Replacing a Manhole Cover on Driveway / The Carpenter's Daughter
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Hi all,
Firstly, sorry I haven't been able to finish fitting our double gate yet.
As we're working on our drive, I needed do a few other jobs first to get ready for some gravel.
And one of them was to replace our manhole with one we could place gravel in and make more discrete.
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Manhole Cover: bit.ly/2jcAVlV
Mortar (3 part sharp sand, 1 part cement)
A small trowel (£1.99) from my local hardware store.
Anyway, if you'd do it differently, then please comment below - I am no pro, just a girl renovating our first house to save money for bigger jobs to come!
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Thank you - I’m about to do exactly this job this morning and you have given me some confidence!
Brilliant and mega useful. Was having a proper headache before I saw how straightforwardly it is
Just come across your vids really enjoying them and good for you for getting stuck in job well done 👍 little tip on getting the manhole square...remove top course of bricks and when you re-lay them you can corball them over to where you need them to be you can get away with 25mm overhang .. let them set then bed your manhole cover you can gain abit on that aswell hope that helps im a brickie and its a trick we use sometimes on site to straighten old manholes up 👌
Thanks, I hadn't thought of that - what a great tip!! 😊😊
Thank you for showing how to do this correcty for a tight fit of the frame etc. We had the slightest crack and it proved sufficient for rodents to escape and invade our home. Once the source was found and cemented up the rodent problem could be dealt with.
Lovely neat and professional job done Vicky and your Fiancé in the background..... you sure turn your hand to anything and love the fact you got stuck in and got your hands dirty i/e no marigold gloves on as you can wash up those dirty hands-on completion.A little bit of dirt on hands sure won't kill you...the blanket down the hole was a great idea save loosing bits of masonry down the drainage pipes....!!!!
regards and best wishes Mike
Thanks +mickymost. I'm so over nice pretty nails these days unless I'm going out lol
You can find my written version on my blog here: thecarpentersdaughter.co.uk/renovations/replacing-a-manhole-cover-on-driveway/
Please don’t take this negativity, but it’s great to see a woman doing a video on this.
So glad you made this video! Im having a go at re-laying my block paved drive, there has always been a standard metal cover. I was going to leave it but you have give me the confidence to have a go at this. Thank you so much.
nice job and great to see women gettin stuck in and giving it a go👍
I would also add it would be wise to ascertain the final height you want the cover to be before mortaring in, e.g. you might want to add or remove a course of the bricks. Maybe wasn't important for this job but most other jobs it might be.
Yes, very good point.
Nice job on the manhole vicky they are a pain in the ar... when on your side/reaponsibility. Also do agree with couple of comnents While gravel/stone/shingle etc is a cost affective way to tidy up a drive it can soon become a nightmare. Cats use as litter tray. The weight of vehicles penatrares the base/stone into the weed control so it ends up punctured/growing through and you end up having to top up regular as its surprsing how much you loose through transfer from car tyres etc. We did stick with it for almost 2 years then we went for a printed concrete. But now the new resin drives look great and are far more cost affective you can also get DIY kits simthing i would look into anyway. But fair play anyway for doing all this espechally this time of year.
Thanks +HaveAgo Harry. I've been looking resin kits and quite fancied giving it a go. It looks very easy but was worried I was deluded lol.
ive fitted 100s of them and think its great to see people getting the info to try them selfs,your very handy well done ,some people don't like being near manholes ,if it needs done why not give it a try,always keep anything from going in drain if you don't you will get big problems,again well done ,its great to see women can do anything if they put their minds to it,top job
love the neat and practical approach to doing things. please keep it up. great video. thanks for sharing.
Thank you :) Definitely more to come! ;)
nice job Vikki. fair play for having a go 👌🏼
Thanks +darren linden, it's always good to have try
Good job! Love your videos. Keeps me inspired to work on my house.
