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This section of driveway slopes towards the hole in the picture. There is a stream where the blue lines are so ideally rainwater should flow in that direction. The rest of the plot correctly slopes and sends rainwater to the stream. These are the options I'm considering: 1. Fill the hole...

If that meter is just for the solar panels then it's telling you the panels have generated 7905 kWh since installed. Please post the import/export readings from the main electricity meter in you home. If you want real time solar generation readings you need something like this. You can use a...

I incorrectly assumed that a modern sewage treatment plant would be better for the environment than an ancient septic tank. Also, the neighbours are a pain when it comes to emptying and maintenance so I wanted my own STP on my own property. The existing septic tank doesn’t discharge into a...

Thanks, those rules are slightly different than the ones I posted above. The 3 installers I had round all quoted slightly different rules too. However, they all said it has to be 7m from a habitable part of a building, not the 15m you mention. The buidling regs say 7m for a septic tank and 7m...

I share a septic tank that is located on my neighbours property. It's an ancient brick one that's probably not compliant anymore but my neighbour doesn't want to get it inspected. I've had some installers round to discuss installing a small sewage treatment plant on my own property and cutting...

It does seem the most likely explanation @robinbanks I can’t see why someone would install guttering on that section of roof if there was nowhere for the water to go. It would have been better to just let the water run off the roof onto the concrete and down the gully. So (like you) I suspect...

I'm thinking of removing the drainpipe, butt and overflow and adding a downpipe (grey lines) and extending the concrete gully (yellow lines). This will look neater and avoid the trip hazard and will direct the rain water to the nearby rainwater drain. It's baffling that someone fitted 5...

Here’s some of the other rainwater downpipes. They all send water to the stream. They look professional and not done by the same person that bodged the water butt. The gutter above the water butt is 7 feet high. The nearest rainwater down pipe is 31 feet away so it’s not going to work and/or...

The setup around the rest of the house is fine, there are separate waste water and rainwater systems in place. As shown in the OP there are thick grey down pipes for waste that lead to a septic tank. For rainwater there are concrete gullies that lead to drains and in turn feed the rainwater to a...

I think you'll have to add extra pipe and connectors to join them up. This will likely involves redoing the wall brackets as you say.

The previous owner installed this bodge of a water butt. It's very annoying as the overflow often gets blocked and water floods onto the driveway. Also, I have fitted 2 water butts at the rear of the house near the garden so I don't need this one. The overflow water travels several metres...

I realise this is an old thread but it shows up in web searches so thought I’d update here. I had the same problem as previous posters, using ucam247 cameras that require flash player. I had given up accessing the cameras via PC and used the ucam247 app on iPad, but that has recently disappeared...

Fraud in your eyes is the most painful kind of fraud. You should have gone to Specsavers :LOL:

The old radiator output is irrelevant and doesn't help determine what you need. Just use a radiator calculator and oversize it a bit if you are using a TRV. https://www.homesupply.co.uk/radiator-heat-output-calculator.php

You can get smart plugs that are controlled by an app or can be scheduled to turn off and on. They also have voice control via Amazon Alexa or Google Home and can monitor energy usage. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097YBXHTW/

Still can't see anything alive down there even with a mega powerful torch that lights it up. I'll leave the insulation down for a while, if it's birds or bats they have an escape route now. The rafters look fine and presumably aren't oak, so it's probably not beetles.

I doubt it's pipes, thermal expansion or condensation because the tapping stops temporarily if I tap back :) That's what makes me think it's a male beetle, although it could be birds or bats. It does sound the same as a beetle: I took down the triangular insulation and the ducting that goes...

@sxturbo The aerial is is at the other end of the house. Also, there's a velux window next to where the noise is, so I can open that and see there's nothing on the roof or nearby causing it. With the window open, it's clear the noise is coming from inside. It could well be bats. We've had bats...

Nope, all the plumbing is visible. There are electrics up there for the light fittings but no plumbing.