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Other than the aesthetic reasons - having a triangular gap between them- I don’t really see why not. How do they fare being in the same post hole together, in terms of their footing etc - or would mean less coverage at the point where they meet in the ground

Hi all I’m putting up a fence using concrete posts and wooden panels. One corner will receive a straight post into a corner post. And then the other post off this post will be at an angle more extreme than 90 degrees as the other end of the fencing terminates about 20cm or so away from the...

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Thanks for sharing, might be awkward laying patio on there but I’ll weigh up my options..!

Thanks for the response! This is the thing, I don’t think the footings are deep. I can dig underneath that concrete. You can sort of see two little gaps in the photo. It appears the footings are only about a brick thickness, maybe even less - so digging down around them with leave them without...

Hi all. I would like to lay a new patio next to my garage and extension. I understand the finished level should be about 6 inches (two brick courses) below DPM but the ‘footings’ for my extension (3x3m masonary single skin monstrosity) seems to be only 1 course below DPM, and then itself is...

Hi everyone I only have a hopper/square drain cover with grille at the front of my house where a gutter discharges. This means when I need to pour out water at the back of the house I have to walk to the front to discharge it down the drain. I’d like to add a hopper to the back garden so I...

Yes has a built in floor. I think I’m going to go the route of compacting down maple type 1 and then sitting the footings on top, not bare wood to ground but on some plastic runners or something. A bit less permanent - a lot less permanent in fact - easier, cheaper..

Thanks. So probably possible. But lots of faff.

Hi We’ve ordered a summerhouse, about 2.2x2.2m square. It will need a concrete pad to sit on and wre considering doing this ourselves. I’m seeing conflicting advice online and from tradesmen too. I read that it needs 100mm sub base (mot type 1, compacted) and then 100mm concrete pad, with...

Hi all I’d like to add concrete gravel boards between my existing concrete posts which currently have wooden fence panels between them. Now whoever put them up must have been drunk as one is slightly tilted, and another is slightly ‘twisted’ relative to its partner. This means that, a...

Sure. I was hoping someone had similar experiences that could chime in. I’m reading about ‘coincident dip’ which seems to correlate with my experience..

Hi everyone Looking for some advice about reducing noise through windows, specifically low-pitched noise. Three bed end terrace house, had the double glazing and all frames replaced about seven years ago with UPVC double glazing. I’m close - but not next to - a busy 30mph road. One side of the...

Fair. Bloody thing. I darent spend too much on it or around for fear it will sink but it’s been fine for so long it’s sort of proving its worth despite the general crap factor.

My main reason for asking is that I want to relay patio next to it. Which would involve digging down 10-20cm or so beside it for the sub base or drainage channels to be laid. I’m paranoid that disturbing it more would cause issues. But then I imagine the garden has been through many changes in...

Reviving my thread as I’m curious again. Photos attached this time of where I have done small test digs.. One corner. The left wall is the garage. The wall on centre of frame is the bottom of the extension. At first I was reassured I was seeing bricks deeper into the groin but then the appear to...

I don’t think so, not that I’ve noticed.. Issue is that one or two rads will have really poor performance - lukewarm to touch - bottoms of some rads lukewarm - can hold hand on them. Plus lots of gurgles, clicks, whooshing noises which do my head in and stop me using certain rads as they wake...

About 1.5 bar I think, it goes up to higher green zone when running

So I’ve seen the entire pipework run and it’s all pretty by the numbers. No offshoots, no redundant parts.. in fact a few in the ago the ‘backbone’ was entirely upgraded to 22mm from 15mm. Previous person to mess with it had installed two shut off valves in line to BR. These were also removed...

Not sure! One of the bleed valve in the pipework for draining doesn’t give any flow when loosened so perhaps that is dodgy but I’d expect a leak if that was the cause. In the pipework up to bathroom there is a 90 degree bend to get it away from the joist as it goes into ceiling.. perhaps this...