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Just thinking of possible solutions, could I fabricate a custom strap/angle bracket like this? (see green) this may provide the strength to still allow 'hooking' behind the inner leaf.

My gable walls bulging a bit, but its within tolerances 'for now' and I'd like to keep it that way. I've been recommended by an SE that I strap my first floor (floor & ceiling) joists at regular centres, and board the loft with ply to prevent my wall bulging any further. So the first floor...

A shim between the guides is a good suggestion however I may give it a go.

Thanks again. I suppose it depends on your definition of negligible. See these two images and the insert as a reference. One I could agree with. One I certainly could not.

To illustrate the play in the ratcheting non brand ones...

I am trying to cut some 20mm mdpe pipe square in practice for joining with some imperial 21.5mm alkathene with some phillmac fittings. This will be buried and I want to make sure this is pretty darn leak proof. I have tried (and none of these are cheeaap!): - non brand ratcheting 0-40mm...

Thanks for the replies both (blup yours isn't displaying correctly but did get a read earlier). I'll leave it for now and keep an eye out for any cracks in the mortar beds etc. I plan to get the drive redone a bit later in the year. I'll use this as an opportunity to lift it up a bit.

In my hunt to clear up sources of moisture in my house I had a drainage contractor in...they were installing an inspection chamber, and ensuring any of the other pipework was in good order. The joint from the old clay to the 'replaced' pipework was certainly interesting...so the work was...

Hmm - possibly. A dehumidifier is currently ran throughout all non-sleeping hours in the remainder of the house.

Coming back to this thread some time later... I had a drain survey done - the access was poor but the main lateral appeared in good condition. To permit a survey of the soil stack / down pipe and to improve future maintenance - I am having a small inspection chamber put in a couple of weeks. I...

Hi Hugh, thanks a lot for that - really informative. Looks like I might be digging up the patio soon...will update this post with any findings. Will first wait to hear back from Cadent though re lead gas pipes and update you with their response.

Hmm interesting. So my original intention of digging here was to investigate drain depth in 'easy soil' prior to digging up for drainage works under the concrete driveway. I am reasonably confident that the black pipe here in the original image is not water, so it's highly likely to be the...

Looking closer at the meter 34mm black pipe inside the meter... Its actually a 32mm metal pipe. The black coating appears to be 1mm thick.

I dug a test hole today to prep for some work later in the year (drain depth etc.) However I stumbled upon a few other pipes in the process... The brown pipe is the clay foul drain I was looking for. There is a silver metal pipe in the top of the image - this had roughly a 32mm OD. There...

Thanks. Will arrange a drainage survey / check (access is poor) and do a thorough listen with a helper on the water inlet.