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Yes well thanks for telling me the obvious which I didn't do! Having checked the brick chamber is a few inches smaller than the manhole so a slightly smaller one will sit on no problems. Thanks, I have no idea why i didn't have the common sense to lift it, just thinking too much about the blocks...

Hi, I want to replace some block paving at the front. There is a 630x630 clark galvanised metal manhole cover on the side. I'm wanting to put in a recessed manhole cover and make it look tidier but can only find 600x600. Obviously the size isn't the same. Is there something else that can go on...

Ok I've returned, and the trees in question are Ash. there are actually 3 of them, about 60ft high, but not a wide canopy, 2 at 7m away, 1 at 9meters away. none of the trees are protected as a different one was taken down a couple of years ago and the council sent maps showed nothing in the...

Hi, I've noticed some cracks in a double story extension built some time ago, I'm reliably told by the pervious owner who was the niece of a builder, who owned, built the extension and lived in the property previously - 40 years between them. I did put it down to some settling of the building...

I was looking at this site - https://thecraftsmanblog.com/revive-old-wood-w-boiled-linseed-oil/ I wanted to stop it looking so grey cracked and old looking! Thanks for the info - and its a good point with the spindles. There are over 70 of them (rounded) I guess I need to assess what my time...

Wondered if anyone had experience or renewing outdoor wood with linseed oil? We have some wooden railings on a balcony which have gone grey, very weathered, cracked and have been given no tlc for many years. it's probably 12m of railings / spindles to do. I've been told linseed oil will bring...

Thanks all, I'll be doing it in sections over time. With a trencher I will put in drainage and invest in a decent rotovator to work on the garden over time as we set the garden up as we want. Thanks all

Thanks. I've got a feeling this is going to take a long time to work on given the size of gardening! If anyone does come across a backhoe (new) which can be assembled after delivery - please let me know. I've checked a few and it seems there are just a few bits to put together, they come pretty...

Sorry I forgot a key point - bungalow is built on a slope, and the garden is approx 2.5-3m drop from the front so there are a few steps down the side entry... which makes taking a 750kg digger up and down impossible... No neighbout access either - they all must have had the same issues but have...

Hi I have moved and now have an unloved 120ft garden, poor clay soil and drainage issues. When it's hot, the soil starts cracking, its not overgrown as such probably because the compacted clay soil has made it difficult for anything to take. I know it needs a lot of time and work, and that...

Probably too late but just my own vaguely similar experience - Cracking around a window, took plaster back to brick to reveal a rotten timber lintel. rotted because some of the pointing was cracked outside, so water over the years got to the timber. Ended up taking out the timber and putting in...

picture outside too could be useful - if ground level has been built up that wont help damp inside

Downstairs Damp - I'd guess the damp course is beneath the air brick. As with so many older houses when work is done outside by inexperienced builders they keep making the ground level higher with no consideration to the damp problems which will come a few months later. The outside levels should...

Hi, Is it right that when the secondary return pump is off, when you run hot water, it runs from the tank, and without the secondary return pump, when the tank hot water is finished you just get cold water? i.e the incoming water won't run through the boiler to heat it back up? Some of the...

great thanks for clarifying

Hi bathroom floor I did a patch up job with knackered joists a decade ago but redoing it properly this time. I've properly straightened / strengthed / sisters the joists after taking up the floor The question is should just put the 18mm ply iv bought on top, or relay the floorboards and then...

I'm not at the property till later in the week - the stills are from a video i took, but yes i thought you can see the beam cracks in the pictures - the other white lines are a couple of cables running along the beam! start off as finer cracks and get bigger towards the end

Doesn't look like there is any issue, its just forward thinking really now the ceiling is down. The ridge beam looks to be the purlin reused from lower down where the dorma was built. The dorma roof joists (looking at video they may be 7x2) appear to be stopping any sagging

Old Loft conversion done 40 years ago with Dorma. No Steel, all timber construction. Loft room needed refurbishing, don't think it's ever been done since it was constructed so stripped the room back. A few problems to sort outThere is a chunky timber ridge beam (in red on the uploaded drawing)...

Thanks all. I do know about the staggered timber partitions. I can tell by looking at the floor that there was a concrete block 4" wall in there originally which was taken out to open up the space, which I'll just reinstate if its better for sound insulation!