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Thanks for the replies. The fireplace is in use. I've left plenty of gap on the opposite wall, but my concern would be that the floor in front of it would get warm and may not expand equally enough for the gap on the opposite wall to absorb this...

We've just laid really nice slate effect laminate in our kitchen, and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas how to make a a tidy join to a stone fireplace hearth? Hiding the expansion gaps around the walls is easy with skirting, but I'm wondering what to do around the fireplace so it looks...

That's an idea, will look into it. I'm not sure why the covers were left like that - there is a vent and it seems clear. I think lifting and lowering them just naturally gets stones underneath unless you're careful. I may look into the brick course idea, or just work out how to cement the...

Thanks for your reply - it's just a simple holding tank - one way in, only one way out (lorry). Not a septic tank. We bought the house knowing this - we discovered that the mains sewer had arrived at the end of the lane a couple of months previous, so this is plan B, though we didn't want to...

First time posting here so go easy! The manhole covers on our cesspool appear to be just placed on top of the openings to the pool itself and the inspection chamber, leaving gaps underneath where it sits on stones/pebbles. We needed to get the pool emptied today which is a bit of a worry as...