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O.k thanks. So basically dig out and replace parts that are cracked? Apart from that, is the construction/design of the gully o.k?

We have slugs in our kitchen and I noticed slightly damp/moist earth under the suspended floorboards. I am trying to get to the root cause and was wondering our gully outside could be the problem. As you can see from the picture it's cracked here and there. Any suggestions how to fix these...

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Thanks for that. I should mention the part the has rot is bridging 2 sleeper walls with nothing underneath (except gas mains pipe). Could I splice in a new section using a joist plate or is there a better alternative?

Hi there Was wondering if anyone could advice me. We live in a 1900 victorian house. The floor joists rest on brick sleeper walls. The sleeper walls have a timber bearer on top (if that makes sense). The problem I have is that the timber bearer (which the joist rest on) is somewhat rotten in...

O.k great. Thanks. Appreciate it.

Hi there A friend recently helped me lift a floorboard in our victorian house (we already lifted one floorboard next to). He suggested we just cut along the joist with a saw. Obviously we now couldn't screw the floorboard to the joist but he suggested we could just fix a piece of wood to the...

I've found the start of it in the kitchen. The street stopcock is literally 2 cm from our front porch/boundary and you can see that someone had dug up the pavement at some point. Thames water said if we dig a trench right up to the pavement they'll deal with things from there (for a fee).

No I haven't been able to find the old pipe. In the kitchen at the back it goes towards the front and then into the ground. I assume it's buried under the concrete. It's part of the reason why we decided to reroute it via the bay window. Any advantages of finding the old pipe?

Thanks both of you. I feel a little better about it. I should mention I assume it's a concrete foundation. There's concrete sort of hanging below the brickwork but difficult to see. It makes sense to make the hole we're working in bigger, think that could help. I didn't know a core drill could...

Hi there First post from me. I live in a victorian 2 up 2 down style house with a lead pipe which we'd like to replace and which I assume enters from front under the path to front door. I have a couple of questions: 1) To avoid digging up the front path is it o.k to reroute the new MDPE...