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We are mobbed with finches. Digging our foul drainage this week by hand: at one stage it was like digging inside an aviary. It helps that the rest of the garden has been left to itself for 4 years, so there's plenty of cover and masses of seed.

Thanks. There's little to be lost by fitting one at the bottom of the vertical run is there? And it would be a right royal pain in the Botticelli to have to replace a normal rest bend for an extended one . Added to that I have the delight of that plastic-coated metal mesh support layer about 900 below the surface. Fantastic stuff - saved hundreds of pounds worth of MOT1 and associated transport costs. But a serious annoyance now. Still, look on the bright side - got rid of a few calories

Oooooo, someone miscalculated the freezing level then didn't they......

Folks, how often should we do that - and how often do we do that?

Morning, welcome to BH. I know less than nothing about Chalet style houses, but a quick site search gave me these results. Might be worth a look? Ian

Sometimes I've been known to use the bathroom as the place to take an extended rest. But I didn't know that I might have been sitting some way above an extended rest bend. I'm wondering what the criteria for use is? Is it simply to increase the reach of the bend, or might one be used when there's an increased likelihood of differential ground movement? Our land profile near to the raft is MOT1 on top of topsoil, and that's on clay. The foul drain comes out of that 'mix' and then descends steeply (it drops about 2 meters) through more topsoil and then into wetter clay. And straight into the digester. All of the pipe is at least 1 meter (usually more) below the ground surface. I'm overthinking it aren't I? PS, MOT1 is the worst , the very worst stuff to dig through by hand innit? Gimme clay any day.

Brilliant Tell us the Planning Permission story - please.

This is what a Great Crested Newt with a headache looks like. He was sheltering under a Ground Protection Mat: I had moved it for the first time in 4 years. Why the headache? Because every day for the last God knows how long, I put my foot on his head 20 or 30 times a day as I walk to and from the site: he was smack bang under the middle of the Ground Protection Mat - that alone weighs about 40 kilos. I had driven over the mat with a five tonne digger the other day. He doesn't look too ill, does he? Apologies about the focus, the little bugger wriggled, and I didn't want to hold him for too long. Popped him in the hibernacular, as agreed in the Planning Permission documents. 2 minutes later - gone. He might well have been there since the last bout of heavy rain - when its dry like this they stay where they are. But what a place to choose. Talk about hiding in plain sight!

Unit on order.... so now @ProDave, can you nudge me in the right direction for a PReducngV please?

Thanks. - they weren't answering their phones this morning, but they are now.......

Anybody got one? What should we look out for , avoid? We just want a sink on four legs - space is at a premium - no need for work space next to it ( ie. no kitchen worksurface needed). I think they are commonly known as scullery sinks , and as usual, the one I've wanted and looked at for a while on Amazon is no longer available. Something like this .... If you could point me to one for sale, that'd be brilliant. Thanks. Ian

Oh yeah? Cum ooop'ere and say that, pal. Dare ya!

So there's three types .... Gordon Bennett, its enough to make you want to employ a plumber...... phhhhh. ?

On drainagepipe.co.uk, while reading the support and instructions page (for me, rare, I admit) I bumped into this ; Theres a support video too: punch line : " The choice is yours" Does it matter then? I suspect not ... And if that's the case then isn't it an argument for Multifit ? I think @pocster (?) and I should use Pushfit maybe?

English isn't my mother tongue either. But I am tolerated here ... mainly because I don't spam.

Yes, it's a big help to have a slope on site: my back's really sore though. Big ahhhhhhhhhh for the overprivileged then............?

Well, if he bites, then I'll nibble, anyone for sucking?

This is keeping me out of mischief ...

Worry? 9 or 10 years maybe. Probably more. There's a plot right next to us which has been at that stage for at least 10 years now.

To be converted to a site hut later then?

*King brilliant. Yer a star.

Short of raiding the linen cupboard, I can't get any bedding. I have remnants of sharp sand, some 10mm pebbles and some soft sand. Eyeing up random bags of building sand lying around the area. Bad man innit?

Eyeing up an old bit of 12 by 2 for a stairs stringer. As twisted as a propeller....

Thats exactly what our local retired SE said as he watched me struggling to stack a load of slippery plastic pipes. He visits the site regularly ("Most over-engineered house I've ever seen") He asked whether clay pipes are still available - since at his place there is a drainage problem. To my suprise you can still get them.

I'd like to get our wet room functioning: I have got most of the 'gear' - and I think there's a good chance I can get hold of the rest of the internal stuff I still need. So far so good. Its the externals of the foul drainage to the digester that concerns me. I've got most of the necessary bits: but its the bedding sand and shingle that I haven't got... and probably cant get either, though I keep trying. The plan: Lay the pipes, make the connections (without the correct bedding or shingle cover) leaving the pipes exposed, Test, make good if needed Use I will be shuttering the trench and making sure that the trench is self-draining (in the case of heavy rain). Then when everything gets back to normal, make good as necessary and ring the BCO lady for inspection; very very nice lady. ?‍?