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Under Ground Drainage and Lintels?

I got told today that when you lay under ground drainage/soil pipe that you have to put lintels over every joint? which means footings and a wall to support the lintel? Is this correct? TaAW

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The building section is the best forum for this but I can tell you that basically any soil pipe going under a wall must have a lintel to carry the weight off the pipe. You use the word joint which...

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Re: Under Ground Drainage and Lintels?

Hi Peter,I've been told by a plumber all joints/connections on underground pipes (soil) require that they are covered by a lintel, I understand the need to lintel when going through a structure but he...

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Re: Under Ground Drainage and Lintels?

I think your plumbers having you on. Pipes bedded and surrounded by minimum 150mm of P-Grit. Lintols over the pipe where masonry etc is built over.

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Re: Under Ground Drainage and Lintels?

Thanks Guys....

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Re: Under Ground Drainage and Lintels?

Yes plumber is definitely have a laugh there.

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