Danny-r

Did you have to pull the full seal out from the whole door and replace as a single unit? Might rip out going into next week as it's due to be a bit warmer

Hi guys, Looking for some advice on repairing this door seal as it's torn and this area of the house gets very cold. It doesn't pull up very easily, and I'm not sure the seals that come up with a quick Google really match this? Some of the common ones seem to push in but this feels strongly held.

Around it isn't really an option as to get to the depth required, I'd be half way down the garden to reach the point where the pipe has become low enough. I'm thinking of starting and stopping the drain either side of it. Seems the easiest option, just a little annoyed at the depth they've installed it, it seems poorly done not that I know much about that topic. Surely the pipe should be more than 15cm deep but also surely the pipe shouldn't be completely open at the end? A gated end at least.

We asked about it at the time of purchase and that sounds about right. I can't find the e-mail but it was some sort of overflow. We're doing french drains around the perimeter, so I needed to get deeper than this pipe really. I don't know for sure that's what this pipe is. Weird that one end is just protruding behind the garden though. I'm curious to find out what it is as I'm sure whatever the minimum depth required for this, they've not hit it.

Hello! I've hit this pipe whilst digging, it's around 150mm deep. I've dug a pilot hole further down to verify it's not just loose pipe and it extends further into my garden at seemingly an increasing depth. It protrudes immediately behind my garden fence without seemingly going anywhere. It's not a T junction, it just goes up out of the ground. On my house plans there is an item stating there is "SW Storage" underground on my plot and a few others. I've attached a few pictures. Any idea's what this is?

There's going to be just 46.22m of drainage pipe. And although the garden is roughly 50m2, it's lost some of that to current work as I've installed a base for a hot tub and a patio is going down within the next few weeks. The patio itself is 12.48m2 and the hot tub base is 5.34m2 which leaves 28.4m2 although I get what you're saying, obviously it doesn't effect rainfall as there will be run off from these. Both the patio and hot tub base will have their perimeter lined with the drain also. We're working on roughly 1m of drain per 1m2 of garden which I think is sufficient. My main concern, going back to the OP, is depth. The garden is typical of that of a new build. I've got to 27cm in parts with relative ease, it seems getting another 3cm out of it is harder than the first 3cm, so my main query was about it really mattering as I've read mixed views on it minimum depth. Had a few close calls already with hitting paving slabs that crossed boundaries but luckily only slightly so I could pull them out.

Yes it is. I've attached a previous picture before I started digging, it may help. Water visibly drains between the two pieces of concrete, gaps on the sides and also a significant gap at the base when you pull the stones back a little.

There's a "wall" of sorts, more of a fence but it allows water through it. At the other side of this from the grass area is a pebbled area. It'll drain through to there and then eventually evaporate rather than sitting in puddles on top of the turf.

It's just to reduce waterlogging in our garden. Typical new build / clay soil issue. Grass area is 10m front to back and probably 5m wide. I've attached an image of my plans that include the french drain. The full perimeter will have as well as wrapped around a patio, and the garden will be dissected in the middle vertically with a drain too. It will all be running to the front of the garden, where it will drain off.

Hi Guys, I'm in the process of sorting some french drains myself. I'm doing them the recommended way, trench lined with a geotextile fabric, perforated drain at the bottom and then filled with stones and wrapped into a burrito. On top of that we will be putting decorative stones. The width of the trench is 30cm, and we had planned to go 30cm deep. I've begun digging and have found that it becomes significantly harder around 27cm. More so towards the back, thicker clay and rubble pretty shallow (typical new build). Had to pull a paving slab out that was mostly in my garden but buried next door too, luckily only slightly so I didn't cause their garden to collapse!) I've been reading about it, and there's mixed views on it as always! The main concern when it comes to depth is if turf goes back over and someone was to try and stick a fork in it. Nobody is going to stick a fork in it as it's got stones on top and even if it had turf, it'd hit the stones around the drain first anyway. Also encountered one object at one point that is 10cm deep that I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get out, it looks like an old branch that is significantly running across garden borders into nextdoor. Looks very much like a pipe but I am thinking surely not at 10cm depth. The drain itself is 110mm wide, so I can use the first 20cm for the drain then 7cm is more than sufficient for the decorative stones, if not a little overkill. Am I missing anything?

I agree in regards to looks. They weren't my choice and laid by the developer.

Does that mean that it's been laid incorrectly? I'm expecting some resistance if this is an issue caused by the developer just throwing it down.

I think you're probably right. It's the colour change that he was talking about. On some slabs it's looking streaky, some the colour change is more of a circle in the middle of the slab. I assumed it was just what happens with this type of patio which was why I wanted to double check what he said. I don't really have an issue with it, I accept the patio for what it is, it was more of a, if it was indicative of an issue with how it was laid then I'd flag it up with the developer. He seemed to think it was indicative of not being put on a probably prepared sublayer.

Hi guys, Wanted to get some opinions on this. Patio installed by new build developers. Recently had a guy around to quote for a new patio to be laid elsewhere on the property. He mentioned that these marks were due to it not being laid properly. They began appearing a few months after we moved in, moved in in August so pretty much during Winter. We're still within sufficient time period to raise the issue with the developers, but I'm wondering what people on here think before I tackle them. I initially just assumed this was normal until he made the comment. I've attached the picture.

Hi Guys, We're having some decking put into our garden, over an area currently grassed. I've attached an old picture as I'm not very good at describing it, but basically full width starting from the grass nearer the house, 3m backwards. A rail would also be put in. We're planning on putting a shell hot tub on the left, which will weigh ~2 tonne, about 2m x 2m. Of course, our concern is support, we've had 3 quotes so far and each person disagrees on how best to provide support, so I thought I'd reach out for opinions! 1. Dig the turf up, lay sand etc and build up to paving slabs. Then put the tub on the slabs, then deck around it. 2. Lay a metal frame, fill with concrete and then deck around that. Small 18mm hole to drop tub into, onto the concrete. 3. This one reckons he can put the weight and dimensions into his CAD program and then ensure sufficient support by using more joists. This is our preferred option as we'd not like to be rushed in terms of when we get the tub. He's asked for the exact model so he has the dimensions and weight, and claims he's done it before. Ideally we'd put it not on the grass, but there's nowhere.