The term gully, drain and inspection chamber is likely not to mean too much to the DIY plumber. It can be very confusing. However to a professional plumbing service they are every day terms. Regents Park Plumbers can work on these gullies and chambers.

This fact is not really a big issue in the normal course of events. That is until you need to describe a plumbing problem with one of these items to a professional on the telephone or even face to face with a merchant, trying to buy materials.


*Knowing the difference is important:

a). An Inspection Chamber:

All the waste water from an upstairs bath or wash basin leaves via a funnel-shaped hopper which is secured to the outside wall usually close to the bathroom. This then will run down under gravity to the grid at ground level. Once there it meets the waste water from the kitchen sink, and moves on to an inspection chamber and then on down to the sewer. Waste products from the toilet move down through their own pipe called a stack/soil pipe then into the inspection chamber. It is then washed away by the wastewater from both the bathroom and kitchen. New homes have a single stack system. This takes all the waste down the same large diameter pipe. A Regents Park Plumber can fit these stacks.

b). Gully.
Taking the form of a grid, the gully includes a trap mechanism that is filled with water and a U-bend at the end of the system. This removes the waste water coming from the sink in the kitchen. It can also be seen at the bottom end of rainwater pipe which stopping it from getting blocked with leaves. Gullies do require servicing at various times. The kitchen waste gully is the one that you need to monitor as it blocks with food and other debris.