Recent content by riccol1966

I am planning to centre fill the piers with some box iron for support and then infill with concrete. Does anyone know if I should use some sort of waterproof sealant on the inner face of the brick piers once I fill them with concrete. If so, bearing in mind the inner brick face is smooth, whats...

ok thanks everyone for the info on the dpc and reinforcing - thanks also for the idea of bridging the two footings together which would help with stability. Can someone give me ballpark footing depths for the 4 foot piers ? Are we talking 375mm-450mm deep, does that sound right?

I need to build 2 entrance piers, appx 4'6"' high, and hang a gate from them. I am planning to build in brick, each pier being 22"x22" (i.e. 2 and a half standard bricks wide). I will use reinforcing bars to give added support. I am new to this, so these might sound like silly questions: 1)...

ok this has strayed off topic a bit. For what it's worth, yes I already have solar pv panels installed, and they are feeding batteries, which then feeds an inverter. And I also have a Honda EU20i generator. So accepting I am where I am, and aside from all the good intentions about what to do in...

thanks for your comments crafty, Actually I will be getting a fully qualified electrician in. And the new CU will be totally isolated from the grid. But I suspect not many electricians are aware of the neutral-earth issues on inverters/generators (could be wrong). So I need to ask the right...

ok I am planning to have a renewable system with solar panels and battery and inverter, and a generator as backup to that also. All the kit to be installed in the garage and run a cable into the house. The plan is for this cable to feed into a changeover switch which then supplies a new consumer...