Thanks +Al S, what DIY goes around, comes around 😀
The gate looks great xx
Thank you +Reneé. Just need to restain it now and put a bottom bolt on it 😊
The Carpenter's Daughter I have a look every time I go past and my mum does xx
oh, hiya!!! :) Didn't recognise you from your thumbnail
Bed the frame on mortar with the cover in place. Hunch up to the top of the crane with 10mm down sharp sand concrete. This give a strong them ring to support the cover frame. Just relying on a mortar “glue” will fail. Ask me how I know.
Great job 👏
hi and nice job may i give you a tip i worked for seven trent and i had to lift them all the time. i would greecs the sides one to trap the smells and two if you need to lift again its much easy
+james thorpe thank you, that's a great tip! I'll do that!
Gosh you're so full of energy Vicky, you never tire!! :P I've been off RUclips for a couple or months, am back on here for good hopefully - so good to see yoou still making videos. :) It's so cold outside here in the UK and you're still out working - you're very inspirational! :) Sending you lots of love! Yulia xx
Thanks Yulia :) I suppose we're very determined to get things done as there's so much on our list, but it's definitely not the best time of year to be doing things like this lol. Glad to see you're back too xxx
Block pavers are very much the same job as your patio slabs , different scale is all , gravel drives are good to keep the burglars away ,, both need weed treatment , I spray my pavers with a mixture of vinegar salt n fairy liquid , try to keep it dog friendly -), I would say gravel is way faster and cheaper ,, nice work on the manhole cover -)
Thank you +ian smith. That's what I thought regarding the patio!
I've sold it to myself now for the very same reason abiut burglars, where Hans can warn us and easier/cheaper. I initially hated the idea but after seeing some, I've changed my mind. I'm planning on buying a stone that we can compress too for less movement.
Nice job. I would have removed one course of bricks and that would save having to build it up with tons of gravel! 👍👍
"stick it down" = "bed it on";) good stuff!
Attractive and talented
Great job everything looked so nice and modified!
Thank you :)
Cheers the video is really helpful
Great job.
My Daughter broke out/rebuilt a Man-hole Frame&Cover @ 12 👌
You’re brave… I get nervous around drainage DIY
There is no holding you back with the purchase of a jackhammer!
Lol, I know!! :D I've used it so many times. Definitely glad I never hired on in the end when we did our fencing!
+m rolfe there isn't indeed.
Lel watched ages ago and again cus im doin one in a few weeks. Nice
Just checked wicks, that manhole cover is £85 now 😫 I want to do this on my patio
Ouch! What about Ebay?
Where is a spirit level bar?🙃
Thank you for a video brave woman 😀
I hope you binned that blanket ! ;)
Hmmm... maybe... I can't remember actually. We have a big rag bag for many DIY projects.
Nice fix. Sloping the mortar is a key many miss.
Glad you spotted ;)
Sorry, just watching it back... I'm not sure about the number 2 comments. Does the sewer pipe connect to this? If not, oh well 🤣
If you do decide to open it up again and have a look inside, please don't upload the footage! ;-D
Seriously though, it looks like you've accomplished another job very well. Something where too many home owners would have the 'I can't do that!' attitude. ;-)
+Olly Parry-Jones haha... That's exactly what I thought! As soon as my father in law talked me through it in steps, I thought this can't be that bad!! 😀
If you lift the lid while someone flushes a toilet, you'll soon know if it's foul or surface water.
Nicely done. But why go with gravel? Looks ok but sounds horrible and will get caught in the treads of your shoes, scratch the hell out of the hardwood floor whenever a bit gets stuck under a door. Have you looked at the fake grass thats available now? Its cheap, hard wearing,looks great and drains really well. Just a thought.
Michael Tricker to be honest, I thought it would be easier and cheaper for us to do and plan on whacking it down. A few people have said I'd struggle with blockpaving but deep down I really want to give it a go.
Fake grass should be limited, not really planet friendly.The birds and insects must think 'what's this shite'.
Wow, and that manhole cover from Wickes is now £106!!!!!!
Thanks Vicky, just about to do the same, although I need a bigger one as my opening is 650 x 500.
Anyone know where I can get one.
