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I'm digging the footings for a new extension and have come across the clay soil pipe. It is about 8m long and there are 2 cracks within the 1st 3m. The remaining 5m is covered in concrete up to 8" thick in places. Should I be concerned about anymore leaks in the concreted area? I'm going to...

Thanks for your advice! Two other things, there is a 4" diameter duct which bring the electric cable through the garage floor from outside, would it be possible to use the same duct for the water pipe? Secondly, will it be straight forward to connect the stop cock straight to the black...

Thinking of moving the stop cock. Would it be feasible to move the water pipe (black piping) and bring it up into the garage with the gas & electricity pipes. Does the water pipe need insulating and are there any regs that I need to follow. From other threads it looks like I haven't got to...

We are having an extension built and have been told that we need to have a cavity wall built between the kitchen & the garage. Due to tightness of space, what is the minimum thickness of wall we could get away? Thanks

The crack is about 2mm wide, think it's from settlement and a car is kept in the garage. We've also looked under the kitchen floor, below the dpm there seems a lot of very gritty black stone and broken bricks - always thought dpm had to be laid on soft sand, but no sign of this. I'd like...

The length of the extension is approx 7m and the pipe clashes with the foundation for about 1m and then starts to run off and is eventually about 4" from the foundation at the other end. The clay pipe is still in use and it is a private sewer. building regs have been approved but they haven't...

Planning on building an extension to widen the kitchen & garage by approx 2ft which is approx 6" short of the boundary - I've got plannig permission for this. I've dug 2 trial holes either end of the extension to determine the depth of the foundations. At one end I've come across a clay...

Thanks! There's a dpm, but a fair size crack has appeared across the whole width of the garage floor (4m x 2.5m), although it's not much of an inconvenience. 1/4 of the kitchen floor (3m x 2.5m) has got to be re-inforced with mesh to take a blockwork wall. Would you just renew the...

Having a 2 storey side extension built which involves widening the garage & kitchen. Do I need to dig up the existing concrete floor and replace it or can I just join it to the extended bit (approx 1m) of concrete floor. Thanks Daz

Thanks for all you replies! Thought I'd solved it until I read the last reply, now I'm unsure - think I better dig a bit further along to see if I can see anything. What letters or numbers should I be looking for that would tell me it's an electric cable rather than water?

I've dug a trial hole for the depth of new foundations for an extension and have come across a black plastic pipe (1/2inch thick) approx 1m down which I though was the electric cable. After further investigation, I followed the electric cable from the meter under the floor and going in a...

Hi, I have dug a trial hole for the foundation for a new extension that we are hoping to have built, but have come across the electric supply at the bottom of the foundation and would be running along the length of the foundation. Does anyone know if the water and gas pipes would be...

We are hoping to have a 2 storey extension built onto the side of the house. The pitch on the existing roof is approx 35degrees, on the new extension the pitch line is looking more like 26degrees, would this be OK for planning purposes?

I have just bought some new pressure treated closeboard fence panels. I mentioned to the supplier that the panels I put up last year on the other side had warped and opened up, they have told me that I should have waited for a few months for the wood to have dried out before staining...

Thanks! More to it than I thought!

I am adding an extension to the house and hope to put a door through from the kitchen to the garage. Does anyone know if there are any regulations that I need to follow. i.e fire door? Many Thanks.

Thanks for the replies - thought that this might be the answer!

I have just started drawing plans for my new extension but have come across a problem with the sewage pipe. The sewage pipe runs along the line of part of the proposed extension which is just inside the boundary. The pipe is approximately 1m below ground level. Can the sewage pipe run...