Recent content by Phil the H

Hi cmb2020, To be clear I'm not a qualified electrician but I feel a bit concerned that you're thinking of doing this work yourself when you don't appear to be aware of the basics of ring main wiring, which is what the two pairs of wires into each socket mean. Basically, each red, black and...

Thanks for replies, I'd already been mentally preparing myself to excavate and replace the 3inch so I could sleep at night afterwards! Yes, the raised patio was an add-on from the previous house owner although the gap hasn't increased for several years so I'm thinking its finished settling.

I'm currently building an en-suite to a first floor bedroom and planning to run a vertical 110mm soil pipe to connect to an old clay pipe gully/drain below. I've exposed the gully which was encased in concrete and succesfully removed the concrete and remains of old pipe from within the pipe...