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This is now going off topic. Re my garden wall, they were only three things possible, one: whoever shopped us was almost certainly some other neighbour, was a council member or new somebody! Two: the properties are in a conversation area or three: 12yrs earlier there used to be a public...

You don't know if this is true or not, unless you ask. The guy who's planning on building "Something" doesn't seem to know what he's building yet! You may end up with something built out of scrap from the tip with a naff UPVC window over looking your garden sat on your boundary...

I'm told that there were several septic tanks many years ago but today I'm told that there is only one drain that connects to a more modern / recently installed drain at the roads end which is just short of a mile away. Foul water and rain water enter the same drain from all the properties in...

Get your local councils planning department involved, he will then have to be very clear about what his intensions are / what he wants to build and they will decide for you whether planning permission is required and if Building Regs are required too. Your councils planning department and...

If I were you I would write to the council and or your local planning department and inform them of your neighbours intensions and express your concerns. I'm sure that they will make enquires of there own and your neighbour would then have to comply to any rules and regs that will apply if...

I now have a date for when the one and only drain was installed at the house by the then local council, 1853. There are 4 houses in this little hamlet and all of them drain away foul and rain water together in the same drainage system.

This is an old house, a very old house and the rain water off the main roof at the front has been allowed to soak away at one corner at the front and the main drain is at the back of the house as much as 13" higher than the front. The drain is at surface ground level, removing the cover it...

Hoping for a little help. Can't decide whether to go for a solid concrete floor or a timber construction and I'm confused about how these floors are made up. The extension will have a 28mm Mains Gas pipe from a new gas meter yet to be installed on the extensions outside wall when built...

Hoping some one can help. At the back of the house surface and foul water drains / pipework go directly into a Mains Drain and there are no problems with this. The only note is that the drain access is only just below the surface. The ground level at the front of the house is roughly...

I'm no plumber but I've done a lot of plumbing and I was completely baffled by this one. To be honest I don't know yet for sure but I can guess that the problem was next door because having spoken to them about the problem the other day and pointed out to them that there overflow pipe was...

Very Helpful, thank you! Problem has been solved though and didn't need a competent plumber to do it either. :D

Hoping someone can help. All I have plumbed in at the mo is a temp cold water tap in the kitchen. the bathrooms new and comprises of a toilet, basin and shower. Loo, basin, shower, pipework and fittings all less than a month old. Cold water only, no boiler yet, all newly plumbed in...

Heres another one that has become a little more common just recently with talktalk customers. When there service gets upgraded from an up to 8 to an upto 20 the bandwidth increases significantly but the download speed is crippled. Get talktalk to downgrade the service back to an upto 8...

Normally i would agree with you and i'll bet that 999 times out of a thousand your absolutely right. Temporary mobile traffic lights can reduce even completely block access to the internet on rare occasions. I've seen it happen twice. On the last occasion 6 houses couldn,t get internet access...

None of my advice is BS. I've seen so many bizare unexplained improvements in download speed and bandwidth by simply doing one or more of the above suggestions. Uninstalling a toolbar can make a huge difference, why, i have no idea! I've seen it happen so many times. Using a different...

To get the best broadband speed. Only have one telephone point, The Master BT NTE5 Box. Do not have any additional Extensions, buy a property as close as possible to an upgraded ADSL2+ enabled exchange. Use a good quality ADSL2+ router (Draytek) with GigaEthernet ports. Dump the freebie...

Why are you wanting to change a master socket with a slave!? The Master socket is needed, you must have a Master socket. Do you have more than one master socket? If so then you must keep the BT (Openreach) socket in place and then yes you can replace any other masters for slaves and you...

Hoping someone may be able to help. Situation, i am buying an old house that requires a considerable amount of work. One job requires floors installing to the ground floor. The current floor is an earthen floor that is tiled throughout. Ceiling height varies at the mo between 2.5 and...