Trouble at the Memorial Hall (part 2)
Excavations for the new drain have thrown up additional issues which were not really expected. We find that rainwater drainage from the gutters has been feeding into the foul waste pipes, which is not in accordance with current regulations or desirability. The drains have been partly blocked by leaves that have fallen on the roof and transferred to the waste pipe. That cannot be allowed to continue so new pipework and a soakaway has to be installed.
Clean water to the building was lost when the main feed was accidentally broken but that supply is now restored. Although the break in the pipe has been repaired, the trustees now have to decide whether to use the opportunity of workmen on site and holes dug to replace the whole length of water pipe that runs from the Corner House into the Memorial Hall. It is working for now but is in poor condition and will not last indefinitely. Replacing the pipe with a more permanent clean pipe is likely to cost about £6,000. Should we put that right now or wait until the pipe fractures at an unknown date in the future? Decisions, decisions. And cost!