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Her Indoors lifted most of ours. There's something about self-building that flips my Just-Bloody-Do-It switch . And yours @LA3222... Not everyone on site has one. Funny that innit?

Blokes lining up to compare things.... ya couldn't have guessed could ya?

@Russell griffiths, @scottishjohn, @MortarThePoint, thanks very much. I've had each of your ideas, but knowing that I know just enough to be a danger to local shipping , it's extra good to read your posts

It's part of the foul drainage run ....

Alright you lot - how much trench ramming is just enough trench ramming , eh? Tell me that. How do you know when to stop?

Normally I love whacking. Find it soothing. Occasionally a filling falls out , but what the heck. You end up with a nice smooooothe surface. Now when @Mr Punter writes this, (here) I sit up and take notice. The word probably might be important innit? I've backfilled .... like this gone is the sheer cliff face, insted, theres this 40 degree 'slide' - had fun rolling the glacial till boulders downhill.... And of course @Mr Punter is right: it needs compaction. Now I never was Charles Atlas, or Geoff Capes - but Hell even those two would have found pulling or pushing a whacker up that slope a bit of a challenge. Do I have to hire a fiver tonner and thump that sloped bit of the trench hard with the bottom of the bucket? And once I have, how on earth do I get 100mm of gravel to sit nicely on the slope at 40 degrees?

Well Gary, gotta hand it to you. The only man IN THE WORLD who can put scaffolding through a pane of glass without breaking it.

Interesting. I haven't seen a domestic tank quite that big. 10000 litres is small swimming pool size. Quite some effort will be needed to maintain that amount of water in a usable condition. Unless the local geology is on your side. But if it were you're not likely to be asking us for advice. Sounds like a job for 3 or 4 5000 litre tanks . When I last looked, and decided against, a 5 thousand litre tank was about £600. It was the cost of the surrounding infrastructure that ramped up the total cost so much that the project was shelved. Unless a farmer was getting rid of a tank......? That might make it worth reconsidering. But I still hanker .... I really like the idea.

There isn't a recommendation. The depth has to be just enough.

Hilliard Tanner designed ours. His careful engagement with our site conditions enabled us to save about 17 thousand pounds on the costs associated with piling. He need not have pointed out that the piling system suggested by the geophysical surveyor were an expensive way of supporting the raft. In addition his colleague Nick Bailey helped us with steels and glulams. A very good partnership.

One of the benefits of deep glacial till, covered by a meter of MOT1. Sits there like a brick outhouse.

I have a quadriplegic mate. No question of not catering for him on our build. Got as much fizz, vim and vigour in him as anyone I know. You can reach out and warm your hands on his enthusiasm.... He's taught me so much about being inclusive. It's essential. Take pride in building your ramps: you might need one sooner than you think.

Overthinking on my behalf is allowed . ? Fanx. "Trench compactor" = wife? Wassa chances of that then?

Exactly. Know-Nowt strikes again: or at least I now know, that I know just enough to realise that I'm a danger to shipping on the site. Time for a chat with the BCO.

Bang on, well observed. No. It is what it is. A friggin nightmare. But Hell, I'm learning fast. After four years I've learned to take a joke.

Where did I find it? Wavin brochure! Thing is , the main drop ( 2meters vertical) occurs over about 2 meters horizontally ... maybe a bit more. Which is 1:1 innit? Backdrop with a rest bend?

I wish I could sort this problem out with one of Billy Connelly's Jobbie Wheechas: but "ah caanee, hen." (tr. from the Scottish : I couldn't possibly do that, dwaahling). Look at this. The flow is from the I/C at the back towards the viewer standing next to the 'top-of-the-drop' - the white topped shuttering. From there it goes .... off down to the digester ( green thing at the back) - about 8 meters. The drop's not far off 2 meters, from top invert to bottom invert. The banking in which it sits is no more than 40 degrees Backdrop? OR 45 degree Helter Skelter as @epsilonGreedy would put it?

You damn-well did. One word from you and I do as I like. Still, got the T shirt now......

Its the D4 bottle dribbles that gets ya, oh the dribbles, they get everywhere! Made my life a misery they did. Even got some in my hair.

Thanks for your post. A big help to me. I have an exactly similar problem to solve in terms of the levels. ?

I went for screws and D4. Didn't take long once I got an efficient work flow. (146 m sq)

But that doesn't work for everyone in contact with C-19 does it? I'm thinking of the use cases when a member of the extended family drops by - or a short-stay guest - and wants to use the downstairs wetroom. They are going to feel no compulsion (as I currently do, @Jeremy Harris) to do a quick rinse round the tap they have just used a la - " After using the bathroom, leave it a bit cleaner than you found it." So taps and doors of the wetroom only need to be made very easy to keep clean. Preferrably nearly zero effort, and taking a few seconds Frankly, some leaver nudge taps fit the bill exactly as required. Nearly there about the doors design. Thanks @Ferdinand

I'm taking your comment as a question. Yes, please. A simple link to an online resource which we can read: one which shows a refereed article documenting the ... please. Its important that members have the chance to read source material for themselves so they can make up their own minds about the accuracy of generalised statements such as the one given above '... Latest research shows ...'

I wasn't thinking of anything other than ... (as in the OP above)... taps and door handles. Lever handle taps seem to me to be a cheap, easy way of assisting slightly better hand hygene for everyone in the house - what @Ferdinand calls Never heard of that phrase until today F, so thanks very much. Coupled with this idea - one I'd not thought of either .... and I'm getting somewhere. How do we solve the held-open door in the case of a downstairs wetroom? Is there suchj a thing as hold-door-opener which releases its grip after a while?

.... because