You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
OK, it depends what you mean. I don't think you have been precise enough for anyone to help you because I for one don't really understand the question. What do...
... Well I have never actually come across anyone who has fitted a cesspool but I would be surprised if they were much more expensive than a septic tank - v ...
... I think Ricks labour figure is too low by maybe 50% or even 100% if you are building in the South east. --Mark Brinkley I'm building in the North West, but...
Thanks Stuart I need to make new openings for patio window and doors. Also I need to "drop" a window to make it into a patio window. I was advised to "comb"...
Call it a grand (inc installation) for the tank. 10 empties @ £80 /yr for 3 years is another £2400 and when mainns drainage is installed you'd have another...
Can anybody on the list recommend some plastic netting for supporting insulation, inside and on the rear of stud walls? I've looked at the Netlon web site and...
Ah, OK. In creating new openings, I'd be thinking about a few of these points: From a structural perspective, lintels will be required above each opening, with...
Mark, To quote from your book " A cesspool is likely to fill up every few weeks, tank desludging usually costs between £50 and £80 so you can see that a...
It might also be worth contacting The Centre for Alternative Technology in mid-Wales who are experts in the field and offer a consultancy service. No...
Thanks very much Stuart - extremely detailed and helpful. I think that I will get someone in, and now I have some very good pointers to make sure the job is...
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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On the other hand, we paid two blokes £250 in cash to do 100 sq m while we were away at the Glastonbury mud-fest (supervised by our main man) and I never did...
It would be unwise to argue with myself but I think the situation here is a little bit different because we are talking about a temporary measure. Whatever the...
Not too sure about this figure, the last reedbed system I saw installed (locally) ended up costing about 8 grand. (FWIW it was part of a visitors' centre at...
Hi Mark If the references that I found were correct then the smallest cesspool has got to be a minimum of 18,000 litres for two people and a further ...
Mark, The whole issue to me is how permeable is the ground, what testing has been done. The SEPA are assuming that the ground is impermeable but they will not ...
... Yes. It's a long time since I last dug for a percolation test (1986 methinks) but IIRC there was at that time an acknowledged relationship between the...
I think that is an important point you have raised Ian. I had not appreciated the difference in permeability acceptable for a Biodisc as opposed to a soakaway....
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Feb 2, 2003 6:47 pm
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Thanks Ian, I'll download it and have a look. Dean ... From: ian charles To: UK_Selfbuild@... Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:08 PM Subject:...
Mark, Yes there is, my spreadsheet calcuates the drain length from the Vp values. ian ... -- From: "Mark Brinkley"> Yes. It's a long time since I last dug for...
Barrie, It is difficult to understand your exact circumstances but normally, in England, it is acceptable to discharge into a watercourse from a treatment ...
Hi Ian IC > It is difficult to understand your exact circumstances but normally, in England, it is acceptable to discharge into a watercourse from a...
Barrie Black
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Feb 2, 2003 10:25 pm
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Catching up on a couple of weeks mails. Thanks for the suggestions for my leaking boiler joints. My eventual solution was a PTFE jointing paste, which was a...
