Recent content by sanyi

Hi John, thanks for your reply. I did indeed have a salt clay gully outside the kitchen until about a year ago which i discovered was cracked and has probably been like it for decades. I have since replaced it with a bottle gully and check and replaced any other soil pipes since then which has...

Hi there all. Today I have been getting round to the much procrastinated and feared task of looking under the floor boards in my Victorian house. There are a couple of areas in the downstairs dining room and lounge that have a bit of rising damp but not overly serious. I've pulled the floor...

This weekend I've spent some time fixing in place the bottle gully you recommended. Here are the steps ive taken: * Dug a lilttle further down to accomodate some sub-base. * Installed some bricks loosely around the area that will contain sub-base. * Applied sub-based and compacted with a sledge...

first layer of bricks and some sub-base

2nd layer of bricks and more sub-base

concrete in place on foundation footing and sub-base

slight fall towards pvc pipe

replacing broken gully

Thanks for your input. I'm convinced I need to do this again with a bottle gully to bring the whole pipe lower and in line with the original. I can get a refund on all of the items I have used as they won't be damaged. @r896neo, you are correct that the trap is sat on the wall footing and not...

Thanks for the replies Frank and Vinn. This has all come about because I wanted to lay a new patio this spring and this made me discover the situation, it's looking like this year is a no-goer as far as that is concerned! There isn't a manhole in my garden, my two neighbours do have manholes...

Hi there. I'm doing a DIY job on replacing a broken salt glazed gully. The gully in question has probably been broken for many years, possibly decades and the soil surrounding that area is extremely wet. The soil has a mud or wet clay consistancy. There doesn't appear to be any movement in the...