Recent content by Semaj25

That's what Harry is talking about in the previous post. Vents apparently? Suitably placed to make any overflow head straight beneath the house. I intend to fill them.

Any suggestions on the right tool to get the bolts out of the remaining grates? I could buy another 1/2" socket but I don't want to break the ratchet. I have an SDS drill if that could help?

So those horizontal slots all along the side of the channel will all leak towards the house if it gets too full? Block them?

Yes, they do appear to be a vent, I'll poke around next time I lift the Aco grates. There is one air brick in the wall above floor height. I'm getting the hole under the drain down pipe filled in to fix that. Is there a preferred tool (preferably inexpensive) to remove the bolts holding down...

Just where the sections of gulley join, they aren't significant gaps. I'm now mostly concerned about the huge gap in the channel beneath where the drain pipe joins it.

Thanks for the replies. I've only just got around to clearing out the gulley. It was absolutely full of dirt (the water company said they had cleared it but obviously did nothing.) In the second photo, where the drain pipe joins the gulley there is just a large open space behind that was filled...

The joists beneath the front of my house have all rotted and I think it's because of the drain gully running alongside outside. I've already asked the water company to fix it and they said it was blocked and that they've cleared it. It still looks full of dirt to me and I'm concerned that...

Sorry. I figured it out myself by just removing the splitter and attaching just the dishwasher straight to the supply. Thanks for trying to help!

I'm sorting out my brother's house so he can rent it out. It has a dishwasher that's piped in BUT, it's on the same split water supply for a washing machine. There isn't a washing machine because this will not come with the house. So, if I turn the water on for the dishwasher then it comes...

Sorry, was a bit long. To make it look better and hopefully be stronger, should I scrape out the mortar and try and replace it? Should I remove the weeds and cover over the whole thing? (As it appears someone already did once). Is there a reasonably priced power tool to do this or as I'm on a...

I've been asked to renovate/project manage a house that needs a lot of repairs/maintenance. The owner has anxiety issues and doesn't want to communicate about the property right now, including questions like "who does this wall belong to?" It's a partition wall in the garden and has a knackered...