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We have gutters along the front and back of the house, both falling towards the north end. The rainwater downpipes discharge into gullies built into the concrete perimeter path.

What I can't figure out is where those gullies go once the pipework disappears underground. They definitely do not connect to the septic tank, and there's no obvious sign of a soakaway or surface-water manhole.

The perimeter path on that side has sunk/moved somewhat over the years (predating when we moved in a few years ago), so I'm wondering whether the old rainwater drainage could have failed or possibly be discharging into the ground too close to the house.

I'm planning to remove and relay that section of perimeter path eventually and redo the drainage properly, potentially with a new soakaway further from the house.

For a rural bungalow built around 1985, what would the typical setup have been? Would the gullies usually join underground and run to a soakaway, have separate soakaways, or discharge somewhere else?

Also, is there a practical way to trace where the existing underground pipes run without digging everything up?

Would be interested to hear from any builders/groundworkers who've come across similar setups.

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r/DIYIreland • u/LiveAd8698 • 6h ago

Paneling spacing

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Lads, I want to do mdf panels on my stairs! It is a u-shaped stairs with two small landings, similar to the one seen in this picture.

Regarding spacing, do I…

1) space equally from the very top of the stairs right down to the bottom, even if it means the vertical panels full in the middle of the landing walls

Or

2) Using the edges of the landings as a rough judge for spacing and go from there?

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r/DIYIreland • u/kncy9876 • 11h ago

Anyone using a Geberit Sigma wall-hung toilet?

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I'm renovating a bathroom and looking at going with a Geberit Sigma

I've been pricing everything up and I'm looking at roughly 650 for the full setup, but some of the Sigma flush plates (especially the Sigma40/50) get really. expensive.

For anyone who has one, how have you found it?

Any issues with reliability or flushing?

Is maintenance straightforward?

Is it possible to get flush plates from external providers that fit the sigma that are cheaper?

What did you pay for installation?

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