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Hi chaps, For my thickened raft, under the slab I need to put some Hoggin. Q. If I was to Blind the Hoggin with sand, what type of sand and what exactly do I have to do? Q I can work out the volume of Hoggin that I require, but the delivery is in weight. Any ideas what the equation rate...

Kiteman, Have you lookd at the joists above the wall, They may still be supported by the wall via a floor beam interconnected to the joists. I would suggest investigating above the wall. Also Settlement may be an issue, over the 40 years the house may have settled onto the wall if there...

Is it an exterior doorway?

Hey up Blagard, I cant find anything suitable on google. Basically in the photo, the raft will have a FFL above the course of bricks above the airbrick. I need to access the C/H connections after the raft has been poured to continue the system, so I was looking for a box to go in the...

junction box

Hi Blagard, Building a new extension an a raft butting upto existing house, currently CH pipework tails below ffl. Box is for CH Pipework to continue CH system from and possibly electrical services to run in ducts through raft. James

Anybody know a good PCC junction box supplier? Recessed lid, to go in floor, 1000mm wide x 300mm deep x 400mm high. Could use Plastic - any suggestions? Many thanks, James.

Hi If someone is installing the burner for you, I think by law they have to line the flu in order to give you a certificate (Maybe not so important now that the HIPS packs are defunct) A liner would guarantee no leaks into the house, but your sweep should now the rules - ask him for his...

Cheers Blagard I am building an extension and have plans in with building control at the mo, these arn't that detailed so I am waiting for there feedback. The manhole 'Y' is only serving the one soil pipe, the other junction is capped off after previous remodelling of the house. I...

Hi Chaps, I am removing an existing Soil pipe and puting in a new run. This new run will service an additional bathroom. Ideally I want to fill in the existing manhole/inspection chamber and excavate a new one further along the soil pipe run nearer to the septic tank. I can get the...

Chaps, Halfway through a concrete footing for a retaining wall and its started chucking it down. Need a couple more mixer loads to complete it, and was then going to position my first row of blocks and stick in the rebar. Can I leave the 3/4 done foundation until it stops raining or...

Hi Coaster, Cream suppliers normally provide plugs to insert in the holes. Dirt cheap, maybe they let moisture out/ air in or something. Creams are normally made of a type of salt and so will probably keep on sucking moisture. Andy at the address below is pretty helpfull...

Thanks Static asnd The Oldun, Walls are only 3m long, but will run another 2m when I've sorted out some soil pipes - so will end up with an expansion joint. Got a bit bogged down when I was looking at modular mortarless retaining walls and somehow forgot the basics. Back on course now...

Hey Static, Thanks for getting basck in touch, any chance you could answer a few direct questions? 1. What is the mix for C35, I was planning on C20? 2. What mix for mortar - or the C35? 3. The walls are 1m above ground, with rebar in every hollow can I get away with one block thick...

Guys, I am going to build a retaining wall out of 'hollows' two blocks wide with rebar. I will start from a concrete base, and will have to fill the hollows with concrete around the rebar. Can I use the same concrete mix; as the base, as the joints and the fill? Thanks James.

Hi Chaps, Any ideas for modular retaining wall systems? I need to build a couple of walls about 1m high x 5m long. I would like to use a mortar-free retaining wall system, but am either too small for Phi and CMS of too tall for Marshalls. Cheers James Anybody used Grass concrete...

Cheers for getting back to me burnerman. It is brick built two chamber - What do you mean; 'Both the inlet and outlet chambers must be empty'. Its a working system and they both have stuff in them??

Sorry, isn't this called a septic tank?

Hi Guys, I am building a new ramp/retaining walls/etc for site access, but as I want to access the soil pipe to my cess pit in the near future, I want to stop the ramp short of it. I have two inspection covers for the cess pit, but it is unclear which one my soil pipe from the house runs to...