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Fair, I got the adaptor from Amazon. Weald clay - very expansive and shyte at draining, we don't have the space either - hence the application to a combined sewer. That goes straight onto the ground also. The plan was to have the whole gutter draining to the rear downpipe (the one in the...

Okay, so I should have shown this earlier, but never mind. Here is my current plan Red line = 68mm guttering Blue line = 68mm -> 40mm adaptor and connection to 4" waste pipe. So there will be very little length of the reduced diameter. The vent is inside the lean-to out building and the sewer...

Hmmm, okay. I'll try and get some photos of the layout so hopefully it will make more sense as to what I'm trying to achieve. Installing a bottle gully is not an option due to the weird layout of the building.

Yes there is a leaf guard in the gutter exit. Thanks.

Thanks. Yes, it's a combined sewer, but we applied for it as it was originally just a normal foul water one.

I have a permitted combined sewer, so the rain water can go into the waste water sewer. I have all the bits ready to take the gutter down pipe (currently just going straight onto the ground, :oops:) and connect it to the soil pipe (so 68mm -> 40mm then into existing soil pipe). My question is -...

I am in the process of converting my 8.5m x 3m garage into a home workshop. The floor is old concrete and dips ~25mm in the middle. My plan so far was: - fix up any cracks and dodgy bits in the current concrete floor - lay a liquid dpm - finish with a self levelling compound I spoke to...

Hi John, kind of something like this I think https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/wall-whitewashed-by-lime-white-color-731794246

We want to plaster a feature wall of our living room to have a natural organic finish, a bit like a "faux" lime render. It is a 19th C. house but it is a sand-cement mortar, so the work involved with a lime plaster is unnecessary. Ideally we'd have it plastered flat and add a textured layer at...

No, and it will be a workshop. Perhaps I should have said all useful comments welcome.

that seems pretty decent, thanks

Hi All, Apologies if this is roof construction 101. I recently bought an old house and the garage has zero roof insulation. The roof consists of the timber frames, battens, nails & tiles. I would like to add a membrane and insulation without dismantling or redoing any of the existing roof...

thanks for the reply, the subfloor is some kind of compacted board (mdf like) and then concrete under that I think. There is a thin layer (~3mm) of some kind of insulating sheet also - would it be okay to adhere the vinyl to this?

Hi All, Just over a year ago I had a leaky rising main stop cock under the sink. This caused some water damage to the laminate floorboards. The separation and bubbling continued to get worse however, so I decided to pull the worst damaged board up to see if there was any other water, but...

Kitchen floor

okay, thanks that gives me enough information to get started. I will post back if it goes tits up. monkey

Thanks. It isn't sagging enough to cut it out (around 2-3mm) so I think I can reinforce this. I've not even had the place a year so I'm kinda reluctant to go down the insurance route and I do t think its that bad anyway. This is the bit I have no clue about doing. Could you expand for me...

Hello all, I need to repaint my living room ceiling, but I have no idea what to do with this. As you can tell the ceiling is of the "artex" type but not asbestos. This brown monstrosity was caused by a bathroom leak and has left the plasterboard weak & sagging and the artex very flaky...