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Not long, it's about 10m, but would involve digging up the pavement. 1m on the pavement, the other 9m on my property(front garden/garden path). There is a crack, probably where the water leak is, I'd say. There is a stop tap on the water meter.

That's a contribution. Not a total Cost. I expect I'm gonna get fleeced.

Water company will pay a 250 quid 'discretionary' contribution if fixed within 30 days. Not sure what that means. By my reckoning it's costing an extra 100 a quarter on the bill.

Update, OK I fitted the stopcock on the alkathene, it took some red adapter fittings. I turned the stopcock and waited. Read the meter, still moving. Its losing 15 liters per hour. It looks like the lead from the meter is leaking :( I've read I'm liable to pay the water boards repair costs. Is...

A quick google returned this Is Alkathene the same as Mdpe? What is Alkathene Pipe and is it different to MDPE? Blue and black MDPE products for water supply may also be referred to as alkathene, which was a commercial name for polyethylene first introduced by ICI in the 1930s. Today it is more...

Does the pipe degrade under concrete or do you think there is a fitting that is leaking?

It's under the floorboards, not underground so to speak. The reroute will be above the concrete slab. The fitting is just before it enters the slab. Will the JG fit into the fitting?

The pipe diameter o/d is 17.79mm

Anyone know what this pipe is? It is attached to lead that comes in from the road. Is this a standard connector? As it has grey speedfit in the spur, I'm assuming that white or grey speedfit will fit into the downstream leg, as I need to replace the black pipe downstream, as it is leaking under...

If you lime plaster the wall, it will breathe. But the problem is that your wall is wet outside from the raised levels, and in contact with the inner wall. I'd say your only option is to install some sort of water resistant barrier on your inner wall ie tanking membrane, then plasterboard on top...

Any advice appreciated on this odd damp problem I have. Obviously some repair has been attempted externally on the render in the past.Is the cement absorbing water just on this repair? I have already removed the side gate and added some sealer around the edges where the single bolt fixing is...

You'd need 2. One to mix and one to level. You can level it up first with your hardcore. The create some thin edge battens on the floor or wall that are levelled beforehand.at the right height for a guide. Or even a string and pegs. Then with your mate mix the muck. Estimate the quantity...

It's not as hard as you'd think. More a physical job. Two strong men should be able to mix it and lay it in a day. Get a old pair of wellies and a long leveller and you'll be fine.

Moved to plastering

OK ta, will do when the replacement fuses arrive.

Yep, not tested it without. Could that cause an issue?

So I have two r8, one installed in the house, the other the garage. Garage one is much older is covered in grime and grot. Still works fine. One in the house, once powered up, goes into startup, I try to enter the code(incorrectly I've forgotten)/and is quickly pops the transformerv fuze. The...

Bitof an update. Cooker still working fine. However the main fan oven ventilation element is a pattern part and doesn't heat up the oven properly. On close r inspection the smeg part is rated 2.8kw, the pattern part 2kw. Moral of the story, don't buy the pattern parts!

Swapped over the new element. No tripping so far. IR is showing 0.19M out the cooker. Obviously just enough to trip out the rcd. 240/190000 = 12ma. Perhaps there's so other leakage somewhere? Am I right in assuming that the resistance of the element would drop further once it starts to draw...

Bit of an update, I checked the new elements yesterday and lo and behold one of my new elements is showing 0.06Mohm on the IR tester. Disconnected it, and it now no longer tripping. If course I now have a hassle as I got it off ebay. :( All other are showing high R in the orders of 7-12 mohm...