Recent content by Peter500

I already have gravel boards. It may be possible to remove them, but may be hard to get them back in after if the patio level is slightly higher.

I'm creating a new patio and planning to do small kerb stones around the edge. These will but up to the existing fence and I'm wondering how I can do a good job without being able to get to the other (neighbor's) side? Is it ok if there isn't much haunching on the rear? The slabs will be on...

I'm redoing my patio as I now have an extension. It will wrap around the extension and be bigger. The existing patio has no fall (despite not having problems), but I think the new one should. The minimum guidelines I've seen for the slabs I want are 1:80 for longitudinal and 1:40 for crossfall...

My Virgin Media connection used to have a 'shotgun cable', which had one for Internet and one for phone. When the engineers were here last (a few years back) they said that it now only uses one, so although the old cable has two, one is disconnected. The telephone plugs into the router, which...

Well that's not true as Virgin Media still use copper (coax). From what I can tell, the Virgin Media tech (DOCSIS) can currently reach approx. 2Gb, but potentially reach 10Gb in future. It also depends what you mean by a 'normal' phone line, as you can't have a 'normal' phone line on fiber...

I'm surprised that they didn't attach the fiber to the end of my copper cable and pull it through with the copper. They used a Cobra, which seems like more work to me

Sounds like fiber is the future. Maybe things will improve in future :LOL: This comment probably won't age well, but... 100Gbs Internet connection I think very few homes need a 1Gb connection, they (including myself) probably get persuaded by the marketing. You can stream about 40 4k movies on...

I've found that my non-Openreach provider was useless for an install that wasn't simple. I had a total of 10 engineers (5 pairs) sent out to do an install and decided to cancel after that. It required a civils team, but they would just keep sending the normal engineers out, even though I...

After getting fiber installed (FTTP), I'm now wondering whether copper would have been better I accidentally broke my fiber as it is really fragile, and some installations (through flower beds) can make this problem worse. Unlike copper, it's also not possible for DIY fixes/changes to it...

It's the bird comb, and eaves tray, which is resting on OSB. I think the bird comb may make it easier for the tiles to move a little bit as it's bit like a spring. I don't know whether this is causing the noise. It would be nice for me to see the tiles lifting, but it's hard for me to see.

When it transitions to the flat roof I have EPDM going under the tile. I then have an eaves tray with a built in bird comb, which is fixed as high up as possible i.e. near the batten. The roofing membrane then goes over the eaves tray. I did this as there are no fixings/penetrations near the end...

I'm also a little nervous about using eaves clips on the back of the pitched roof as it would mean nailing through my EPDM flat roof. The roof transitions to a flat roof, and that's partly why the pitch is shallower at the rear.

The bottom ones on one side are a low pitch, (lower than I intended) so that may be part of the problem. I may need to have a closer look when it's windy to see which ones are moving. I think adding clips could be difficult as the verges are bedded on mortar, so I don't want to disturb them...

I can hear tiles lifting in strong winds on my pitched roof. I built the roof myself (on a new extension), and every tile has a nail, so they won't come down completely. Is this is normal and is there a way I can reduce the noise? The tiles are Redland Regent.

I think I've found the way to make it easier. I put bridge packers on a blob of sealant on the top and sides. That was enough to hold them in place and made it much easier to get the other packers in once the glazing was in place.