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I have a clay pipe which goes directly under an extention in the house. No issues with it, flows fine, it's a short length of just 3.1m and I can see clear daylight when I lift the manhole cover at the other side and get a rodding pole with 100mm plunger all the way down the length with very little effort. It's currently very accessible with just a clay to PVC adapter temporarily in place. We will soon be building an extention which will make this pipe far less accessible though clearly will have the required rodding points. As 95% of the water from the house goes through this one pipe (comined foul and rain) I was thinking about getting it lined as a precaution just for belt and braces and to smooth out the old clay joints but the quotes I have had are ridiculously high as they all have a minimum of 6 meters and want to do CCTV survey in advance etc etc. So being a cheapskate, I'm thinking about doing it myself or just leaving it alone and trusting that it's been there for 100 years so another 50 or so isn't going to do any harm. I have found a local company that hires out DN70-100 Straight Packers for £50 a week and sells 1m pipe lining kits for ~£45 per meter. I already own an air compressor. Is it absolute madness to consider this DIY option, and has anyone out there done this successfully or unsuccessfully before?
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Has anyone tried compost from recyclers of local authority green waste? Because we have really heavy clay soil at the new place, my kitchen garden will be almost entirely no-dig raised beds (I'm trying the methods promoted by Charles Dowding). I will need to fill these with compost - far too much to be messing around with 40l bags of the stuff, so I'm planning a bulk delivery from the closest green waste recycling plant and I will get a quote on prices next week. I will be able to start making my own compost in due course as we're surrounding by dairy farms and horse stables, so there's no shortage of raw materials, just time in the first instance. Does anyone have any opinions on the quality of the compost if they have used it?
