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I do too. She managed to kick start it.... no mean feat.

Its me that's the Plonka. I really shouldn't be asking questions where the answer is in plain sight. As penance.... here's H1 Page 17 and I attach the relevant Approved Document (H1) H_FoulWater.pdf

My recent re-aquaintace with the mark 1 shovel, MOT1, and Glacial Till has made me much more cautious about how deep to dig my foul drain trench. Its not a matter of popping down to fetch red diesel any more ..... I have found these two YT videos very helpful Osma's guidance (at 4:05) and this gentle bit of mickey taking ... How much shingle needs to be put under the drainage pipe? The guy from Osma says 100mm; is he right? I can't find any guidance that says it must be 100mm.

Well, it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Maybe we could use this current horror to help start thinking a little more about sustainability. Thinking about your statement Let's have a bash then. I'll give it a go later today I'm wondering what the proportions should be?

Just a bit less than one square metre

OK. Here ya go then... Make good a small patch of plaster. No plaster in da house baby. ... You have some soft sand, some sharp sand a bit of cement, bit of lime , some 10mm stone , water , polyfilla Go on son teach me summat.

secure screws in a wall patch a bit of plaster replace a broken hammer / mattock / sledge hammer handle bed foul drainage pipes make up a bit of mortar / concrete make a safe working platform at eaves height sharpen a saw These are all items involved in the process of doing little jobs - long time bottom of the list jobs - for which normally I would have: bought a new handle, bought some patching plaster, ordered a lorry load of gravel, ordered some scaffolding, bought a new saw: in other words by buying stuff. Except now I can't. Which made me wonder - how did my dad or his dad's dad manage to do those tasks? Or better put, can we learn from how they used to .... My dad made what are now called Rawlplugs out of wood. He sharpened a stick chopped it to length, hammered the stick in the hole and then broke it off at the wall. Perfect. No need for Rawlplugs. Easy. But sharpen a saw? Mix up a bit of mortar? What would do as a temporary 'fix' ? I bet there are loads of folk on BH who know a quick, cheap, accessible way to do some of the smaller jobs we commonly face while building a house. Ideas?

Ahhh, what is like to have local labourers at your beck and call? Must be wonderful.

I remember ages ago somebody telling me that there is a chemical that you can buy to solve that problem . But I'd try baking soda and a bit of vinegar......

Thanks That's exactly what we want to do with the Winter Garden

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.