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Made some identical, set mine in postcrete 1/3 deep, countersunk some timberlok screws from top of seat into the post, cut some end grain wedges, banged then into the holes and sanded off. Very neat. Use stainless timberloks if using oak sleepers.

Make sure you choose the right type of grass, the corner looks shady and if it's for kids you can go for a more hard wearing mix.

We had the same problem. Soakaways didn't work and Septic tank failed, therefore we needed to connect to mains which was conveniently at the bottom of the drive. We called local building control who knew the about the impermeability of the area and wrote us a letter to forward to the water...

We have a drive gently sloping towards the house, the tarmac is shot, and there's no sub base to speak of, so we've decided to dig out, full spec type 1 base, and gravel until finances allow clay pavers (probably never as total area 180m2!). The tarmac drive currently drains into a combined...

It runs under the house, and then it looks like it intercepts another perpendicular land drain somewhere under our lounge. They have brayed a hole in the top of the perpendicular land drain and it appears to be mostly pouring into it, although there is a bit of a cavity formed. Where it goes...

We're in the process of connecting to mains sewer. It's a combined sewer so we are also putting surface/storm water down it as our site has been determined impermeable. We have an old land drain entering our site from outside our land. It has a steady trickle of water and currently drains...

We had more success in finding a builder rather than a glazier. You may have to do the building notification yourself if they are not FENSA.

In theory they are likely to be lined up, all mine were. I drilled the mortar around each brick all the way through and used a bolster chisel to remove the brick. Surprisingly easy. There are no structural issues if you think about what 1 brick is actually supporting. You just need your...

I can't quite see the cavity but just refurbed 18 of our windows with similar symptoms, my friend was wood hardener, two part filler held off the brick work by a thin square plastic food container, left to harden, removed plastic leaving 2-3mm gap, coat of primer and then silicon frame sealant...

Notwithstanding Ree's questions, you could look into a limecrete floor.

OK on further inspection the source seems to be somewhere between the oil pump and motor. presumably there's some sort of gasket there. It's feeling beyond a simple screw tighten :roll:

Before I make things worse, we've had a long term v slow oil leak on our oil Greenstar that the boiler engineer couldn't find, got back today and it's dripping from what I assume is the burner oil inlet, a thin copper tube into an inlet see arrow. Is this a simple job of tightening it up or...

Just renovated ours with same treatment. Gave them a good sand, oil based primer undercoat and oil based topcoat. Also re- beaded and used butyl putty, although agree with gazman your options are limited as there's not enough rebate depth.

Exactly - I think I'll replace everything but the brick in the bottom right hand corner and my neighbours will hopefully thank me for removing the eyesore ;-)

Cheers Luis, I managed to get some guidance from the planning department, providing I don't increase the non permeable area by more than 5m2, I don't have to apply for planning. Apparently it is a bit of a grey area, intended to cater for the conversion of urban front gardens. I was advised if...

Having just paid for a streetworks license, Section 106, building control, we thought we'd resurface our 100m2 tarmac drive at the front of the house which slopes towards the house. As part of this mains sewer connection (septic tank failed) the water authority and building control have...

Thanks for the response Agile, the backdrops are on the outside of the main sewer manhole. The difficulty seems to be if a completely new backdrop has to be installed it will require a 4m dig through concrete. I've asked about an internal backdrop so we only have to join at around 2m, but...

Our septic tank is beyond repair and we have the option to connect to a main sewer, or so we thought. The nearest manhole in the road at the end of the drive is 4m deep, invert level from the house around 2.5m. There are two neighbours connected in via two external backdrops, both of which...

These are the pages I used for exactly the same problem. Ended up with a gully to hold back the soil with a perforated drain at the bottom. http://www.pavingexpert.com/drain03.htm

Check they have it in stock by phone first. Waited a couple of weeks for my delivery that was in stock when ordered. Very helpful updates, just in accurate info.