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I've seen gypsum-based soil conditioner for clay, apparently it just breaks it up over time. Could be expensive unless you can just dig in plaster powder (not sure if the additives would make it a bid thing!) From my own experience with heavy bedfordshire clay, 2" of good home-made compost...

I actually had no idea which team you support. However, if you cast your gaze to the lefthand side of your screen, you will note that posters' locations are shown along with join date etc. You are listed as residing in "Manchester". Which I took to mean you reside in Manchester. My mistake :lol...

Do you know where I can get (or are you able to sell) standard Belling-Lee type aerial plugs, but compression fit? I only need 10 or so, and the only place I can find them on the whole internet is a non-functional shop in New Zealand! The nearest I got was crimp-on plugs which ended up...

You're the martian, you tell us :P Was it possibly a police helicopter? They're pretty noisy if right overhead, but if you've got a bit of cross-range they get much quieter. Hypothetically, I suppose it could be a freak condition where you are looking straight-on to a meteor... That would...

The firs time I went into my local one I placed my order, drove round to the window and found the ledge was a few inches ABOVE the top of my car window :lol: Had to get out of the car to pay and get the food :lol: Must have happened a lot as they've built a big ramp in front of the window...

I see your earlier post has been "amended". You originally said: Google cache is a wonderful thing. :wink: So, do you fall into your definition of upper-middle class, or do you remain cosily ensconced within your own rectum independently of the class system? :? I simply pointed out...

Further to my earlier thread on digging a manhole, I have taken the advice onboard about finding an existing pipe to attach an access chamber to instead (definitely better than a 7-foot deep manhole!!!) Currently investigating the route of the drain from an existing gulley. The gulley is...

I doubt any sane person would think a 16 year old who makes love with their consenting 15-year-old partner is guilty of the same crime as someone who hides in the bushes with their trousers down. To be quite honest, I thought the legal system already distinguished between "statutory rape" and...

What makes you think they are upper-middle class? Impington is a middle-of-the-road sort of village in Cambridgeshire. Like every other county in the UK, Cambridgeshire has posh people, middle-class people, working-class people and under-class people. Yes, even Cambridge is not devoid of the...

This is the sort of thing I mean: Can I add a T-piece/swept junction below the hopper connection? The hopper definitely has a trap as I can see the water level a few inches below the grating. There are no manholes on my property, however a neighbour believes I may have one below the...

Interesting idea... I've got a "down through the floor clay pipe" toilet... according to a neighbour who has replaced his toilet, this pipe also drops down a significant distance, possibly right down to sewer invert level (i.e. 6 feet down). But... the connection would be indoors. Two...

I think I will heed the advice given here and understand my limitations! A neighbour tells me his was about 1500 quid some years ago, so I think I'll go with the option of a macerator. I was hoping to avoid that, but the grand I save in the shorter term will come in handy. Will buy a...

Ah, so I chop the top off the existing pipe BEFORE I bench in the new connection? If the pipe is of a size to use a plastic chamber, do I just try to time it for when people are unlikely to be using their toilets and work quickly? Or can I find an upstream manhole and bung the outlet with...

I need to have a new manhole to allow connection of a soilstack to serve a new bathroom. I've put the bathroom and the drainage on a Building Notice, however before I submit it and book a meeting with the inspector I was hoping to get a few things clear in my mind. From conversations with...

I continued my tradition of writing "Black - African" as my ethnicity. I'm not black, I do it because I think it's a stupid question for a census but it is an answer they cannot refute. I hope and pray for the day that they come round to do a follow-up and try to tell me I'm not black. :lol...

Have you got a (reputable) source for that one? The whole jack/flag debate is always one of those nuggets of "did you know" information that gets peddled out. I would love to know the definitive answer from a reputable source!

They should pass a law that the police are subject to the laws of the land the rules of the highway. Oh, wait... Two of the worst bits of dangerous driving I've ever seen have been traffic cops on exercise. Once on the A1(M) where they appeared to be playing a version of tag, and another...

Vending machine can of coke: 40p in 1991, 67p now. That's fairly accurate I guess. I went on Zoopla and found historic prices for the houses on my street and popped them into the inflation calculator there... it would seem I should be able to buy a 4-bed semi for approx £107K... and a 3-bed...

I think the referendum is on the wrong question. What they have asked is: Would you like: A) a new system of voting where the party with the most votes doesn't necessarily win or B) to keep the current system of voting where the party with the most votes doesn't necessarily win. Out of...