Recent content by diybeany

yeh thanks for the head's up. Definitely dont want it eroding near any walls. In the Garden I put the pump inside a large bucket and mostly silt does not pass then. I would look to do something similar. TBH though I really like the idea of leaving it be and dealing with anything more serious...

Thanks guys. This has given me a lot of food for thought. I'm leaning towards either the leave alone or sump pump approaches especially as I've had good experience with a sump pump in the garden. Its a semi and therefore even though build on a hill the actual siting for the houses is stepped...

hmm? not sure. How would that work? afaik there is only one drain manhole at the front. There are also only 2 rainwater drains. Also I'm pretty sure the water is not coming from the drains but from the general water table. we had blocked drains once which smelled awful but the smell was not the...

yes all the houses in the road are built on the slope of a small hill. there are 2 vents on each of the 3 walls. I've always been told it's called ash foundation. My understanding is that the walls are sunk into the ground without concrete foundations and then bacfilled is cinder'sand'ash. etc...

Hi, is this normal to have 6inch+ standing water under the wooden floors when it has rained? (30s house & ash foundations I think) and is it okay to leave it as is? The water table is pretty high in our area and the garden often flooded before installation of a dirty water pump.. Next door...

sorry gman76 I missed your post. but you are spot on yes the circuit would be overloaded so it's a non-starter. you guys set me right - thanks

Ah I never thought about loading. You're right... that may be a non starter. I think its a 7.5Kw and a 32A circuit. at 230v I think that's pretty much maxed out already isn't it. The fan is a 3kw down blower (pifco). The bathroom (well wetroom really) is a porch conversion and although it has a...

Thank you for your response. There is just one room but running fixed cable within that room would be difficult. Currently and for past 15years an extension cable has been run across that room and through the jar in the door. This really is unsafe and I want to increase the safety aspect as we...

Hi can I do the above? There is no way to get any more electric cabling into the bathroom and I want to install a simple wall fan heater above the door right next to the shower isolater pull switch. So I want to cut off the 3 pin plug and wire directly to this pull switch. Are there any regs I...