Recent content by mondyman

I rang the council last week ( dec 15th ) just to enquire where i stood regarding the decking after the verdict and found to my surprise that they have written a letter to the Director of Planning of RCT council ! I spoke to the council surveyor who supervised the case and he was a decent...

Just happened to look at the council planning website at the application and it was decided today . 1) The decking is unneighbourly, creating an extended, elevated platform offering views into and over the amenity areas of adjacent properties to the detriment of the owner/occupiers...

they've applied for retrospective , we have an appointment to view the plans with the planning officer on thursday and lodge our written objections then , do you think it's worth me including the photo's in as well m8 ? Cheers m8

If you read through the previous post we have some pretty ignorant neighbours but we've let things lie a few times and occasionally had words with them...We havn't spoken for years now and that suits me and the wife fine. It's been real quiet for the last few years since their children left...

Finally got around to tiling the bathroom and now all i need to do is move the sink and toilet out to tile behind them... It'll be one job at a time lol...What advice i'm after lads is what size are the water pipes ( are they 13mm standard ? ) and can i use a braided hose fitting after i've...

Great to see my old post from 2 years ago is still a firm favourite.... Funny thing is the damp patch came bk the following winter so we bought a de - humidifier ( i did learn from that lesson lol ! ) and the whole hallway and top of the stairs hasn't seen a speck of damp in over a year...

Anyone used fake turf for a lawn on here and what did they think ? I've currently built up my front garden , placed in hardcore and chippinds and whacked it down nice and tight. Got 2 rolls of terram ready to lay down ....so now im contemplating either.. 1 . its going to take 5 tons of...

i've tried a heavy duty wire brush and it barely touched it , as its our front garden wall it looks real unsighlty which is the main pain in the ass... how powerfull is brick acid as i might have a ganders at that,,, Cheers for reply therm

Hmmm im preety sure i did but cudn't be 100% as some might have been laid out the night before , as to the brick acid....anyone know what it's called and where it can be bought... It's definately calcified as i can scrape the large runs with a chisel and it turns to dust .. Cheers for...

Ive got a real ugly white stain seeping out of one course of bricks i've laid... i'm told it's effervescence from contaminated sand....it's started to calcify now and looks real unsightly.. I've tried a wire brush..no joy...anyone know of anything that will remove it... Cheers Mondy

I've just finished building a wall out of 4" rockface and on one course about 6 up for about 6 bricks in length this ugly white stain has seeped out . It's started to calcify now , i tried a wire brush on it today but cudn't shift it. My mate reckons it's due to a bad batch of sand and its...

theyve taken the pillar down now to re build it...think they realised when they saw how bad it was...

Insurance came out and had a look , basically said it was there wall like Jack said earlier as the pillar projects into their garden. She said the best case scenario is the council to come and inspect it as its leaning over a public byway ( pavement ). As to building my wall iv'e spoken to my...

Thats what i'm nor sure of Jack ..just who is liable if the pillar topples onto the kerb as someonesd walking past. And also if i build my rockface block wall along to the pillar and the pillar eventually cracks my wall where do i stand...

Ben there last few days can't find nothing exact matching this...i've got my insurance loss adjuster coming out tomorrow to assess the damage and see who is to blaim. I can't possibbly see how it could be us as the tree has caused the damage and it's growing in next doors garden. The time...