350zedd Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Are there traps under the grids? If there are, and they are clean and full of water, then no smells can escape If there are no traps, then you will always have a smell wafting up. Simple as that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks everyone Have decided not to use canes now Andy Will ring farmer's brother tomorrow and see if he has any rods that I can use before getting myself to Screwfix. When in Yorkshire I do like to adapt to their parsimonious ways Definitely not frozen drains WW. If they were frozen they might not smell as much! I think there are traps under both the smelly drains but I may have to dig down a bit to see 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 very rare for drains to freeze . ..... there's too much heat generated from composting you know what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 When in Yorkshire I do like to adapt to their parsimonious ways :lol: parsimonious ËŒpÉ‘Ësɪˈməʊnɪəs/ adjective adjective: parsimonious very unwilling to spend money or use resources. "even the parsimonious Joe paid for drinks all round" synonyms: mean, miserly, niggardly, close-fisted, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, ungenerous, penurious, illiberal, close, grasping, Scrooge-like, stinting, sparing, frugal; 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 "Definitely no waste matter in the 'rainwater drains' just mud which smells horrid but is not sewage" Makes me even more suspicious that the pipework you had done 4 years ago is unsound.......or in heavy rainfall mud etc is getting 'flooded' into the gullys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 "Definitely no waste matter in the 'rainwater drains' just mud which smells horrid but is not sewage" Makes me even more suspicious that the pipework you had done 4 years ago is unsound.......or in heavy rainfall mud etc is getting 'flooded' into the gullys. I think that the problem is much worse when it's been raining so that could possibly be the answer? I watched them doing the work and it all seemed sound. The pipes are big bore things and the joints looked fine and all laid on sand with gravel underneath if I am remembering correctly? They took lots of readings with a laser thingy all along the channel and it seemed very professional, even though it was a tiny job for them compared to their normal line of work. I will be very annoyed if it is faulty workmanship because it cost me a serious amount of money as they had to dig out a heck of a lot of hedging and some small trees and I also opted for several tons of top soil to be brought to the site to make it level because the drains were laid in an existing depression that had become choked with vegetation. I want to get on with trying to fix it now so I hope the weather is good on Sunday because my daughter is dragging me to Harrogate tomorrow. Why is Mr Two Bears in Spain when I need him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gsexr Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 If you use rods that screw together then make sure you only rotate them clockwise otherwise you can undo them and get them stuck in the drain. Decent ones screw together and have lock nuts that do up with a spanner to stop them coming apart. These will cost a lot more than screwfix though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobears Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 He's done well if he's found a beach in Madrid Good tip re not unscrewing the rods accidentally. I bet I would have done that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He's done well if he's found a beach in Madrid Good tip re not unscrewing the rods accidentally. I bet I would have done that Is Madrid not near Marbella then ? ... my geography leaves a lot to be desired ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 If you use rods that screw together then make sure you only rotate them clockwise otherwise you can undo them and get them stuck in the drain. Decent ones screw together and have lock nuts that do up with a spanner to stop them coming apart. These will cost a lot more than screwfix though. Just put some gaffer tape on each joint as you screw them together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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