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Got hold of the surveyor. He's happy with pea shingle and a concrete top at ground level.

Hi All, I'm connecting a new wc pipe to an existing clay sewer. I've bought the flexible connectors to connect the clay to 160mm pvc, but I was wondering whether there is a push in pvc adapter that fits into the spigot end of the clay pipe that I could use instead of the flexible connector...

Hi Noseal, Yes, I've made an application and called to ask their advice...they apparently aren't in the office much so I had to email them...which I did. Their response was they'll get back to me in 5 working days. By which time I'll be sunning myself (for which read painting a house) in...

Haha - big poos!! Thanks all for your comments. The property is a semi detached. There used to be back to back terraces at the rear of the property which were all knocked down in the 60s, so that is maybe why its so big. I am sure that only my property is connected to the sewer and the pipe...

Hi all, I'm converting a pantry into a downstairs loo/shower room. The sewer runs along side the wall where the wc pipe will come out and into a stub stack. I have excavated a hole to the sewer pipe, which is below the foundations and 16.5 inches (centre line) from the wall - see image...

Hi JohnD, Thank you for your response. There was no damp present, but as I'm putting in a bathroom and the quarry tiles that were down were not suitable I took the tiles up to find earth underneath! I'll lap into the mortar above the brick containing the chemical DPC. Best, Jo

Hello all, I'm turning an old pantry into a shower room for my mum. it is roughly 1.8m x 1.2m I have taken up the old quarry tiles (laid on sand) and excavated two bricks down from previous floor level at a depth of 150mm - the injected dpc on the outside is in the first brick down. I want to...