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  1. We used these for our carpark at work, they are great for slippery ground, but need to be filled with gravel so they bed in properly. Not sure where you get them though
  2. I agree, it won't bring him back and I think they should not do it, but his family live over 200 miles away from Suffolk and never came and saw him. I've not idea what was in his will, but he had a big house and pension and by all accounts about 100k in liquid cash. So, maybe he left it to the cats home or something and that's what it's really about.
  3. One of my neighbours died late last year of asbestosis, caused from when he was in the Navy. Big arguments between the family and the coroner now about industrial versus non-industrial version, if industrial then they can sue the government if not then well that's just bad luck. But, that said it can kill you, but he was also a smoker, heavy drinker and in his late 70's and even though that's not old he had a pretty exotic life, one of his many wives was a Venezuelan stripper 🙂
  4. it probably is, I commented again before looking at the link. Hubby is going to look at link later to possibly buy one.
  5. it's 200mm thick with mesh and then heave protector then oversite so not really feasible. as it's under the DPM no doors or gaps.
  6. The water is about 1 -2 inches deep and the room is 6m * 4m approx. Submersible pump no good as water needs to be over the top hence puddle (residue) pump, but they are very expensive. Too big an area for the dust pan and brush approach. We have been sucking it out with the water vacumn, but that only takes a bucket load and then needs to be moved manually to empty. We spoke to pump suppliers and they advised puddle pump, but new are £100's and to hire is £60 per day. Just wondered if anyone had any ideas. Thanks for all the above.
  7. Right boffins having looked at the price of residue pumps both buying and hiring does anyone have an ideas on how to pump out about 3in of water currently sitting on our suspended slab floor. We have been using a wet hoover, but it takes ages as we have to keep emptying it. This issue is likely to carry on due to the slow speed of our build, we are unlikely to have a roof this year. TIA
  8. we have no burns, ditches, rhynes or streams on our side of the road. beside our fields over the road there is a ditch, but nothing ever runs over the road so I guess any water just 'soaks away'
  9. Surely if fluid goes into the soakaway it's got to go somewhere ?
  10. between the planned parking and the sheds is about 50m by 15m wide. this needs to have the TP and the soakaways.
  11. ground is a mixture of sand & loan
  12. This is the layout, real basic from the house to the road is 120m and is about 5m in height. this is also the driveway, but the 'field' is about 15m wide so space for both without driving over TP. There are other sheds at the moment beside this driveway which are used for the horses so can't be knocked down. So, no problem with drains and angle of pipes or digging soakaways, but no where to put pond The road to our driveway is about 25m which is a shared driveway with our current house.
  13. soakways will be lower, when I said 'drain to field' I meant after the soakaway. I feel a drawing coming on 🙂
  14. we can't feasibly have a pond or reed bed as house is at the top of a slope, so digging something out would be pretty impossible.
  15. I'm wondering if there is an overview on installing off mains sewage treatment. We have the location on our plans, but nothing else. No water course, just ultimate run off into our field. TIA
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