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there will be no pointing in between the slabs to allow for drainage, they've all got gaps of around 5mm around all of the slabs and will be putting for very fine gravel in between, just for drainage as this part of the garden is at the bottom of a slope so all water drains down to that part of...

spent the last few hours digging out the grass, under the grass is mostly stones and not quite soil but a thick mud anyway. All the water was being collected by the grass itself, underneath is fine so seems to be the grass which is the problem, we've put down plenty of 10mm gravel, compacted it...

Hello, At the foot of our garden the water collects and very slowly drains away which causes it to be very muddy pretty much all of the time, so we are going to put down 3'x2' concrete slabs in this area. we are going to dig out the top layer of grass and soil down a few inches, would 10mm...

The house is stopping it lol there is some draining away naturally through the soil but its still absolutely sodden all the time, the turf is nice and fairly solid at the top of the garden as obviously the water is flowing down the garden but then when it gets to the bottom it doesnt have...

In our garden the land slopes up away from the house which means all of the water gathers at the lowest point in the garden and essentially turns the grass into a bog. Is there a way i could solve this problem at all? its a pain in this weather letting the dog out in the garden as he gets...

Hi, no i didnt install it myself. this is a new build house we're privately renting. I can't see why it would be the boiler at fault as it is only coming on when instructed to do so by the stat, the boiler will be sitting idle, then the little flame symbol appears on the stat and then on goes...

Anybody had any dealings with these?

I have read of alot of problems with these not talking to the boiler, but the problem i have is the opposite. It is always firing my boiler up and the house is constantly sweltering in heat. i have it set the temperature to 5 degrees for when we are out at work and at night. but there are days i...