Recent content by Chris Heath

It is part of a series of jobs. The cast iron soil stack is going, clay drainage is being replaced, outside power and lighting put in, an out building 40m away is being connected up for drains, water and power. 1.8m boundary wall going in. There is going to be a chap with a digger putting in...

I've found them really useful to be honest. The current covering is 150m2 of 3 to 4" concrete. I don't want to break this up until all the Building regs are approved for start. We still need to live and park here until then. I've only got the groundwork team booked for 2 days currently. They...

Not PVC or otherwise and not shiny. Appears painted, there is pitting and corrosion in places, and a magnet clings strongly to the pipe. Good idea to check for embossing, I will have a look in daylight. There is a lot of firmly attached debris to the pipe. It appears they didn't get the memo on...

Putting the genny on it, the signal can be traced to beyond the existing gas meter, then stops half way down what would have been the original kitchen. The water pipe has been traced now as going under the kitchen floor and exiting somewhere near the side door. Googled the heck out of it, but...

I've a bit more to go on here. Test pit has confirmed gas pipe and bricks for electric. There is what looks like a red painted steel pipe, just under the gas pipe at 35cm depth. Can anyone confirm the suspicion that this is an old gas pipe? Or is there any chance this is a water pipe that...

Hi, first post here. I'm in the process of swapping out a lead water main for MDPE and replacing Cast iron and clay drainage. I've hired a CAT and genny to try and locate the existing utilities, but I'm not sure about the results. With the genny attached, the services seem easy to detect, but...