Hi there

Please can anyone recommend any good resources (preferably video) about how drains and pipes work?

I have a very interested 3 year old who asks questions every time we use the loo or sink so I'd love to be able to show him a video!

Thanks :)

You can't beat YouTube but check out the video before showing the children :D

You can't beat YouTube but check out the video before showing the children :D

Thanks! They all seemed to be American on youtube and also more aimed at adults.

I've just found a fantastic one on Wessex Water's website which is aimed at children and very interactive :thumbsup:

Btw I used to design sewers so I could come and explain what a roughness coefficient is :laughing:

Contact the water board and ask if you can visit a sewage works, the lads I looked after loved it, they had a huge fascination with all types of drains.

Don't know if it is on utube but there is a fantastic episode of "Come Outside" with Auntie Mabel & Pippin where they look at toilets, drains and visit a sewerage plant - my daughter even watched it at school in Science when she was about 10, so the school obviously thought it was useful too.

Found link - try this Come Outside - Sewage - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6cvrGLgIZY)

Im really pleased to read this because we were having the same discussion this morning. Thank you.

Yes that come outside episode satisfied my sons appetite for hunger of knowledge about drains!

Have you though about getting some old piping or guttering and making your water system?

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