I have a couple of bits of work to do to make good of where we’ve had a rodent (thinking it was a rat) causing problems.I’m pretty sure that we’ve disrupted the rodent and moved it on now so that’s the first problem dealt with. There was an unused toilet that I think it was using the dry drain section to spend time in. The toilet has now been refitted and the pesky rodent seems to have gone.
I’ve now discovered that it was tunnelling under the block paving where the previous owners seem to have just laid the blocks on sand rather than hardcore followed by sand.
Would you suggest that to do a proper job you’d dig out the sand and replace it with MOT hardcore and whack it down proper this time? How much would you try to remove?
I’ve also got the manhole to repair where it looks like there is damage to the side that the rodent has been getting in and out of. Would you just fill in the missing cement and sit a new manhole cover onto this? The reason I say new manhole is that the old one isn’t easy to take up and down. What mix or cement would you use to repair the side wall of the manhole?
It’s also clawed against the concrete blocks that the house is built on. Any idea how to repair these nicely too please?
Thanks for your help and advice, here are some photos to show what I’ve got or deal with.
