Recent content by Lucasdemoley

Ah right ok that makes sense. I'll take a look how much they cost vs just getting someone out to test. Many thanks.

I was under the impression that you are simply testing the resistance? Most of the units I have seen to test simply plug in and give a resistance reading. I'm obviously totally wrong. What equipment do I need to undertake the test? Cheers

Hi all, I had a new cooker delivered, but they wouldnt install it as my earth resistance was over 200mohms (like 275 or so it was showing). Its likely that I've simply not connected the earthing rod correctly when we knocked it down for a concrete path (unfortunately connection was under the...

100% is not a foul waste connection. The pipe is full of soil, both at the 3 gullies on my property, but also where I have broken into it, including by the road. My neighbours gullies are also all blocked with soil, but we both have free-slowing foul water at the rear of the properties. The...

Hi Johnny, Thank you for taking the time to do a diagram, really appreciated. I've done a crude layout below of the drainage layout. All the drainage pipes to my front garden are exposed, so I can track the pipes from gully up to the boundary. The main foul line on Plas Road is uphill of...

Hi Johnny, Pictures attached. So the downpipe picks up roof water from both properties at the front. (the rear seems to feed into the foul drainage). Where you can see I've dug the trench and it kinks, there is a Y connection, so this gully feeds into a drain that originates from my neighbors...

Not keen on going down insurance route. I've already made two claims (a lost engagement ring and a flood from a fish tank caused £6k damage) and feel its something I can resolve. In hindsight I probably should have contacted them as we have some small signs of subsidence but I've done so much...

Cheers. It does go into a public maintained road, but seems as it doesn't run into a sewer it isn't W/W responsibility. I assume possibly the local water authority could be the council, or am I just mistaken.

Hey, hoping someone can shed some light on this issue. The rain water gullies from the roof at the front of my property are 100% blocked with soil. My neighbours are the same and I think their pipes feed into mine. After a hell of a lot of digging (I'm also doing a driveway), I found that the...

Just felt I should reply as it may help others searching and looking for similar information. We settled on 25% of the sale value of the land, £125K plus some works including a driveway and a garage (my house value was £140K at the time). We also agreed a 20% value of a phase 2 development...

Thanks both. I am somewhat hoping that the pipe is 375mm deep at the meter location, but then the 500mm or so deep where it goes under the pavement. If they have laid it at a constant gradient (the path is about 1m higher than the pavement) I might be lucky and it might be deep enough where I...

Hi, I'm building a new driveway at my house and came across a gas pipe warning marker, just along the top corner of where the proposed driveway will be. The path outside my house is about 1m higher than the road, so the plan was to build a small retaining wall alongside the grass to hold this...

HI All, Somewhat of a random question so don't shoot me for asking! I am building a retaining wall to form a driveway next to my house (its about 6m from the house). The height being retained is about 1m in existing made up ground forming a bank to the field next door which is about 1m lower...

Hi, I am in an interesting position where a developer is looking to develop land next to my house as an extension to an existing village road for the construction of 60 hours (phase 2 perhaps 100 more). Due to the narrow opening to the land ( about 7.5m) I negotiated with the developer to...

Hi Guys, I'm going to be getting a patio door from a friend. To save the hassle of sorting out a van I was thinking of taking the doors out which will fit in my car fine, but then for the frame I was thinking of cutting these at the corners so it will go in the car and the reassembling at home...