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Drainage inspection checklist
For people recording installed drainage and handover information. Record installation scope, installation checks and testing and handover. Try the form below, see every question or download a blank PDF or Word copy.
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What guidance applies to drainage installation?
Approved Document H provides drainage guidance for England. Use the applicable design, local requirements and approved inspection/test plan. HSE confined-space guidance applies where the work creates entry risks.
Last updated . Facts checked by the SiteSurvey team on 6 October 2026 against GOV.UK Approved Document H England and HSE confined space legal duties.
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A drainage installation record linking drawings, pipe and chamber observations, levels, concealed-work evidence, approved test references and defects. 5 sections and 41 questions. Follow-up questions and guidance appear only when an answer calls for them, so the person on site never sees the ones that do not apply.
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Add this form to a project in SiteSurvey and it fills in what the project already knows, so nobody on site retypes it and every form on the job uses the same names. Anything filled in can still be changed.
- Project: the project name
- Site or premises address: the site address, from the space or the project
- Client or organisation: the project's customer
Record details and scope
- ProjectShort answer
Filled in from the project in SiteSurvey.
Fills in from the project name - Site or premises addressShort answerFills in from the site address, from the space or the project
- Client or organisationShort answerFills in from the project's customer
- Record date*Date
- Person completing the record*Short answer
- CheckThis is an installation inspection record, not a drainage test certificate, design approval, CCTV condition survey or chamber-entry permit.
- CheckApproved Document H provides drainage guidance for England. Use the applicable design, local requirements and approved inspection/test plan. HSE confined-space guidance applies where the work creates entry risks.
Installation scope
- Run, chamber and location references*Short answer
- Approved design and revision*Short answer
- Foul, surface or other system and boundaries*Short answer
- Inspection stage and concealment hold points*Short answer
Installation checks
- Materials and pipe sizes checked against design*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Bedding and support evidence recorded*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Connections and joints checked before concealment*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Levels, falls and flow direction checked against design*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Chambers, access and protection checked within safe access*Choose one
- Acceptable
- Action needed
- Not checked
- Not applicable
- Action, limitation or reason not applicable*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Level or dimensional checkRepeat for each level or dimensional check. Each one asks:
- Measurement point and parameter*Short answer
- Actual result and unit*Short answer
- Acceptance criterion and source*Short answer
- Instrument and calibration referenceShort answer
- Comparison*Choose one
- Within criterion
- Outside criterion
- Unable to assess
- Exception and response*NotesShown only when the answers above make it relevant
- Concealed-work evidencePhotos
Testing and handover
- Approved test method and separate result/certificate referenceShort answer
- Defects and retest or reinspection evidence*Notes
- As-built record and handover recipientShort answer
Identify changes from the approved layout and the corresponding as-built reference. Include concealed sections not witnessed as a limitation.
- Untested or inaccessible sections*Notes
Actions and review
- Are further actions required?*Choose one
- Yes
- No
- Further actionRepeat for each further action. Each one asks:Shown when “Are further actions required?” is “Yes”
- Action and evidence reference*Notes
- Person responsible*Short answer
- Target dateDate
- Action status*Choose one
- Open
- In progress
- Completed
- Completion evidence*NotesShown when “Action status” is “Completed”
- Outstanding limitations and information to pass onNotes
- Record status*Choose one
- Ready for review
- Further work needed
- Work or use stopped
- Reviewed byShort answer
- Review dateDate
- Author signature*Signature
- CheckSigning records the information entered. It does not itself certify legal compliance, remove a limitation or authorise unsafe work.
Scope and responsibility
This is an installation inspection record, not a drainage test certificate, design approval, CCTV condition survey or chamber-entry permit.
What a useful entry looks like
As-built record and handover recipient
Identify changes from the approved layout and the corresponding as-built reference. Include concealed sections not witnessed as a limitation.
Installed route differs at junction D-08. The change is marked on the handover drawing and linked to the inspection and test evidence.
Fictional example of record wording. Use the actual evidence and approved arrangements for your job; this is not a completed report or an instruction to carry out the work.
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Drainage Installation Inspection FAQs
How should I record “As-built record and handover recipient”?
Identify changes from the approved layout and the corresponding as-built reference. Include concealed sections not witnessed as a limitation.
Does this prescribe an air-test pressure?
No. Reference the approved method and separately recorded test result.
How does it differ from the CCTV survey record?
It records installation-stage checks against design; the CCTV record links footage and observed drain condition.
Can a chamber be entered to complete it?
This record provides no entry authority. Record inaccessible areas and use the separately assessed process.
What are the limits of this template?
This is an installation inspection record, not a drainage test certificate, design approval, CCTV condition survey or chamber-entry permit.
Can I complete this form on site and share the record?
In the SiteSurvey app the form works offline, with photos and signatures recorded against the questions. Share the completed record as a PDF or a link. Dates and action owners are recorded fields; this form does not send reminders or update other systems.
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