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The water has gone into the ground where it will remain for a time. In what way do your think your foundations could have been damaged?

After 24 hours with the temperatures we have had recently, concrete is hard enough to walk on and will not be dusty or soft. Whoever did yours did not either mix it with enough cement (very common bodge to save cement costs), or allowed it to dry out before it had cured. Did you see my previous...

I only raised this point, as once I tried, and failed to lift one of those covers. It may be that the cover becomes jammed by sand etc getting lodged. Then, with the bricks in the cover, it is largely incompressible. The result - very difficult to lift by humans. If you are handy, you could...

Is it one of those covers that has block paving inside? If so, remove the paving blocks from it and try again.

If you count the bumps of dash per brick height, it is much too course for tyrolean. The Dash Masons (AKA pebble dash profession) is rather like the Free Masons - it is very difficult to be accepted into their circle. But for the lucky chaps, (have you ever seen a female dasher?) they...

I hope you watered and covered it 24 hours after it was placed to help keep it damp while it cures over the next month?

A trench foundation receives pressure from the ground around it, why should it crack? But if it did crack, it is not going to fall apart due to the ground pressure pressing it together at the sides and pressing top and bottom from the weight of the wall pushing down and the soil pushing up on...

Matt, I am trying to help you, but unambiguous info from you is not forthcoming. You did state "(one brick width)" but I cannot assume you mean the length of the brick. Is the width of the wall about 225mm and 450mm for the piers, or is the wall about 102mm wide and the piers 225mm...

Matt I asked you 'BTW what will be the footings width and depth for the 6' wall and what is the width of the wall?' Please answer my questions and draw the footings you plan for the wall (not the gate area since you don't yet know what to do here) on your drawing and increase the text size so...

FMT am I right in thinking you didn't enjoy the wedding last week?

Please draw us a colour CAD drawing of your concerns. I am not able to follow your reasoning of a 10' high wall, certainly there will be some footings around the drain so as not to damage it, but you would build up to near ground level in concrete. BTW what will be the footings width and...

Remove the wood and replace with wet concrete

Where I live it is free to residents, but not businesses. Mind you, I had to submit pre-app plans before they would speak to me.

You are only saying the above to make yourself feel better. You abused many forum members some months back.

Thank you nosey, do you think I should leave it in place and allow it to pass through the new footing? FMT I agree about my spelling and grammar, I will try harder I promise. I do try however and I do at least capitalise my 'I's and the beginning of my sentences, whereas some of the text...

During digging footings for an outbuilding at the bottom of our 1928 house formally of farm land in London suburbs I came across this pipe. It is about 1 m below ground level and around 2.5 " in diameter. 2 pipes can be seen butted together with a small gap that a knife can slip inside where...

Pre-app advice if free, just do what the Planning Officer suggests for your £150 application