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Only reason to use Y connector was to leave the land drain as I found as best I can. The issue I have been having is that my drain to my soak away was inadequate and didn't link up with the new land drain. D

Anyone? Would like to try and complete this tomorrow and will need to go and buy the materials. My current plan, unless any of you clever folk can point out a flaw, is to connect flexible unperforated land drain pipe to the clay pipe that exits the manhole. The other end will be connected...

The soak away is definitely not functioning correctly and the side garden to my house is flooded as a result. The manhole I referred to takes surface water to the soak away at the boundary of my property. Having exposed all of the pipe work now it is obvious to me that the soakaway was never...

I need to connect up to a land drain that runs outside my house to take water run off from my garden etc. There is a manhole in my garden that currently connects to a soak away but the pipe between the two has been broken in numerous places and the garden is water logged as a result. I...

Thanks. Found out tonight boiler is only 10 years old and has been serviced every year. D

Thanks for your responses. D

I am in Lancsshire. D

After doing some further research it looks like a thermal store would be a good idea in my circumstances. I could then have a number of options added including a condensing boiler, the Aga, a wood burning stove and renewable sources such as GSHP and solar. I am not clear whether the renewable...

Don't fancy trying something like this myself. If it was a standard CH system like I have had in other houses then maybe but this is too complex for me. Don't really fancy solar as I don't like the look of the panels on the roof but maybe there are other siting options. Thx D

I have quite a large old house in a rural area with no mains gas or mains drainage. The current CH System is a floor standing unit that runs on oil and powers approximately 12 large radiators and, as far as i understand it, has an indirect hot water system. There is a hot water tank in the...

Thanks. I reached that conclusion earlier but as there didnt appear to be one I went or the only one I could find. I am wondering now whether it's in the loft. D

It's been a bit of a nightmare since the valves are mostly leaking and need replacing so with the radiators off the wall the leaking has been hard to control. Not convinced I have properly drained the system down and it may still be filling up from somewhere. I assumed that with only 4 pipes...

I have had to remove some radiators to hack off the plasterwork as the damp course guys will be injecting the downstairs walls later this week. The boiler is an old floor standing oil powered one (electrolux i think) and has a total of 4 water pipes connected, all in what looks like 22mm...

They only supply my house and one of them is in the way as its within about 2m of the gable end. Could really do with getting at least the closest one moved!! Thanks D

I have 2 large poles (like telegraph poles) on my land carrying the mains supply to my house. One has what appears to be a step down transformer and the one closest to the house doesn't. Ideally I would like both to be removed and the cables buried and I was wondering whether anyone had an...

It was made known but only reference was to a patch of it in the woodland. It is well away from the house which is one good thing!! It will have been there for a very long time and thankfully it hasn't completely dominated!! We don't plan to do much with the garden over the next couple of...

The daughter of the previous owner is easily contactable as we have her mobile number. I can ask but not sure how much she will know. Unfortunately her dad died earlier this year and I guess he would have known. May be easier to raise the dining room floor!! Thanks D

Is it really possible to get rid of this plant or are we talking only long term control? I have 6 acres of garden / woodland and in each area there is at least one major infestation of this weed. I have only just bought the house and at this time of year it is clearly visible, although I...

It could well be asphalt. I can see how thick it is at the edge where it meets 2 doorways. I can see the tiles underneath where it meets one of the doorways. The previous owner thought this was the case but couldnt be absolutely sure. I said presumably to combat damp, not sure why else...

I have an 1896 house that has had a bitumen floor laid to a thickness of over an inch in the hallway. It looks like it may be laid over the original tiled hallway floor presumably to combat an historic damp problem. The problem is it forms an unsightly step into the dining room and since we want...