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move a manhole cover, dig down 5 feet and go into the drain, brick up and make safe which is how i explained it on the other thread building regs came round and as it was a private sewer they weren't interested cheers

doesn't everyone :lol: luckily i had no need to complain! must admit though the pics in this thread is pretty shoddy work when you look at them closely

to me that looks shoddy work and if someone said to me that it was ok I wouldn't want them doing any work for me! i've just had a connie built and yes the internal breeze blocks don't look the most attractive in terms of finishing but they're solid, level and will be plastered over. the...

we were in a similar situation and have built a conservatory and have had to move a manhole cover. Builder said building regs were not needed but people on here said they were. I panicked so paid for building regs to come round even though over the phone they don't need to see work done to...

cheers, just been having a look and by the time the base has gone down and then the slab on top in will be to close to the DPC so I guess I'll be getting some strong muscles and a bad back shifting all the concrete before i get someone to lay the patio :shock:

Going to get someone to put a patio down for us in indian sandstone approx 30m2 Currently where it's going to go there are 3 huge concrete slabs approx 4mx2.5m and around 4-5 inches thick. These are solid so will take a bit of getting up so wondered if the indian sandstone can be laid on top...

that's what i thought but it seems strange that the building reg department who would check the work and know the laws say private drains are fine it's only public drains that need building regs :?:

I spoke to one of the inspectors from the building regs so I doubt I've been given wrong info. I asked them to confirm in writing which they're doing. I even rang back again to double check and you only need building regs approval if it's a public sewer. Just incase it was duff info...

Well it seems that the builders were correct. I've just come off the phone from the building regs people from my local council and gave them my address and they looked up on the plans and to move the manhole you do NOT need building regs. You only need building regs if it's a public sewer and...

apart from my concerns with the manhole cover they're very good builders/conservatory fitters. The brickwork they've done so far is some of the best i've seen and I've seen several of their other jobs. I went round a few different firms and some of the brick work from others was dubious to say...

OK, last 2 questions :D 1) When they move the manhole cover they're going to build up the inside of the chamber with breeze blocks, is this sufficient? 2) Is it ok to turf over the manhole cover? I suspect it's not adviseable but thought i'd check Thanks

£2800 probably sounds about right, in your 1st post you said it was for foundations which i thought was just the digging and concrete and not building the dwarf wall up We've got our drawf wall up now and floor in and it was probably 4 days work for 2 of them

With the old manhole cover they've put lintels in and sealed the lid. They haven't filled the hole chamber with concrete but from searching on the web lintels and sealing the cover properly seems the norm? They marked out the route of the single pipe going away and are going to dig down to...

i don't think it's unreal for someone to digout a trench in a day if there are 2 of them and then put concrete in the base? (as long as there are no complications) the concrete came ready mixed in one of the mixing trucks and they had that all barrowed round in 45mins then just needed to level...

they knew about the drain and added the relocation of it into the price which isn't a problem. i'm just worried that a) they haven't sealed it properly as the old manhole cover was left on (i thought it would need to have a special sealed cover?) and looks like it was just cemented over...

should i phone the council and have somone inspect the relocation of the manhole? thanks

because they're a builder and i'm not! u have to trust what people tell you. i had 3 different local builders and each one said you wouldn't need building regs they've done a very good job so far on the conservatory and i checked with them again and they said i won't need building regs...

A week :shock: I'm in the process of getting a conservatory (4m x 3.8m) and it took 1 day to gig out the foundations and fill with concrete. 3/4 day to do the brick work upto floor level and 1/2 day to put all the hardcore, floor insulation and cement in for the floor. You're not paying...

:shock: they've just dumped a load of hardcore over the manhole cover and filled it up to floor level with cement for the floor. i don't think they've put any cap or anything to seal the old manhole cover - should I cry? they've also put sheets of polystryrene down about 2 inch thick, is...

from what they said the pipes run away and into the garden hence they can't just move it to the side so they would dig down over the pipe so wouldn't need to reroute the pipes we didn't know we'd be getting a conservatory when we did the lawn otherwise like you say we'd have waited i'll...