Recent content by pugwash4x4

Thanks Hugh really appreciate your reply. Services aren't an issue as they either run overhead OR they run in channels I dug. The bit I'm trying to resolve is how to create manholes!

Thanks Cooper- great idea on asking the rep round- thank you :)

Need to change our old sceptic tank for a new wastewater treatment plant. The old location is unusable and so the new system will be located towards the front of the house. It seems that anyone we invite to quote doesn't seem to know what they are doing or is insanely expensive. We are...

Perhaps foundations was the wrong word- we're expecting to dig down and find a "footpad" of bricks that the brick walls sit on- probably only 200mm deep!

Hi All, We live in an semi detached house/cottage/mess/moneypit.....bought 3 years ago from an owner that lived there 65 years...and we're now finding out had an aversion to maintenance lol The front half of the house is, we believe, from the 1820s, it has (under all the old layers of...

Thanks Oldbutnotdead- much appreciated. I have the oil pipe bit covered and you're spot on it will be ducted. We're in thames water's area and they seem to be suggesting that i can leave inspection pits at 10m intervals. I'm really struggling with what to do with timing - a new oil boiler...

This Carronite baths are utterly stable, even for my 25 stone standing in one!

Hi All, Have seen lots of really useful threads on water supply installation.....but can't find the answer to the following, can anyone help please?: As background- the pipe is running down the side of garage (which sits in front of the house) 1. I need to run other pipes in the trench-...