by Iona Elwood-Smith | Jun 6, 2025
Issue Stormwater drainage. This looked to be a 50s/60s property. It is situated on a mildly sloping section for the most part, which gets considerably steeper at the back of the house. At one time, a flat area had been carved out behind, close to the house, and a...
by Iona Elwood-Smith | Sep 5, 2024
Issue Drainage Control undertook an inspection of this property on a moderately steep hillside site. The problem reported by the homeowner was that the ground underfoot at the rear of the house was very wet. This was near the back entrance to the house which was the...
by Iona Elwood-Smith | Jul 2, 2024
Issue This job came to us as the result of a landslide. An old access route in Seatoun, Wellington, comes off Tio Tio Road and climbs above it to access 4 properties and a complex which was once a secondary school campus. In 2022, part of this access route collapsed...
by Iona Elwood-Smith | Jun 18, 2024
Issue Drainage Control, at the request of the homeowner, undertook an inspection of their sewer drain which had apparently blocked. We used a CCTV camera and found that the pipe – an aged terracotta installation – had failed at a location adjacent to a lamppost which...
by Iona Elwood-Smith | Jun 12, 2024
Issue Drainage Control undertook an inspection of a residential property in Thorndon, at the request of the property owner. Sewage was surcharging through a gully trap on the uphill side of the house at the side. Inspection of the line revealed that there was a...
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