Templates / Groundworks and drainage
Drainage pipe laying and bedding inspection
Checklist · Each run, before backfill
The quality check of a drain run before it is covered: the bed, line and gradient, joints, the pipe's surround and protection, and photos as it lies.
Use it in Sitro: add it to a project and fill it on a phone, free for 14 days.
The law and guidance behind it
- BS EN 1610, Construction and testing of drains and sewers
- Building Regulations 2010, Part H (drainage)
The questions
The run
- From (manhole or chamber)
- To
- Pipe diameter
- Fall (as designed, and as laid)
Checks
- Bedding to the specified material and depth
- Line and gradient as the drawing
- Joints fully home, seals in place
- Surround and cover as specified
- Protection where the cover is shallow or under a road
- Tested before backfill
- Photos of the run as laid
Sign-off
- Inspected by
- Date and time
- Signature
A template to adapt to your site, not legal advice.