to fix that bloody roof leak, hang a door etc...
Post Reply
User avatar
Santaria
Posts: 3045
Joined: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:55 am
Location: Gladstone

Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Santaria »

I'll try to explain it as best I can:

There's a pipe that runs into the gutter from what I assume comes from my property. We had some decent downpours and it has been trickling pretty heavy into the guttering from then. What pipe is that and what is it generally connected to/draining from? The reason I ask is that the water meter is moving ever so slowly on the last digit with all our taps off etc and there's still water leaking into the street. There's other houses in the street and other streets that appear to have the same thing.

Thanks in advance! Don't want to get stuck with excess water rates.
Image[url=steam://friends/add/76561197999720352]Image[/url]
User avatar
Exar Kun
Sensible Mick
Posts: 11324
Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:46 pm
Location: Canberra

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Exar Kun »

If it's into the gutter then it would only be stormwater of some sort I would have thought.
"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!"
User avatar
Quincy
Posts: 1700
Joined: Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:30 pm

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Quincy »

stick a hose in your gutter (closest to street) and see what?where it comes out on the street.
balls & boobs. . .
User avatar
plastik8
Posts: 1155
Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2006 1:10 pm
Location: Adelaide

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by plastik8 »

It sounds like stormwater as Exar Kun mentioned. If you're not convinced, how about turning off water at the meter and see if water still comes out of the pipe?
Image[url=steam://friends/add/76561197971333750]Image[/url]
User avatar
Santaria
Posts: 3045
Joined: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:55 am
Location: Gladstone

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Santaria »

Yeah. Was thinking it was just seepage from the recent rain. I will try the two suggestions. Thanks guys.
Image[url=steam://friends/add/76561197999720352]Image[/url]
User avatar
w00dsy
The Senna of Hoppers Crossing
Posts: 24457
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:41 pm
Location: incognito

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by w00dsy »

Does everybody in your street have their own stormwater pipe or is there a chance that a few of you could be joined and come out in front of your house?
User avatar
Exar Kun
Sensible Mick
Posts: 11324
Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:46 pm
Location: Canberra

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Exar Kun »

Do your downpipes all connect directly to stormwater or do some discharge to traps at ground level? A couple of the older suburbs in Canberra don't have a proper stormwater system from downpipes - they just drain the ground (and hope it doesn't rain too much).
"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!"
User avatar
Santaria
Posts: 3045
Joined: Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:55 am
Location: Gladstone

Re: Pipe leading on to street.

Post by Santaria »

There seems to be 1 pipe for every 2 houses and downpipes to connect directly to drains here that I assume runs straight to the storm drain (cover is in out yard about 10 meters from that pipe I'm talking about).

Sent from my Nexus 5
Image[url=steam://friends/add/76561197999720352]Image[/url]
Post Reply