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My storm drain is slow. During heavy rain water pools up. The gully is square ceramic like on the photo with down pipe. With the difference that mine is 4 inches deep below concrete pavement. I went arms deep to remove silt but found none. I am unable to locate the outlet inside to gully -...

I talked to: housing association, council, environmental health division of council, police, fire dept. Multiple times over last ~12 weeks. I even prepared a log as requested. They will not do anything. This is on the Gurnos estate, which you probably heard of on TV... I will try the link you...

this is an excellent idea. i have exactly that DIY, cost me less than £50 total actually. this is working great. problem is, when they start burning and wind takes the smoke towards the house, it engulfs the entire house so it sucks all the smoke in. i must switch the fan off before sunset - it...

i trust that it will make a difference. reading reviews on amazon, helped a few folk with a drift smoke, which it is. i already keep windows shut from sunset in anticipation of the incoming smoke. all the smoke, i get indoors if from letting animals in and out or the odd forgotten window in a...

not yet. is it good?

DIY carbon air filter cartridge. Want to make a frame for activated carbon pellets to fit inside an air filter / purifier. I am thinking: - thin timber frame - rodent mesh screwed to the frame to keep the pellets in place. The 'cartridge' needs to be about 35x50cm and about 1.5cm thick. The...

thank you. i saw that before and disregarded due to the unevenness of the wall of up to 2 inches (holes and concrete chunks protruding). also, the water pressure during heavy rain, causes the water to shoot like a waterfall. if i was to smooth out that section of the wall with cement first...

I need to craft a basin on a wall to collect water flowing trough a couple of cracks in the wall. To then divert the water from this basin into a gutter below. I already have a gutter running along the wall (below the cracks) which currently captures about 40% of the water. The rest 60%...

thank you. i will give it a go, doesn't hurt to call. will not hold my breath. both houses on either side are council property. the rain water issue was presumably "resolved" for tenants by diverting the flow onto a non council property. there was a lot of paving and concreting done at the...

Hi Have a problem with large amounts of water entering garden and submerging pavements around the house. Water should go down (it's a sloppy street) to next property but the neighbor built a 4 inch dam which makes the water pool 4 inch deep before it flows over. Can't build a dam on the other...

is this the thing? looks the job...

it is a pc fan COMAIR ROTRON AC CLE3T2 020191 254x254x89 mm 25.4cm fan AC 220V very little info in the datasheet. Electrical Specifications Rated Voltage: 230 VAC AC Frequency: 60 Hz Power Supply: 60.0 Watts Line Current: 0.25 Amps Locked Rotor Current 0.70 Amps Nominal Speed: 1650 RPM Anyway...

Hi I am wondering if lowering voltage in an extension lead can cause potential hazards? I want to control the speed of an AC 240V motor. Actually an array of 4 of them. Each is fitted with standard UK 3 pin plug. They are earthed to their metal casing. Found this voltage regulator on ebay...

another of my silly ideas. can i build fence posts using concrete blocks? the blocks would go vertically. their size is 440x215x100mm so if stacked as on the drawing i made, there would be a suitable gap for mortar. the desired height of the post is 2m so 5 layers to stack. please comment...

Thank you for the answers. No problems with electrics, plumbing as these are over 5 inches of the floor. Internal doors will be fine: there is just plasterboard above them so I can rise. External door is a challenge. I think that I could leave 4ft square of the floor, by the door unchanged and...

Hi Looking for ideas and any input is welcome. I have a concrete slab in the ground floor. On top of it is a very thin layer of a leveling compound which is cracked here and there revealing the solid concrete. Carpeted over. I took reading from underneath the carpet and the temperature of the...