oddjob

nothing of late, been to busy digging and and carrying stones about the place. started out to try to save money on beer, a few hundred pounds later and I still have not been able to make a decent lager

Lucky for me I've only got a pick as I'd prob be a foot shorter by now if I had a sharp matlock. A pick to the shin is painful enough

never thought of that. I do have a rod and am somewhat confident that I'd get it in from the shed drain if i had to. Thanks for the input though

Cheers lad, pretty chuffed with it having never done any ground work before. Yeah, pick and spade job, great fun was had. There is a trench filling party on Friday, bring a friend ?

Got it done, thanks for the input lads.

thanks for the input lads, I hear ya loud and clear, 110mm pipe it is so. back when i was on the sites some 20 years back an inch fall per yard was recommended, does that still hold true or is there an new take on whats needed?

Hi all I'll be digging a trench to the shed to get electricity out there and thought if I add a water drain while I'm at it I would be able to use the shed for my home-brewing. I checked with the sparks and he had no issue with the water and electricity sharing trench ,as long as they are in separate pipes all is good according to him. I've 20m to dig so I'm happy I don't have to do two trenches. My question is about the waste pipe, do I need a 110mm waste pipe for what is essentially just going to be used for water and grain bits or can I get away with a normal 32 mm white pipe? I know the pipe is able for it, I just don't know if it's ok to use it underground I was going to connect it to the existing waste pipe that is on the house, I've a manhole just outside the backdoor that o was hoping to get the pipe to

thanks for your input lad, I' think dropping the roof 100mm is a go so, don't want to have to rip it out again. those post brackets looks very solid, i like em

Hi all I've been put to work a fair bit now that I work from home all the time and the newest project is a lean to roof that goes over a paved area at the back. I have a good general idea of what I want to do but am a bit unsure on loads and span calculation so hope to pick the brain of the community here. The back garden is 5 steps down from the back of the house so the ledger board I need to fix to the house is 3300mm off ground level, the roof will run 6400mm along side the house and 2700mm out form the house. I'm thinking a 6x2 ledger board, 8 5x2 joist going out to a 7x2 beam that sits on 3 4x4 posts spaced 3000mm apart. and about 3100mm off the ground The posts will be anchored with brackets to concrete footers that is going to be 2sqf. What I'm unsure about is if the timber is of big enough dimension to take the span and also on how to afix it to the existing wall that is cavity blocks. I know epoxy slieve achors are prob preferred for cavity blocks but not sure of suitability as the cavity blocks have been filled at some point post build. I was thinking masonry bolts ccd at 600mm like this type https://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-lx-masonry-bolts-x-120mm-10-pack/6892f#product_additional_details_container the roof will only be a PVC one so no weight other than the frame it self and me as i intend to paint the wall standing on it before fitting the pvc roofing. attaching a pic for reference, you can see where the roof is going to attach to the house because I've knocked off the pebble dashing there. I appreciate any and all input

Hi all I'm a serial DIYer who's done a fair bit prior to this covid business but have been given free rein now that I work from home all the time. We bought the house 10 years ago and I did all the inside of it up, just a bit of plastering and painting, new kitchen and what not. Now I'm tackling the garden, an old boundry wall had collapsed when we moved in and it's stayed that way until now, I've dug down footings for it and got most of it back up to where it keeps the neighbours garden from sliding in to ours and from toppling over. My wife saw that it was going well enough so I was told to build a seating area at the back as well, the back bit is on a slope so more digging for footings and a few block walls are needed there too. Now I'm told to build a little covered area that attaches to out house where we can sit and have lunch/dinner on nice enough days. This is where I need some input, as I'm unsure of the load and span width calculations and would prefer to be able to eat my dinner without having to worry about the roof falling down on me. Thanks for having me