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Thanks Vinn ..the trench is 600 wide for 300 mm cavity wall which I thought was standard practice .. I've gone about 700 deep though it probably should be more like a meter in clay ..I'm sure there will be those that will say I am taking a risk with that!

Have a look at these Pictures .. on one side of the trench wall I have dug to accommodate foundations for the garden building I plan to construct in 300mm brick and block there is quite a bit of old brick and rubble .. should I shutter this off before pouring concrete or should I just fill the...

Hello all .. could use some advice on the type of founds to go with in my garden for a proposed outbuilding which I will construct out of either brick and block or SIPS depending on how brutal a job the founds will be to construct .. it seems that the buildings both to come to around the same...

sw15 ... are you a drain man ? I could use a hand with this .. the idea is to build a gully in the garden and make a new connection to this internal manhole ...

Yep Andy first thing I tried were the keys ..won't budge!

Thanks new boy hope you don't mind me calling you that ... I like the hydraulic option but I'm not sure it'll fit under the kitchen cupboards where half the cover is located see the picture I linked to in op .. I've had a go with a crow bar and that's just chewing up the frame .. I didn't want...

Have spent most of my day trying to pry open a recessed internal manhole cover and failed .. The previous builder that made a connection for me covered it in SLC! Any ideas on what to try that does not involve moving home?https://goo.gl/photos/RFnKTo3G7NHc6wnt9

1. Soil pipe exits to the right of the toilet viewed from the floor plan picture. The basin and bath waste will feed into this horizontal branch .. I have a seperate discussion for this matter here...

1. Thanks for the tidy up advice .. you made my Mrs proud of me! 2. See pics below for proposed footprint in the room layout pic.. red x are where a 1650 bath feet would fall ... green x where the 1500 mm bath feet fall. 3. Before demo there was a basin in that position (smallish recessed in...

red x's 1650 bath feet ... green x's bath 1500

I plan to bolster support the joists by sandwiching them with some steel where they have been hacked into. wrt the plumbing .. what would you recommend for connecting the 40 mm pipe to the end of the 110 horizontal run? Can you link to some parts please? Also where would the aav begin and...

The waste from my bath and basin join up and connect to a horizontal 110 mm soil pipe run .. I was getting gurgling sounds from the trap but all in all it seemed to work .. Now I am remodelling I am reviewing the plumbing situation and want to relocate the horizontal section from the wc from...

The "new joists" aren't any such thing unfortunately. They are two small pieces of timber screwed into some sort of brittle concrete making up the internal walls. I should be ok if I avoid placing any weight over that surface and get the feet directly over the old house joists so that is...

mrdjc .. this is on the first floor .. my current working plan is to get a smaller bath so that the feet fall on a joist ... unless you have any brain waves?