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Another less than useless reply from noseall... Anyone with useful opinions on the options in my post (digging up the floor not being one of them) would be much appreciated :)

I am in the process of replacing the lead water main coming into my house (built in 1900) with a 25mm MDPE pipe. The trench is dug to the required depth and just need to bring the new pipe into the house. As I didn't want to dig up the original tiled floor inside, I decided to bring the pipe...

Apologies somewhat off topic...but just been reading this thread and amazed at some of the content of ree's posts. But then saw his location and that explained a few things...

I take it from your description that the chimney breast has been removed in the kitchen but is still standing in the bedroom above - might be worth checking that the remaining breast is supported properly upstairs (although this would be unrelated to your problem). In response to your...

I am considering knocking through the wall between my kitchen and utility room in order to make a bigger kitchen, with a universal beam/RSJ to support the opening. To make things a little unusual, the kitchen is part of the original house built in 1900 and the utility room is part of an...

Slowly making progress... All insulation down plus upstands around the perimeter Another layer of DPM down as a VPL Planks down ready for pouring concrete Should have already laid the floor but had some problems with the gravel supplied for the concrete which appeared...

I'm not confused about mixing concrete, I'm confused as to what gravel I should get. The reason I bought separate is so that I could ensure I mix a specific 1:2:4 ratio mix. Most places you get ballast from you have no idea what the ratio of sand to aggregate is, so you will end up with an...

I am planning to lay a new concrete floor soon and getting really confused by what gravel I should buy. I am planning to mix it using cement, sharp sand and gravel (as opposed to using ballast) and already have the cement and sharp sand. I did get some 20mm gravel delivered but returned it as...

Thanks for the reply, that's what I thought. Pain in the ass because I paid for a cement mixer this weekend to make the concrete. Attached a photo below with a £1 coin (22mm) in for reference. Assume I am right in thinking it should all be under 20mm?

I am meant to be laying a new concrete floor today in my house to replace an old floor I dug up. I really struggled to find on the internet what gravel you are meant to use in the mix, but eventually ordered some "20mm" gravel and also some pea shingle - about 850kg of the 20mm and 250kg of the...