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admin · 07-09-24, 04:38 PM

Fixed. Switched to Google DNS 8.8.8.8 rather than the original setting of ISP provided on my router.

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Luckypants · 08-09-24, 08:42 PM

Excellent

Sir Trev · 21-09-24, 06:00 PM

My neighbour. Their extension was done on the cheap and the slapdash digger driver went over the boundary line by several inches when excavating their patio. The promised backfill of course never happened and the end post for the chain link boundary fence was not replaced. I've given them more than a year to make it right but I'm now fed up of the gap in the fence, allowing any lowlife burglar free movement between our back gardens, so I'm fixing it myself. And now my back and knees are killing me!

New fence post has been Postcrete'd in, a bit of aluminium strip from my old compost bin has been repurposed as a tension bar, new bit of fencing spliced into the old one, several wheelbarrow loads of soil moved from the high side to the low to infill the gaps left behind. I still need to re-level the ground under the new bit of fencing to make it dog proof but that will have to wait for another day...

And their garden still looks like the Somme after the bombardment. They have a lovely patio and new furniture on it, but the view is just appalling - rubble, broken pallets heaps of chalky subsoil!!

admin · 21-09-24, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Trev

My neighbour. Their extension was done on the cheap and the slapdash digger driver went over the boundary line by several inches when excavating their patio. The promised backfill of course never happened and the end post for the chain link boundary fence was not replaced. I've given them more than a year to make it right but I'm now fed up of the gap in the fence, allowing any lowlife burglar free movement between our back gardens, so I'm fixing it myself. And now my back and knees are killing me!

New fence post has been Postcrete'd in, a bit of aluminium strip from my old compost bin has been repurposed as a tension bar, new bit of fencing spliced into the old one, several wheelbarrow loads of soil moved from the high side to the low to infill the gaps left behind. I still need to re-level the ground under the new bit of fencing to make it dog proof but that will have to wait for another day...

And their garden still looks like the Somme after the bombardment. They have a lovely patio and new furniture on it, but the view is just appalling - rubble, broken pallets heaps of chalky subsoil!!

Been there myself many years ago.

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Luckypants · 23-09-24, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sir Trev

And their garden still looks like the Somme after the bombardment. They have a lovely patio and new furniture on it, but the view is just appalling - rubble, broken pallets heaps of chalky subsoil!!

But they have a 'look at me' photo of it on SM so that's OK.

Sir Trev · 23-09-24, 05:48 PM

Another one from me. Sorry (not sorry).

Our internal water stopcock is not working properly so before I call a plumber to replace it I went outside to check the external one. Got the cap off the access point and... there a large brick jammed in there. Cannot even see let alone get to the stopcock. Eh? Found a number for Thames Water from their website and gave up listening to the hold music after 20 minutes and used their Web reporting feature. Of course the bot could not understand my issue and eventually gave up, saying someone (hopefully human) will contact me.

Good job we don't have water gushing everywhere. Flip knows how long I'll be waiting for the callback.

rowdy · 24-09-24, 10:54 AM

Got home from work last night, went to walk out my back door.
Thankfully I did not just march straight out because I was met with a sink hole, right outside the door.
Where my patio once was, there is now a hole that measures 12 foot in length, 10 foot in width, and is 5 or 6 foot deep.

Luckypants · 24-09-24, 11:30 AM

Holy moley!! Hope the solution is quick and not too painful.

rowdy · 24-09-24, 11:51 AM

I put a timber framed extension on the back, built off a plate fixed to the house and spanning out 3m to four 800 square concrete pads and brick piers that the floor is mounted on. The sink hole has gone half a meter under my extension and the end concrete pad has gone in the sink hole so it is a little painful as that end of the extension is just cantilevered off the remaining three concrete pads

DarrenSV650S · 24-09-24, 12:11 PM

Geez! What's caused that? Water leak?

07-09-24, 04:38 PM	#11361
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08-09-24, 08:42 PM	#11362
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21-09-24, 06:00 PM	#11363
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,466	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? My neighbour. Their extension was done on the cheap and the slapdash digger driver went over the boundary line by several inches when excavating their patio. The promised backfill of course never happened and the end post for the chain link boundary fence was not replaced. I've given them more than a year to make it right but I'm now fed up of the gap in the fence, allowing any lowlife burglar free movement between our back gardens, so I'm fixing it myself. And now my back and knees are killing me! New fence post has been Postcrete'd in, a bit of aluminium strip from my old compost bin has been repurposed as a tension bar, new bit of fencing spliced into the old one, several wheelbarrow loads of soil moved from the high side to the low to infill the gaps left behind. I still need to re-level the ground under the new bit of fencing to make it dog proof but that will have to wait for another day... And their garden still looks like the Somme after the bombardment. They have a lovely patio and new furniture on it, but the view is just appalling - rubble, broken pallets heaps of chalky subsoil!! __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP! Last edited by Sir Trev; 21-09-24 at 06:02 PM.

23-09-24, 05:48 PM	#11366
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,466	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Another one from me. Sorry (not sorry). Our internal water stopcock is not working properly so before I call a plumber to replace it I went outside to check the external one. Got the cap off the access point and... there a large brick jammed in there. Cannot even see let alone get to the stopcock. Eh? Found a number for Thames Water from their website and gave up listening to the hold music after 20 minutes and used their Web reporting feature. Of course the bot could not understand my issue and eventually gave up, saying someone (hopefully human) will contact me. Good job we don't have water gushing everywhere. Flip knows how long I'll be waiting for the callback. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

24-09-24, 10:54 AM	#11367
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 615	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Got home from work last night, went to walk out my back door. Thankfully I did not just march straight out because I was met with a sink hole, right outside the door. Where my patio once was, there is now a hole that measures 12 foot in length, 10 foot in width, and is 5 or 6 foot deep. __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

24-09-24, 11:30 AM	#11368
Luckypants Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nr Ruthin Posts: 7,073	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Holy moley!! Hope the solution is quick and not too painful. __________________ "Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08 Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

24-09-24, 11:51 AM	#11369
rowdy Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 615	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? I put a timber framed extension on the back, built off a plate fixed to the house and spanning out 3m to four 800 square concrete pads and brick piers that the floor is mounted on. The sink hole has gone half a meter under my extension and the end concrete pad has gone in the sink hole so it is a little painful as that end of the extension is just cantilevered off the remaining three concrete pads __________________ Silver pointy sk3, tail tidy, single seat cowl, fairing lowers, smoke double bubble screen, carbon hugger and front mudguard, full race M4 system, K&N filter, GSXR1000K2 forks, wheel and discs, GSXR750 calipers, HEL braided lines, TL1000s clip-ons, Gilles rearsets, Chinese cnc levers, led indies.

24-09-24, 12:11 PM	#11370
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,408	Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours? Geez! What's caused that? Water leak?

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