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Hi pinenot, Here's the sketch with a north arrow and indicating the slope of the site. The sewer is at the bottom of the front garden

Ah sorry, I can mark it but it wouldn't be till tomorrow. North is at the top of the pic tho i.e. a car would travel northwards onto the drive.

I'm getting one of the blocked drains fixed on Wednesday so I'll check that afterwards :) Any feedback on the potential options guys?

Haha think you've been had for April fools mate!

Hi Pinenot, sketch attched. I have two different options on it. Option A would have the drainage running underneath the slab and connecting into the existing drain at the rear of the house. This seems like the simplest option but I'm not sure if the drains are deep enough to accomodate two...

Most insulation suppliers state they want their product above the DPM

Hi fellas, I'm trying to plan out the drains for my garage and I'm looking for a bit of help. My house was built in the 70's and I'm 99% certain it has a combined drain/storm water pipe run. My reason behind thinking this is that there's only one manhole and under the cover only one...

I absolutely would do that usually but I dot want a movement joint unless there's no way around it as that wall is also tanked/retaining. This is just info I've been given before they provide me with a quote, I work as a steelwork designer so I know that often engineers will specify what they've...

So I put my drawings in to a structural engineer but he is saying the length of wall and returns is too great so I'd still need a movement joint.... It's only 9.5 x 4m. I'm confused now as this product appears to specifically remove this need yet he's saying it doesn't?

About 2 seconds after posting I found an aquatics website selling 56mm od solvent welded polypipe for fishtanks!! I've ordered some of that so will get an aluminium flashing tile ordered. How much should I expect to pay a roofer to fit the tile?

Guys, I'm looking to re-route my sky/tv cables due to an impending lean to garage build. At the moment they exit the house underneath the eaves and run up the tiles to the dish/aerial. In readiness for the build I want to install a roof tile flashing with a u-bend at the top of it to...

I'm doing something exactly the same at the moment, check out RIW waterproofings brochures/website they have products to suit and typical details.

That was exactly what I was looking for, thanks Ronny.

Hi, it rises as the wall progresses, I think it'd be about 0.2m at the start and maybe 1m by the end of it.

Not sure if it makes any difference but I just re-checked my CAD drawing and the wall height is actually just under 2.8m, doh.

Thanks for that mate, good info! Where exactly does the movement joint have to start at? Is it above the DPC? I'm sure I've read before you can put mesh in the block courses to remove the need for a movement joint but I can't find it now. With my FFL being below the adjacent ground level I'm...

Folks, I'm drawing up plans for my garage at the moment and have a question on vertical expansion joints. The garage will be constructed out of 215mm blocks and one side is acting as a retaining wall (it's going to be built against the boundary line with next doors ground level being higher...

Also forgot to mention, the outside of the garage will be fully rendered from 2 brickwork courses upwards.

Folks, I'm at present drawing up my replacement garage and I'm trying to decide the best way to build it. I want it to be a 'comfortable' workshop for when I'm working on my car etc hence the insulation etc. Originally I was going for a cavity doubled skinned block wall as shown in my...

A preformed tray corner would be fine if both DPCs were at the same elevation but they aren't.