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Thanks. I'm going to scoop all the water out daily and see if there's an improvement day by day. I don't want the meter sat in water anymore. Especially not dirty water. I'll leave this hole open until I'm happy no more water is seeping in.

Today I've diverted all the drainage to the soil stack. Got a bit peed off when I realised none of my push fit stuff would fit onto the solvent weld pipe sticking out of the walls. Anyway another trip to the shop and I've solvent welded it all up. No more water is going down this gulley. I will...

Easy as long as I can get a clean end on the clay pipe. I'll give it a go. If the end of the pipe is shot I'll cap it off.

Looking online I couldn't find anything big enough for this hopper pipe to drain into anyway. Just modern small gulleys. The soil stack was replaced with plastic last year, a cast iron stack was cut off at ground level and a rubber coupling used to convert to pvc. The kitchen waste is in 32mm...

Speaking of worms. I've opened a whole new can of them. I tried to remove the concrete around the gulley. When I got a piece loose it seems to have put presure on the gulley and now its cracked right down. So this job has just got a bit more urgent. Now all the water seeps out into my hole...

I've just come across a problem while digging my water meter out (we're replacing the lead main). The hole was filling up with water when i got so deep. I was sort of expecting this as the meter itself has been sat in water for over a year (we bought the house last year). Anyway I started...

The pvc is stranded so imperial sized. Now I think on the house had a late 80s rotary type main rcd consumer unit when we bought it. So at least this had been replaced. But see my picture of the socket back with a mysterious pvc wire disappearing into old plaster. When was pink plaster last...

I know there's a few "seasoned" electricians here. So here's my question to you guys. I have a house built in the 1950s for the local authority. On peeling back the decor, plaster, ceilings, etc we have revealed interesting combinations of wiring. On an original (pink) plastered wall, a...

To clear an airlock, you need a garden hose. Looks like you have an outside tap, that'll make this easier. Get the end of the garden hose and attach one of those tap clamp on adaptors. Connect this to one of the affected taps and turn on the tap (nothing should happen now as no water will come...

I've got a plumber ready to replace my lead water main because its sprung a leak on the joint to the stopcock (i was demolishing a brick wall that had been built around it, the mortar seemed to be plugging a pinhole leak in the lead.) The lead main goes into the wall at floor level and down the...

If its an old computer maybe time for a new motherboard. Sorry.

I've dug out a big hole as my pictures show. I'm going for a 10ft x 8ft shed. I need to build a retaining wall at the back of the site too to save the fence collapsing. Though the fence does belong to me, and I had toyed with demolishing it and building the shed on the property line (as I'm...

We moved house earlier in the year. Prior to this my computer had been in a cupboard which it turned out was a little damp. It was in there without being used for about 6 months. Anyway for the last 4 months it has been in our perfectly dry dining room in the new house. Again it hasn't been...

Ok I've got the 1.6 hdi (the more powerful version of the two available). Recently I've noticed that sometimes shortly after starting there is a distinct lack of power and it takes a lot of throttle to get off the line. I've had a couple of awkward starts at junctions. Then switching into...

I've got a whole loft floor to insulate, 300mm. Approx 6m by 6m. Where is the best place to buy it all and get delivered? When I insulated my old house it was when b&q were selling it subsidised by the energy companies. I was just popping along and chucking a couple of rolls in the car every so...

Got an 07 plate, 1.6 litre unleaded. Intermittently it brings up antipollution fault and the engine light comes on. At the same time the mpg continuously reads 999 and there is a noticeable lack of power with a little more engine noise and the cooling fan comes on, even when the engine has...

Thanks Ken. When I finished speccing it with options it ended up a lot more expensive. For some reason any colour other than white is a £120 extra. Better cylinder (weakest point of the door) £25. Fair price but for a secure door I'd want a good cylinder by default. They also do a 6 panel...

I'm thinking of building my own shed. The main reason for this is that the corner of the garden where I'm putting it isn't 90 degrees, more like 120. I don't want an awkward space behind the shed. I'm thinking of even using the shed walls as the boundaries if the neighbours will agree to it...

Concrete fence posts populated with concrete gravel boards. Paint it pretty colours.

Industry, except aldi and lidl. Aldi and lidl have a concept that works. All the rest (dont want my employer naming here) are trying to do what they do, unsuccessfully, and paying less money. Every chance they get, they cut hours. "Efficiency savings". Cutting hours for tasks we never knew we...