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Hello. So currently I am excavating the foundations for a cavity wall garden office. Unfortunately my drain pipe runs at an awkward angle at the corner of where my foundations would be. My initial thought was to excavate the foundations deeper and pour the concrete below the pipe, and then...

Having problems with damp on one wall of our Victorian semi. Chemical injection carried out in 2013 by Peter Cox still under guarantee. Only moved in 6 months ago and been quoted silly money for tanking the whole of the downstairs by a damp specialist. Could the patio be a potential issue, I...

Hi all, I've got to lower the ground level of my stone walled house to below the DPC. Digging out itself is relatively trivial - most of it is just topsoil - but are there any surprises I should watch out for? I'll have to be careful around the soil stack, obviously. Anything else people have...

So I have an issue. I've come accross foul drainage going through the middle of the 5 meter length of footing. However this drainage runs through the whole length at around 70cm depth. I was hoping to dig 1 meter. What's the correct way to get around this issue. The drain seems to have a load...