Recent content by sheepinthefield

It's firm enough but it's clay even 2 feet deep so I'm probably fighting an uphill battle but the property near a 1-100 surface flood risk zone so I feel gravel at least makes it a huge retention tank for a period of time. I can still try and order that I've been googling metal pipes and got...

So in the bottom left you see the 'kerb' im going to fit around the edge. Its going to be 50mm above the pathway the whole way around. The garden runs at a slope towards the house and towards the corner were that concrete 'kerb' is... The top of the garden is where the pipe is... The top of...

Pipe was never in the plans and has been there 70 years there's no easement. The pipe is clay and is already cracked in multiple spots. In Northern Ireland its a private drain pipe so not owned by the water company. And as its an 'upgrade' the neighbours arent complaining as they arent paying...

The driveway slopes from right to left so the pipe would be basically uphill from where the house is

So that pipe you see the top is 4 inches (100m) from the pavement level. The plan was to dig down 150 across the whole garden and put a membrane down and gravel with grids etc so that it would sit possibly 50mm above pavement with kerb edging. That pipe is at the head of the drive at the...

But the concrete is only 4 inch thick do you think it should be ok it's only a rain water gulley

There's no scope for making it lower as the storm drain in the street is basically horizontal to the pipe so there's no real additional room for making it fall further

So the pavement is 4 inches above the pipe on the right.. I'm thinking of making a reinforced concrete slab with a 20mm plate steel on top. The pipe is now getting replaced with 100mm pvc... I'm thinking if cutting a 150mm pipe in half and putting it on top then filling the thing both sides...

Hey Folks I've dug down around 150mm and found a clay drainage pipe from my neighbours house. Their house is a semi and sits at the end of the cul-de-sac and mine is also a semi and sits 45 degrees to hers. Her house is higher so it explains why the clay pipe is in my garden. I want to...

But what do I do with the soil already there first. its a bit spongy after I dug it back. Should I use a whackerplate add some clean stone then use a whackerplate a second time. Some places say to lay a membrane down but surely the idea of the clean stone is to add rigidity and to help level...

Its a metal shed and needs a concrete base. Comes with gutters and will have a water butt but the issue is the part of the garden its on is already going to be the lowest point.

Heya folks, I this weekend I cleared a space at the bottom of my garden (dug down about an inch) in prep for a shed. As the soil is disturbed its basically mud the ground I believe is clay. What would I put on top of this to help create a firm base Im getting conflicting advice. I can put...

Heya I fitted a Hive thermostat and things look too work ok... However I find that when the thermostat turns off for heat the boiler and the pump both stop at the same time. This is because the pump is going through a terminal block with the boiler... The pump live then goes through a normal...

Hey All, I bought a house its a fairly old one but the attic has tons of potential. One thing the ceiling in the upstairs landing is sagging and its because when I went to the loft it was holding 3 x 8foot doors on 3 beams over an unsupported 15 foot span on 2x4 timbers. Thanks to the...

What I am going to do is instead do a skirting board style cover and put that over it given that its going to be partly hidden by a radiator and a corner unit its going to be seen by virtually no one so better not to mess about with asbestos and given its concreted into the wall I might end up...