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Great stuff, thanks!

So did a big of a trench which is level and then lay some concrete to form a base?

Hello. I'm a bit of a DIY novice but I'm wanting to build some brick planters at the end of the garden. The only issue is the garden slopes down towards the house and isn't level. The surface I'm wanting to brick ontop of its grass/soil so what would be best to do in order to level it off? The...

Fair point...just seems like it would be woefully ineffective to just have an open pipe plonked there like that. The water if any from the bank behind isn't directed into this pipe as such. I'll have to dig the plans out and see if it's connected to the other end as no definitive answer. Could...

Cant believe I didn't think of that. Much better idea and from looking at it a lot easier. For some reason though with the design of my house (semi-detached, 1989 build) I don't have a down pipe for the guttering at the rear of my house, this is on the neighbours side of the gutter. At the...

Thanks for the quick replies. I can try and have a look under the inspection cover, haven't tried to lift it but it looks heavy and awkward to lift (no where to get a hold of it as such) at some point. I mean with it not being connected at the top end, presumably it is of no real use at...

Hello, Recently purchased my first house which had some horrid rotting decking in the garden. I've ripped it up and discovered underneath the decking, frame, 'plastic under layer' that there is a pipe underneath it all. As far as I can tell (see pictures below) the pipe isn't connected to...

Hello, Just wondered if anyone can offer some advice on how I can go about adding a drain to the down pipe/soil pipe in my garden. Just wanting to be able to discard of water without pouring it straight onto the grass making a mess or having to walk to the front garden and down the drive to...