joe90

If you have the stuff then use it, why not do a trial area ? Do you have to fix the plastic feet so they don’t “walk”?

I have block paving paths and patio and I find a blast with a pressure washer not only gets the weeds out but removes the dirt which weeds root into so lasts longer, it also cleans the block surface after a winter. (Make sure your wearing full waterproofs tho ?)

Fair comment but how do you drain “your pit”?? (Ah, presuming this is where you are talking about).?

If only 100mm, you will need a slight fall so 75mm, cast a concrete “ring beam” to the level you want and fill with stone/dust to create a flat (ish) area !

Not (IMO) If it’s prepped properly installed properly (with mesh) and any movement joints installed if required.

Pocker, what height do you need at the highest end?, how wide the area? ?

What a load of bollocks. Stuff I saw was laid 100mm thick over properly whacked mot and they pushed steel mesh in it. Just depends if the contractor knows his stuff or not ?‍♂️

As an alternative have you looked at imprinted concrete?, I saw a drive done in it and could not tell the difference after it was laid, great colour, does not appear to fade as much and NO WEEDS IN THE GAPS which is why a lot of people don’t like blocks.

Try to use a drill with a slipping Chuck, I recently had to drill a few 20mm holes in thick steel and nearly broke my wrist when the bit jammed using my old wolf drill, my SDS drill with Chuck adapter had a slipping clutch and on later holes was a godsend and saved me probable damage. Also larger drills have a greater speed at the edges and are much more prone to overheating so use plenty of lubrication.

20 ton Lorries and driving my 8.5 ton jcb compacted mine, ain’t never going to sink ?

To hold a large child’s swing down i walloped 3’ lengths of scaffold pole at an angle into the ground, worked very well (it’s still there 20 years on!.)

tell that to boat builders that use it, loads of very old boats out there still floating.

With the chap I knew he moved from London to Bristol and the correspondence didn’t follow him. My daughter also had a fine to pay (wrongly IMO) and moved house twice in a short period, eventually it did catch up with her and a £24 fine turned onto several hundred (bailiffs fees etc) I went to court with her and explained the circumstances and the fact that “they” failed to find her address but the court did find her. The judge said that happened quite a lot and reduced her fine to the original £24.

Gosh, I do feel for the family, devastating. I know someone who had a ccj against him and he did not know till he wanted a mortgage and he is a financial advisor ?. Again it was over a parking fine. Perhaps the family didn’t have legal cover which should cover sueing the builder.

Yes the preparation makes the difference. When I lived in shropshire they block paved the bus station and over the 10 years I was there it still looked flat after all those busses.

Welcome, an interesting project. If you get no joy from planning/building regs (some are very reluctant/understaffed ) a local architect may be able to point you in the right direction as they will (should) know what’s acceptable locally.

i got called out to a friend who’s copper pipe sprang a leak 10 years after it was fitted, very small pinhole and no obvious sign of how it happened. Luckily it was under a floorboard, if it was concealed behind tiles, boarding etc it would have been so much more work!!!!

I went fir exposed, bar mixer and rain head or hand held. Very cheap compared to some “posh” stuff but dead easy to mend or replace.

one of these, very common and easy to repair or replace. https://www.victorianplumbing.co.uk/cruze-round-2-outlets-thermostatic-bar-shower-valve?campaign=googlebase&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmIuDBhDXARIsAFITC_5ufWKKayPjppICKSXCORXaqkVChXNztaPnpe63DH9nLCDeXSSSjg0aAhfrEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I did some calcs on basalt wall ties and ended up with standard stainless as the losses for my near passive house was negligible.

Hiya zoot, glad to see you back, sorry to hear of your stress (welcome to the club!!!). I concur with the above. It’s done all the time so nothing to stress about ?

Our last house (which we still own and rent out) was PRC and yes when we needed a short term mortgage it caused a hiccup as it’s not liked by mortgage companies. We did establish that a survey was done by the last owners fir their mortgage. The issue is making sure the steel frame is not rusty. In fact you could see where small areas had been cut out so the steel could be seen then patched. As the previous inspection was about 6 years ago we did not need it done again. As far as I am aware asbestos is only a problem if you break/cut it. You may need to hunt around for a mortgage company that’s interested and/or arrange a steel survey, best of luck ?

Gosh it was a couple of years ago now, I think it was a 6 meter skip and cost about £400, it also depends how far they have to take the stuff.

Oh yes, I take my hat off to brick/blocklayers (I stick to woodwork).

+1 ?laid it myself no probs.