Recent content by keveen21

Right but not worth £500. 10x500 = £5000 in a week! If 2 jobs a day. Even one is fine. I see why it seems to be firms doing it, not individuals. Sorry but it's overpriced but this time I am forced to pay because the location is not suitable for digging out. No choice. And that was the...

Exactly my system. Going to cost me £500 to line that tiny pipe. If it was simply underground as in the photo instead of where it is I would dig it up myself. I used my own DIY camera and it does seem to be broken at the joint as suggested by the plumber.

Plumber came, made a reasonable guess the leak was water getting back under a gap below the exit pipe. Tried a seal with that white sealant. £60. Said he could come back and cement it in. That would be another £60 so I did it myself. £14 for Bostik Cementone "waterproof" masses left...

It's still far too much for most of us to afford. When I did contracting work I got £35 an hour for a long 40 hours week. and thought it good. It was. And that was self-employed. Good accountant, hardly any tax. Or in reverse, do an ordinary job - no tools, van or camera required. Like a nurse...

Professional quality https://www.ukinspectioncamera.co.uk/drain-inspection-cameras/push-rod-pipe-inspection-camera-system-with-40m-cable-built-in-512hz-sonde-and-10-1-inch-screen

You don't need an £8000 camera! Complicated jobs would demand high costs but £60 an hour is for changing a tap!

Recouped after a year. We all need cars or vans. And that price is for any small job not the complicated stuff. People on low incomes like me cannot afford those prices. Which is why I do most stuff myself. But many can't. Gross income at £60 an hour 37.5 hours = £117,000. Half would be just as...

We can't do everything but that's no reason for excessive labour costs. Actually my old school dad did do everything - electrics as well. Electrician said his work was fine. £160 for sticking a camera up a pipe! Can buy a magnificent one for that.

Insane prices being quoted for liner. £160 to stick a camera up a pipe plus £500 for just a short length "patch". Plumbers £60 an hour, more than teachers, nurses, dentists etc. I had the wrong job.

Watched how they do it on Youtube. Overkill for my short length. Was thinking maybe a flexipipe to take effluent further down the sewer channel. Sealing the edge would be the problem. This type of connection is near https://www.drainagepipe.co.uk/soil-and-waste/how-to-make-a-solvent-weld-joint/

Discovered a leak under the kitchen floor of a 1934 house - floorboards covered in square of hardboard? then lino. A gully of water underneath! The plumber identified water seeping through bricks from the toilet drainage pipe at ground level. Lifted the sewage cover in the garage and he thinks...

Installing a multi-fuel stove into what is a small builder's space with only 220mm width for the flue pipe to play with. Actually prefer a rear flue but either way I will lose 2 inches of the 12 inches hearth in front of the stove I want as required by the regulations. Stoveworld sells a 330mm...

Or install an Inset stove.

Found some stiff wire in upper bricks - for a previous flap or something?

True but nothing to do. Widening would mean cutting through solid brick from top to bottom. Plan is to have it 6 inches onto the hearth with regulation clearance to the front edge. Then use those whisper quiet fans at the back or wherever to make the most. Plenty space back and top. Paying Hetas...