Recent content by oakysmokyjoky

its a registered land charge/restrictive covenant linked to the original conveyance for the substation. Our property (and all the others on the east side of the close where the HV cable runs) are caught as part of the subsequent owners clause....so we are all bound up! In the meantime I'm...

I've been round the houses with a couple of firms promising cash for wayleaves - even though I said paperwork was all there already. Unfortunately a big dead-end after a couple of years waiting as everything was signed and sealed from 1968. I've got a copy of the wayleave agreement and plan and...

thanks bernardgreen. I will be insisting SSE make this safe....and if that means them re-routing the thing and digging a proper trench duct and reinstating everything then that's what they'll do. I might just serve notice on them to remove the service as well. The cable is the main supply to...

When you say scrape it off, what do you mean - down to the render or just the top paint layer? Also what's the orientation of the wall, ours faces north west and gets zero sun during the year...may have to set up some IR heating!

thanks. The whole house was built to save pennies - shocking bricks for house but especially the garden walls with cheapest possible bricks and certainly no dpm featured anywhere. I think its all hand work as not sure a digger will get up the garden steps though! Mind you they are only 4" or so...

no - that's def the 11kV cable (c60 years old and counting). It runs past our house from the pole then across the back of 5 houses...before terminating in a sub station at the bottom of the close

here's the fix then....!

Thanks Murdochcat. That's the angle I'm going for. Not our fault the electricity folks did this back in mid 60s before the houses were built- but now its exposed by natural causes they need to do something. For now they've put a 'live' tag on it...so that's Ok then!

Think about ventilation (in/out) and heating. We have an under-house garage built into a hill and suffer from condensation and efflorescence caused by moisture movement from the garden each side and our oil boiler. It didn't help that I had an insulated garage door fitted which wasn't as leaky...

Thanks mattylad. I've got SSE rocking up this morning. Tbh I'm not sure where they can stick that cable ;) Let's forget that for the moment as I'm assuming SSE will deal with that. I'd really appreciate some views about the wall. I presume gabion baskets are an option here too? Thanks.

Hello. First post from me as I really need some wise words please. We had a bloke come and replace our knackered brick garden walls with some 'treated' sleepers some years back which looked lovely. Needless to say they all rotted out within a few years and I want to do something myself or get...