1 April, 2023 | Drainage, Landscaping, Patio
Water Management, or drainage! This little problem was interesting, the conservatory floor leaks creating a damp smell and obviously rotting away any nice flooring, there was discussion of removing the conservatory altogether, but I suggested there may be a cheaper...
3 July, 2021 | Drainage, Garden, Landscaping, Patio, Paving
For this project I called in another pair of hands, I have a lot of jobs on and need to get to the next job. We removed the old slippery decking from one half and the old patio from the other, then installed some drainage channel to improve flow and prevent a...
24 July, 2020 | Bricklaying, Drainage
Whilst we were in lockdown I was tasked with solving a water ingress issue in a client’s gym building, between us we discovered the damp-course membrane was actually drawing in water through a capillary action and making the interior very wet, but only when the...
24 June, 2019 | Drainage, General Handyman, Maintenance
Last Wednesday I replaced the drain cover and frame, the original handles had rusted through over the years and it was particularly heavy in cast iron, the owner needed something much lighter as they needed to access the drain regularly to empty their caravan toilet....
28 February, 2019 | Drainage, Garden, Landscaping
This morning I cut a 4″ gully at the edge of a patio that kept getting waterlogged, it’s nearly a foot deep and reaches soil beneath, so it should have capacity for a heavy downpour and still drain away, I filled it up with gravel that lets the water flow...
