We purchased our home almost 3 years ago. When we bought it, the agent did let us know that the retaining wall and fence running along the side of…

Thank you. I’m printing this off to show the plumber this week 😬
Would you change over to external pipes or just dig around where the water is seeping?

There is a capped pipe on the grass about 3 metres in front of the tank. There is mesh where the water goes in as I clean it every now…

Ours looks different, only has one pipe leading into it and the pipe letting out the overflow out onto an easement.
A few metres in front is another pipe with a…

Thank you for that.
I have a question about the height of the water in the pipe leading into the tank. What should it be? Currently we only have a small…

Rain doesn’t hit the wall as the eave is about 80cm wide. Not a lot of water lands on the path as it is narrow, and the neighbours roof and…

I don’t know, is that a gravity style system?

It poured on Monday in Adelaide, but there was no water seeping up. Prior to that rain, it has been dry for weeks. It has happened before where I expect…

Thanks for that. I have a plumber coming out next week so will tell him to do that.

We could try the dyed water, but it doesn’t seem to seep out when we test it. I suspect the ground underneath needs to be sodden before any water appears…

No, this is the middle down pipe.
There is one closer to the water tank. The water tank is about 20 metres away from the closer down pipe, and is…

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Hi there. I have an issue with water coming up around a down pipe that goes into a concrete path. There are 3 downpipes along this path that lead to…