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Thanks all for the replies, I might try and hire a few patio heaters when we get a couple of dry days to speed things along.

Thanks, the Contractor is getting quite insistent and has referenced http://www.pavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=8;t=8649 which is the info I think @cdbe is referring to. There is also a Facebook group - UKPavingTalkGroup that mentions the technique: The problem I have...

Hi All We had our old 1970s slab concrete drive replaced with a shiny block paving drive about 2 months ago, but because of the wet weather the pavers have never dried enough to sweep in the final kiln dry sand and actually finish the drive. The company that laid the drive initially told me...

OK thanks for the replies - I get it. Has anyone any other suggestions on how I can provide primary lighting for a room with a big sloped ceiling - something that is effective but also doesn't make the room look like a garage ie large flourescent, plastic things :?

Hi All I have had a lean to kitchen extension built. Inside the ceiling has been left "vaulted" with a velux window. To comply with the BCOs wishes I have put 130mm of PIR insulation in the rafters. However the electrician, who has sucked his teeth over just about everything I have...

thanks FMT no there was no drawings to see. The problem is that the brickies left the openings and the window surveyor measured them directly - even though I pointed out the internal floor level, that could be seen only 10ft away, and stated that i didn't want an internal step. I...

Hi A bit of a rambling rant and not really a tech question - Just looking for some advice and opinions. I am just finishing a "self-managed" extension and refurb of my house. A few weeks ago the surveyor from the window company I had chosen came out to measure for the windows. He...

Hi Thanks There is no insulation in old garage part (which will now be a room), but there is in the extension which joins onto the old garage. The other thing I am not sure of is that the bottom of the external door openings in the room are only a brick high - which means I am limited...

Hi All Just had the shell of the extension built and I am thinking about the next phases. I have no idea of screeding in terms of how much it costs or what is involved, but as you can see from the photo it looks like I have a lot of height to make up. The concrete base of the extension...

Hi All I am putting in a new soil pipe to service a couple of bathrooms and a utility room in an extension. The house already has a single soil pipe and I am planning on joining the new pipework into the first manhole that the existing pipe runs into. I have started to cut the existing...

Hi All Quick question; I am rebuilding the internals of a built in wardrobe - nothing complicated, just a large straight shelf with some other compartments underneath. The shelf will be 175cm x 60cm and can be supported on the three internal sides. I was looking at 18mm conti board but...

it doesn't go under the stairs, just stops about an inch from the woodwork. The other end is buried in the hall/frontroom wall, which is 4" wide Thanks

Hi All I have taken down an internal doorway and frame. I checked first to make sure it wasn't loadbearing - both ceilings are down either side, so it was easy to see the beams. On top of the structure was a couple of blocks that easily came off, then I hit a large concrete lintel that...

Jeez, and I thought I had to dig a deep hole! :roll:

ok, the resolution is to dig down to just below the foundations of the manhole to a width of 1 metre either side to create "pads". This should mean there is a secure base either side in undisturbed ground. Then once filled use concrete lintels to stop any significant weight on the old structure...

We found it was part of the old sewerage system for the old street of houses that used to be on the site. There doesn't seem to be any rods in the brickwork - there are steel steps on the inside, but nothing much else. Digging down inside it would be painstaking as it has been backfilled, and...

Ok, the resolution is that we have to dig a meter wide pad on both sides of the manhole, to the bottom of the structure on both sides. Then concrete and lintel so "no load should be placed" on the manhole. :cry: This seems like overkill to me but I am fairly stuffed :evil: I...

Hey guess what - The BCO wants to see the bottom of the damn thing. He would not be happy with the footings on disturbed ground. Well the brickie was fairly disturbed when I told him :shock: He has dug one side out and it goes about 7ft down. BCO needs to come again tomorrow to have...

thanks, the site previously had several old farm buildings on it before my house was built in 1975. It looks like there was an old road that ran through my back garden hence the hard dig. The old sewerage system probably followed the road. All our drainage now goes out the front of the...

Hi All Started digging out the foundations for a single rear extension of my house. The ground is a bit tough but was going ok until we hit an unused manhole - see pics. There wasn't any metal cover on the hole, it was full of earth. I dug away through this and hit a thin cement plug about...