Water

Designing homes to use water efficiently, reduce costs and cope with more frequent droughts or storms.

Access for maintenance

Access points to allow cleaning or rodding of the drains must be provided:

  • immediately inside the boundary
  • at every change in gradient over 45°
  • at every horizontal change in direction more than 45°
  • at every junction that serves a soil fixture or any branch drain longer than 2 m
  • every 50 m on straight drains if rodding points are used, or every 100 m if inspection chambers, access chambers or inspection points are used
  • at both ends of the building where a drain passes under a building.
Rodding point 
Rodding point