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so basically add a bend in the neighbour's rainwater drain, somewhere under my extension, route it directly to M2. with that done, M1 basically becomes a private drain, as it only collects my stuff and I can easily move it. would it work if I created a new manhole just outside the extension and...

hi all, I need some advice on what options I have here. attaching picture for clarity. long story short, I have 2 square manholes in my rear garden. * one is around 1.4m from the rear wall (M1), the second one is around 4.15m from the rear wall (M2), as per image. * M1 collects my...

Unfortunately not. It’s a terraced house, so a lateral wall is not an option. The only possible space is under the stairs, so the toilet would face the front of the house and the back of it/soil pipe would be directed towards the back of the house, where the sewer is. The builder seems very...

Hi all, We’d like a toilet downstairs, but there are some isues. Our drains are at the back and feed into the main sewer at the back of our garden, so the existing soil stack (and the new pipe) MUST be at the back (WC goes under the stairs). Unfortunately, our foundation is solid concrete all...

I never voted in my entire life, I don’t do politics, can’t stand it. As a European citizen, Brexit made my blood boil and yet I didn’t vote… But my god, I will vote tactically to hurt the tories where it hurts them most. It’s getting ridiculous now. Also, I’m not the only one, got many...

it's either that or milling out the entire floor. since you're going to UFH anyway, getting the floor milled makes sense.

is there any underfloor heating in that screed?

so you're telling me I can enjoy my weekend and not ruminate about spending tens of thousands of pounds on an unsellable house that might one day crush my family under rubble? should I get a brickie to at least repoint here and there using the original mortar (I presume that's limestone based...

cleaning these on a TDI is piece of cake, can be done on the drive. you need some keys, breake cleaner, new bolts and gaskets (bolts only if you have OCD and like shiny stuff) and a bit of time. get it done and forget about it, not worth messing with removing it and stuff. there's not much life...

1950s terraced house, ex-local authority, generally solid as a rock I noticed some cracks today, might have been there forever, I never looked for them. The first picture is under the front downstairs window, right in the middle (horizontally and vertically), so on the oposite side of the...

Let’s agree to disagree, we have different definitions for technical and non-technical considerations. as I said, understanding some basic options that might border technicalities to be able to work out what is legally possible is not technical. had I asked for what sort of concrete the...

that's not true. I'm not interested in contruction technicalities, I just want to be able to understand them to be able to draw the link between legal restrictions on my property and possible outcomes. this is not a thread about roofs, gutterings, foundations or design considerations, but about...

hi all, quick question: I'm reading about the right to light rule of thumb when applying for planning permission and there's a lot of contradictory information out there. can anyone help with two questions? 1. I read that for single story extensions, the 60 degree rule applies. for two stories...

I disagree. my main objective is to maximise my space for family/entertainment purposes. how I do this, depends a lot on how much I'm allowed to build (not that I'm likely to use all the space I could legally use). if I can extend my extension 3.4m, which is the current "plan" (vision, desire...

got it. based on this, I will probably end up going with the following: 1. pitched roof (towards the read garden), to avoid needing gutters on the side. I will only need to find out how much space is needed to "seal" the tiles on the side, I'm reading anything between 10mm and 150mm, there's...

one more question people... happy new year, by the way! remember how I said the neighbour's house is offset to the front? the gutter serving the corner bit of MY roof is "overhanging" the neighbour's boundary, just like the gutter serving HER part of the roof at the front of the house is above...

Would a flat roof solve the problem??? :mrgreen:

The party wall is far from one row of bricks. It’s much thicker than a cavity wall, you can barely hear a party through it. 1950’s council house, solid as a rock! Either way, I was more interested in the planning/legal side of things. I saw many extensions built as extensions of existing walls...

council :)

unfortunately the neighbours are not in a position to build an extension. renting + no desire to do so, I already checked.