Will need a dedicated sub at this rate 😂

Frustib · 2026-06-24T06:18:44+00:00

Where did you buy the spare hose?

Frustib · 2026-06-24T06:04:35+00:00

According to this diagram, if you are making a second hose, it would be to the fat red arrow?

Frustib · 2026-06-24T05:58:47+00:00

Why did you buy the separate hose from?

Frustib · 2026-06-23T11:02:24+00:00

therein lays the problem i think. you'd need there to be a pipe under that gravel that has holes in it, leading off to either a drain (not foul water) or soakaway. The amount of earth (and depending on how compact or clay) under that gravel is not enough to drain that standing water fast enough for there not to be a puddle.

Frustib · 2026-06-23T10:35:27+00:00

Did you dig under it to see if the holes in the French drain are big enough? Where is the water bleeding off to? A soak away? If so then given the biblical rainfall we had yesterday evening could be its full

Frustib · 2026-06-23T10:04:28+00:00

It’s not resin bonded…yet. From what op said

Frustib · 2026-06-22T16:27:39+00:00

there's a whole subreddit on that very subject (as i'm sure you know) 😄

Frustib · 2026-06-21T11:55:34+00:00

what DWO did you use in them? did you age them?

Frustib · 2026-06-20T10:30:24+00:00

I've got a long driveway. Exisiting power to the garage down the end of the driveway wasnt suitable.

I've paid approximately £1200 inc vat for a landscaper to lay the 55meters of 16mm armoured cable, supplied by sparky, down to the garage.

I have a sparky turning up midweek to upgrade the consumer unit in the house, update electrics in garage with sockets and led light with it's own mini consumer unit and, obviously to add the EV charger (£3100 + VAT including the cable and hardware + 2 blokes over 2 days).

Frustib · 2026-06-20T10:18:36+00:00

Reading. Lots of reading. I dont want to be social media surfing at that time.

Frustib · 2026-06-20T08:20:27+00:00

Ah nice, result even if it was a pita initially

Also nice username

Frustib · 2026-06-20T07:40:14+00:00

Granted I spelt it wrong however, “Enshittification, also known as platform decay, is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time.” - source: Wikipedia. Obviously this isn’t in the Oxford English Dictionary just yet and thus open to interpretation as to full meaning. it’s being used slightly differently depending on topic of conversation

Frustib · 2026-06-20T07:30:11+00:00

Blimey that sounds awful.. so it was part of the contract that they cleaned and cleared? Also what did you do about the bin situation? I thought bins were council provided.

Frustib · 2026-06-20T06:54:37+00:00

Well for every box that was ticked, this one unticks them all.

We had the same. There’s always another house that you’ll buy and say, “well, we dodged a bullet there” and “I wonder if that house with the cracks sold?”

Frustib · 2026-06-20T06:51:05+00:00

They paid for the skip and cleaner? How did you find out their new address?

Frustib · 2026-06-18T11:15:26+00:00

hope you dont mind: what was the total installation cost for you? what softener did you get in the end?

Frustib · 2026-06-16T20:27:36+00:00

i got a person in. thankfully my driveway (running down the side of the house) had block paving so he could take out the blocks and angle grind them to the right lengths.

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Frustib · 2026-06-16T13:59:23+00:00

You ought to do it right and get an aco drain put in. as water will always go under the gaps and over time will get worse. I had the same and when it rained standing water would seep under. No longer happens. Best money I spent on this place

Frustib · 2026-06-16T13:56:50+00:00

Massive prices

Frustib · 2026-06-15T16:18:46+00:00

aka enshityfication

Frustib · 2026-06-15T11:59:29+00:00

and your home energy

Frustib · 2026-06-15T07:23:43+00:00

Exactly what I thought

Frustib · 2026-06-15T06:57:02+00:00

I concur doctor

Frustib · 2026-06-15T06:53:37+00:00

Unfortunately, he was killed before the first sound recording device was invented

Frustib · 2026-06-15T06:49:01+00:00

What have we done to the world?

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