{"id":400,"date":"2014-04-21T18:58:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2014-06-12T20:26:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:26:57","slug":"drain-flaunching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/drain-flaunching\/","title":{"rendered":"Drain Flaunching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The damp in the kitchen walls is off the scale of the damp meter I am using. One of the many causes was that the flaunching in the drain outside the kitchen had failed due to water falling through misaligned pipes wearing the mortar away.<\/p>\n<p>The sink drains via a tortuous route into the grey outlet at the top left of the photo, then the water falls in the gap (just to the right of the spade) and back through the kitchen wall just underneath the sink.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-402\" alt=\"flaunching-before\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before-450x356.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before-450x356.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before-1000x792.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before-624x494.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-before.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The builder next door suggested a strong mix of 1:1 cement and sharp sand, and tapping the cement to bring the &#8216;fats&#8217; to the surface to make the cement smoother and stronger.\u00a0 He gave me half a bag of cement and some sharp sand. \u00a0 It occurred to me later that flaunching around drain pipes without much access wasn&#8217;t necessarily the easiest job for my first time working with cement (I&#8217;ve never owned a house before).\u00a0 But it turned out OK.\u00a0 It was splashed with water shortly after it was done which is why it is a bit blotchy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-401\" alt=\"flaunching\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-450x337.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.the-salutation.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/flaunching.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I still need to re-align the drain pipes.\u00a0 The modification to the kitchen sink drain will be temporary.\u00a0 Kae has decided to move the kitchen into the barn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The damp in the kitchen walls is off the scale of the damp meter I am using. 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