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Hi @stevie888 thanks for this how about option 1 but replace the long smaller steel as well? The old looking concrete floor seems in good condition and is about 75mm/3" thick. Could concrete blocks and padstones on top suffice? I doubt we can remove any moisture source, I want to get the...

Hi @Wayners how much would you expect to pay for a report like this? Had a price of either £200 (qualifications unknown) or £600 (lists qualifications). Presumably I need to check the qualifications? Thanks!

Hi, Early Victorian mid terrace with a cellar under the front room & hallway which have an original lath & plaster stud wall between. Floor joists run from back - sat in a fairly thick stone wall - to front. Here is the front view and rear view: In the front 1/3rd of the cellar the floor...

Hi @Hugh Jaleak an adapter like this https://www.wickes.co.uk/Fernco-Drain-Coupling---100-115mm/p/137218 ? Does it need any kind of trap or no point? Assume I at least need a bend? https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-push-fit-87-5-double-socket-bend-110mm/12960 Thanks!

Hi @cdbe @Hugh Jaleak I've lifted some flags around the bay gulley. They're laid on a bed of 2" thick concrete. I dug out round the front of the gulley, there were some bricks under there. The ground is absolutely sodden. The clay gulley with dish has a rubber connector that goes to a clay...

Hi @cdbe I've altered the gutter and downpipes - all seems to be flowing OK. The pipe is very close to the bottom of the gas fire flue because I needed some height to get it into the branch at the far end. They only make 112.5 deg branches. Assume if gas fire used it would melt the pipe? We...

Thanks @cdbe this might work.. I could try and DIY this.. The part I can't quite get my head around is how to get the left hand pipe around the corner like that..? I then have to get it round the other corner and into the pipe. Here is what it looks like around the corner..

Hi @cdbe I did consider that but.. the porch detail splits the gutter into 3. Would the roof structure need altering to allow a single run and what might that cost? What would you do with the bay downpipe?

Hi @Hugh Jaleak I did a percolation test a few weeks ago following a YouTube video and the 300 x 300mm test pit 24 hours after being filled up drained really well. Just don't want to spend megabucks on the soakaway and still have a problem x years down the line due to the solid clay. With the...

Hi @Hugh Jaleak I'm getting a revised quote for what is hopefully over specced. My main concern is that after about 300mm the ground is pretty much solid clay. I read about digging a hole 1.2m deep to check the water table. Well I got to about 1m deep and from 0.3m to the full 1m it's solid...

Hi @Hugh Jaleak I put on my big boy pants the other day and did some digging.. The plastic pipe that takes the majority of the rainwater just goes directly into the ground next to the raised paving. I actually dug a lot of this area out one year as it was full of clay, bricks, stones and other...

Hi @Hugh Jaleak it does look like solid pipe - the orange coloured ones. The one near the bay is clay, it might feed into the nearest modern plastic one. The tarmac path has some movement, the main concrete path has a couple of big cracks - I think it's the Cherry tree as the roots can run near...

Hi @blup the first contractor believes the soakaway has failed, they think root cutting or further investigations would be a waste of money as they think ultimately a new soakaway would be needed so said they are trying to save me money. We don't know exactly where the pipes go as they can't...

Hi, Had a drainage survey last year which found tree roots in the (mainly) plastic pipes at the front of the house. The downpipe on the right takes a little bit of rainwater off the original front bay window roof. The other 2 downpipes take rainwater off the front single story extension roof...

Hi, the roofer has been back. Apparently the neighbour to the left had a leak on their own left join for years. As Twinplas is hollow, the water runs along the inside and comes out at the next join - ours. Common issue. They have now resealed the neighbours gutter. I said on the left where...