Recent content by crackerjak

Jeds - not at all. I need to know all the info first anyway so i can provide it to them! I cant provide a blank sheet of paper as a method statement. Cheers Jak

Hi Frank, At the moment the pipe is below my 600mm foundation - do you recommend digging out beneath it? And the side which is still under earth? The pipe wont be piercing brick work as this is to be a trench fill, so will only pass through the concrete foundation. To clarify i need...

Noseall - its a rough drawing, the block work begins 175mm in from the edge of the 600x600mm foundations. The pipe is 600mm below brick work in the foundations. A birds eye view will show the pipe runs beneath both projecting walls and the width wall. Thanks Jak

Okay so if i dig to 1m, get concrete poured to 300mm, how do i lintel over it? Do i need to dig an even wider trench so that i can access both sides of the pipe and then use numerous lintels across the 3.25m trench? Not sure how itll work with such a long piece of pipe in the footing...

Good evening all, Hoping somebody can shed some light on this issue for me. I have purchased and collected a 2nd hand conservatory on ebay. We began digging the foundations today at a size of 600x600mm. Unfortunately we found a shared sewage pipe runs straight through the foundation. Details...

Hi everyone. Thanks for the responses, id definitely like to eliminate them from the new turf if possible. Yes the garden is surrounded by trees from the old railway cutting. Is Verdone one of the best to go for then? Thanks

Morning all. Just about to give our 6month old grass its first cut - and iv noticed i have hundreds of little weefs growing out of the grass too and in my soil for plants. Does anybody know what they are and the best treatment? Thanks Jak

Okay so some Gallows brackets may be the solution and if replaced it will need them anyway. The window frame has a sort of concrete lintel and all 4 sides which protrude outwards. In order to fit a gallows bracket to the bottom, should i chop out some of the bottom concrete? I cant see its...

Good evening all, I am looking into an issue we have with our bay window. It has dropped (see pics) leaving windows at odd levels and creating draiughts around window openings. Is there a simple way of fixing this? If not, we will replace the whole thing but id like to do it all myself...

Hi all, I am looking for help and advice on laying my new laminate flooring (replacing carpet) for a porch area and have a few questions before i start. 1. The bi fold floating doors are already installed. The bracket is currently screwed into the concrete.What is the best way to refix...

Evening folks. Thanks for the replies - greatly appreciated. Its the first time iv done a fence (apart from many years ago when I "helped" my dad) so it will be interesting how well the removal and fitting goes. I suppose if the worst happens and I cannot remove enough/all the old post (also...

Good evening all. I am planning ahead for the spring when I need to replace some 22 panels and posts on my back garden. Most of them should be simple enough to do but theres 2 posts that I am unsure on how to tackle. One of the posts had rotted badly and snapped off in the high winds...

Looks like somebody in the past had damaged the live cable and simply covered it with tape as a "fix". So when I moved the tape not knowing it was damaged beneath it broke the circuit, so to fix it I took the cable back beyond the damage and then connected the cable into the switch. Good as new.

It was a damaged cable in the end. Thanks for the help folks!

Hi, No not touched anywhere else on the circuit. The earth then - shall I add a cable from the back box or just disregard the earth there and connect it straight to the new switch? If I did get the red cables mixed up when connecting what could be the consequences? I'm just worried...