Onoff

@zoothorn should read this comment.

Is a building(s) within a building an option? Say you have a 2/4 post lift and most of your work uses that. Build a tall, insulated garage. Then maybe a small, seperate welding booth. Poly tunnel for spraying. Storage of cars etc just goes in the cold, main envelope. In Carcoons if needed. Perhaps a garden shed as the tea room etc. The main building shell then just acts as a first line of defence.

Welcome. I'm longing for a Patsy from Cornwall to join the forum. Wonder what her username could be...

Ref the FM330: - Storage Store in shaded dry conditions between +10°C and +25°C. Store canisters upright. The product is contained in a pressurised container - observe storage instructions and do not apply heat. - Shelf Life 15 months when stored as recommended in original unopened containers

Can I squirt gun cleaner down it first?

You could easily lose your neighbour in 900mm if you do end up having to back fill.....

It was more I couldn't get my hands around the can...

Yep. I've just gone and shaken two cans of FM330 and a can of Soudal Low Expansion foam. All 3 dated 12/2023. They all are unopened, so full and all make a slopping sound. Doing it for some reason I thought of @pocster.....

'Nuff said.

Have you unscrewed the adjuster at the back?

22 year old please! Yeah I know and you'll have one as well!

Until I clear the vegetation I won't know tbh. It's probably next door's ivy holding it all together!

Standard SF/TS gun here, works a treat.

If necessary yes. If the lid is as ****ed as I think it is. It might not stand up to having another slab cast on top. My neighbours is under his drive and of similar vintage. It collapsed when he drove over it in his Range Rover.

On another forum somebody has said not to get an "electric one", that there's "lots to go wrong" and to not believe the salesman's spiel. I've gone back and countered I'm considering the Vortex based on people on here who have them that I know and trust and have had them for a while.

An apparently nice man turned up and emptied the cess pool. SWMBO was there and dealt with it. Reckons he was sucking up "bricks and glass" and "got out what he could". The guy was very concerned about the state of the lid and reckon it's been left too long to repair. Don't suppose she mentioned we only found it in 2019! 😂 Insisted he put "something" over it when finished so she found him a pallet. Said their sister company does "macerator" installs according to SWMBO but I imagine he said / meant treatment plants. They will come and do the dig and install etc. Might get a no obligation quote though from them. Tbh my BiL has diggers etc so would likely look to do it myself with input here from the clever folk. If I go that route I'm favouring the Vortex unit as others have said.

So a microwave meal and the 3 for £5.50 deal from the Co-op?

That left hand stud sticking out can't be level....

Had a sh!t week so basking in the glory whilst I can: My DIY chamfer tool did the job. Tbh a decent chamfer, even if not perfect like mine will do. Some silicone spray helps.

There be gems in my mega thread!

M&Ds bungalow. They had the upstairs dormer roof redone a while back but the Artexed ceiling inside had some old leak damage around the chimney stack that goes up through it. Brother has had a guy in who's quoted to remove the coving, board straight over the existing ceiling, re cove and paint. Area to be boarded is 2.3 X 6.9m. He's quoted £1750. Biggest issue I can see is you won't get 8'x4' sheets up the stairs and into the room. We have of course to clear everything out. Does that seem reasonable?

Like I say, to sell I think you have to get rid of a cess pool / septic tank now? See, he gets me! 😂

I do like a poo...

I also want to block pave up the side of the house. No point in doing that and leaving the clay drains run and ropey manholes in place.

I was under the impression you had to have a treatment plant if you were ever going to sell now? Not that we are but the thing won't last for ever. For peace of mind at least I'd like to "sort" the lid. Repair or maybe cast a reinforced slab in situ over the top with a safer, padlockable access.