Recent content by darrude

thanks Guys, I thought it sounded to easy when watching the youtube videos, the polypipe pro looks like the way seen a few videos suggesting this.

Morning All, I have a weird path at the front of our house, at the moment its loose red gravel and loose stones. I'm thinking (from looking at youtube), of just mixing the red stone with cement, and relaying as level as possible? Is this the best option. For a bit of background I recently...

Hi Steady, Thanks for your support. That is a very good question. Image below is from Google Earth, which shows the approx. position of the Drain. When we first moved in we planned on putting a toilet downstairs (Glad we didn't as the builder we were going to use was going to feed it into...

Drain is at the back of the extension, the gutter down pipe on the left runs under the road then fed into the river... Think I'd get in bother for using that... If I got caught. Nothing under the extension.

Thanks for replying. We are on a very steep hill. To the front of the house (proposed washer position), there is only one soak away for the getting. The main and only drain is at the back of the house. As we are on such a steep hill, the extension is ground floor, at that side, I'll try and...

Hopefully the above image make sense. Basically the issue is getting the waste pipe past the door aperture, and back up to either the waste outlet in the corner (at same ground level of the kitchen, or to the sink) All the other drain points for the house are rain water soak aways.

Hi thanks for the replies, sorry I don't think I was clear. The drain will go under the floor, then back up to the sink. The idea been the washing machine will push through the trapped water. A bit more explanation, while the kitchen is upstairs (technically) we are on a steep hill, and the...

Going to do the kitchen out (upstairs kitchen, bedroom underneath) and it would really make sense to position the washer and dryer on the other side of a doorway (that can't be moved). However this would block off the path to the sink / external drain. The joists run in the correct direction...

Enough to do this!

We get a higher flow out of the hose pipe than the pressure washer. Even the the plumber that tested was shocked. Definitely going to reduce it down as suggested. It's very hilly where we live, our last house had high pressure, with a Yorkshire water owned reducer outside our property and...

That is a very good idea actually, we had a flood shortly after moving in as a water filter burst open, also had a tap pop off, and the replacement tap, only a year old is already starting to leak. Thank you, I'm going to do that.

Thanks guys. Compression fit it is then... I thought about the isolation idea afterwards and realised I was a bit thick! And a nice big hole in the wall next free weekend... Anyone want to tell my wife for me.... Thanks Darren

Me Again, didn't want to put a massive first post but more details.... I was going to put a compression fit end cap on there, but thought I'd get a second opinion. My other thought was to put a compression isolation valve on, then an then an end cap on the end of this (my theory that the...

The house we are in has a very high mains pressure (7.5bar). We have a disconnected Steam generator in the loft (there when we moved in), which at the moment can not be isolated. I want to take it out ASAP as it has started to leak (luckily not causing any damage at the moment). It is fed...

Thank you Makie, I was edging towards towards Spanish from what I'd read previously. longevity is what I'm interested in. decision made. no more stressing about it :) thanks, Daz.