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If it's just a holding tank then it will need emptying very frequently - try and find out what it's holding capacity was when new, then make a guess as to how much liquid waste your household produces a day. I understand a typical family of four uses between 300 - 500 litres per day, (someone on...

It's vitally important to make sure he's really thought this through before he applies, as putting in an application will inevitably involve a site visit from the local planning office and they may then choose to query the legality of the various other structures which have been erected or are...

Sorry about your problem, but single skin metal sheds are really useless in UK climate in the winter for just this reason. A cheap solution would be to line the shed internallywith rigid polystyrene sheeting, using instant expanding foam to attach it to the roof and to seal any cracks or gaps...

Hello Aflack Have you actually seen kids doing this? Just wondered if it could be a regular local blackbird or two looking for slugs or worms under the gravel - they can make a bit of a mess throwing things around when they're foraging. Just a thought....... If it is kids then maybe your...

Hello Richard I just saw your recent comment to my old thread about acoustic fencing. My fencing is just about finished now, and first impressions are that mid and low frequencies are cut by about 30% but higher frequencies (tyre roar) have hardly been affected at all. So not a great result...

I am in the same situation as the OP - the conservatory at my house was built by previous owner 5-6 years ago, and it required PP as it's in a conservation area, and not because of the shared sewer which runs under the conservatory. Even with the PP passed there was no Building regs involved as...

I'm having a close boarded fence put up by professionals at the moment. Talking to the guys earlier in the week, they said that for a fence made using posts and fence panels they do the whole job as they go along - so the fence panels are put in and the next post can be butted up hard against...

If you're serious about starting a hobby orchard on this land then using brushwood killer at this time of year is not going to help much. If you have vehicular access then better to get a JCB in for a couple of hours to scrape off the site and pile everything up in the centre so you can burn it...

Have you thought about used coldstore panels? They work out at around £10 - £15 sq m usually, depending on thickness and condition, but sometimes you can pick them up for next to nothing. Try looking on ebay. Hope this helps.

I think you're right to be cautious - in fact, I certainly wouldn't let it rest on the ground in any case, even if it's on a concrete slab. I would put it up on concrete block piers, maybe two blocks high. Lay the blocks on their sides, so you would have 200mm high piers if you're using...

Oh dear - that looks exactly like asbestos - was it once part of an air raid shelter or garden shed? Best to do an exploratory dig down the side of it and see how far it goes into the ground. If its not too far it would be best to try to carefully dig it out in one piece, wrap it in polythene...

Thanks for your comments guys. The price difference between the heavy close boarded and the full-on acoustic is not great, so I would certainly choose the acoustic if I go ahead with this. Richard, there is another house to the right, and a public footpath, so I'd be pretty sure to have...

An update for those of you who have been following this - the fencing contractors have advised that a heavyweight close boarded fence will have some effect, but an 'acoustic barrier' (built to specifications detailed in Clause 2504 of the 1998 standard specifications for Highway Works) is the...

Sorry, just to clarify, on the previous siteplan the proposed fence is shown in red

Thanks Richard, I feel for you and your irritating traffic noise at night - sometimes the occasional car is worse than continuous traffic. I understand what you say about a small 'noise free' area, I have considered this. I have attached a rough site plan, not to scale. I would guess that my...

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Thanks Richard, and seege. Richard, I am aware of the 2m PD limit, may try to push this a bit as the site is completely hidden from neighbours etc. Seege, what you say is interesting re wavelengths. I imagine trying to stop very long waves (55ft!) is the most difficult. The mats you mention...

Thanks for the replies guys. I want an L shaped fence running along two adjacent boundaries of the almost square plot, as the road runs at an angle across these two sides. Each side is about 30m so it's a 60m run altogether. I'm well aware that this could be like having a bad night at the...

Our house is well set back behind a strip of woodland from a busy road but we want to put up a high fence maybe 2.4m to further screen off traffic noise from the garden. Anyone any experience of having a fence installed for this purpose? Would a concrete panel fence be much superior to a heavy...