Recent content by daza

Just an update so that this might be useful to others... We had a survey done which could find no problems with the drains!!! Conclusion The rats were trying to build a 'nest' on the ledge next to the drain in the inspection chamber. The eaarth fell into the drain and blocked it. I'm...

Brilliant! There's my Saturday sorted out. Again, thanks for the help and hopefully this will be useful to somebody else in the future. What a nice bunch of people you are. Darren

Thanks for the helpful advice! I shall get myself down to the timberyard pronto before the rain starts! Darren

I guess the frame. Since I posted this I've been looking at the houses in streets around ours who have the porch closed in and they seem to have a 1" wooden frame but I don't know how I'm going to do that! I want to avoid (London) chippie rates and stupidly assumed that I'd be able to get...

Hi, I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to create a frame to hold glass in a semi-circular space above my front door. I was looking for some kind of flexible quadrant/beading to hold the glass. The glass will rest on the top of the frame of the door so it's just the semi-circular...

Thank you for the speedy and informative replies. There is indeed a cherry tree directly above where the pipe (probably) runs so that might be the culprit. Guess I'll have to open my wallet and get a CCTV exam done and find out where the crack is. thanks again for the information! Darren

Hi, wondering if anyone can help... A couple of weeks ago our drains blocked, (it's a Victorian terraced house in London). When we opened the manhole cover at the bottom of the garden there was earth, (under one cubic foot), blocking the main drain just before it enters the interceptor. All...