A couple of points,- DONT put your foot on it to level it, it will rise on the other side! Use a spirit level and tap down all round with a hammer to level. 3-1 mix is a bit strong , 5-1 mortar is usual. Dont put the lid on until the mortar bed has gone off. the extra weight can squeeze the mortar, Finaly, your old manhole was cast iron, not wrought iron.
That'd be cast iron, not wrought iron. Interesting to see how you did this.
Ah, thanks 😀
To change the angle just use a bigger manhole cover
Great job........what about the levelling, did you do that or just eye it in?
Great video, thank you. I'm doing the same and was wondering what the steps were and this helped massively!
Glad it helped! It's one of those jobs that look difficult, but really isn't.... providing you don't accidentally drop or lose anything down the hole :D
Just wiggled it away hahaha excellent !!
Wow, I was quoted £700 to replace two covers. None of the chambers in my garden have covers, they just have slabs over them
Do it yourself easy job would only cost £150 at most in materials about 6hrs work. lay in it on sand and cement and go around the edge flaunching with a diffrent mix of concrete
@@mondayschild3493 having read about it now it doesn’t look *too* tricky, it’s not something I’ve done before and I’ve a lot of manholes 😂
awesomeness! you really like that jackhammer huh! 😆
(that sounded more childish than intended!)
I really do, +Cassia! Had my penny's worth already!
Thank you for showing us. Will a plastic frame hold over the long hog or will it be too susceptible to weather fluctuations?
+Gayle Crabtree it should be fine I hope. This one is actually designed for blockpaving which help me come up with the idea.
Probably should mention that it needs to be a sealed drain cover if it is going over a foul drain. Don't think the one you used is.
Great work, Congratulations. Will it have second part? ..(Ótimo Trabalho, Parabéns. Vai ter segunda parte?(BR))
Thanks +Luciano J.D.S. I'll be sharing my whole drive way this month, including filling in the manhole with gravel. We're almost done 😊
OK thank you
Did you have to have a word with the neighbours.
Please don’t poop for a while 😂
😂 No.. I just got on with it lol
Thanks for this, I’m just about to do the same, (gravel driveway) one question, With this job, does the reassessed drain cover fill up with water! Should I put some holes and a mesh in there?
Nice work. Surely a man hole should now be a personnel access aperture or similar nonsense? You'll get comments ;-)
Hi Have found several of your vids v useful thanks. Just doing the same job with 4 drain covers but unsure as to what to fill the recess cover with? Have you just filled it with the gravel or will the edge of this become a trip hazard? No vehicles over but Mum pulling her wheely bins over and I don't want her to fall. Thanks Jane
legend you are, need to do the same.
Why is the man hole made with brick? What’s definitely new to me
Nah, I removed the concrete there a bit too early, so I temporary covered it with bricks at the front so nothing would fall down.
See you got your kneeling pads Vikki. Save the old knees thats what i say...
Ah yes, +Dave Williams. Surprisingly, I haven't lost it again yet 😄
Is it easy to remove concfete around the house near my drain pipes etc with that drill ? Looks great by the way x
You can to be incredibly careful. I would try to avoid if possible and find out exactly what's under there. I did it by hand around the electrical box area.
Surely, this is not your first attempt tinkering with a man hole? (fnar,fnar. Spirit of Viz) Seriously, you make it look solo easy. Great job.
+Michael Booker 😄😄😄 and thanks 😉
what is the use of braking the concrete away? Dont you need parking ?
Yes, but you've showed us an upside down manhole!
Nice job, but why is it shaped like a baking tray?
+Stephen Bradshaw theee are other flatter ones like this: bit.ly/2APRJJO
But it would've been too low for our finishing level, so thought it would be best for a tray to fill with gravel to blend it with the drive.
A good channel to watch for Landscaping tips etc is the guys at matipo landscape & Design on RUclips!
Thanks :)
What is that hole for?
erm i think your "old bed sheet" has red on it. :)
Lol, I've used this for so many fence spray paint jobs 😂
Good job but you didn't use a level??
It's a gravel driveway. If it was blockpaving, then yes, I would've done.
Did the sheets wash ok?😂
Wow, fantastic women, you make me inch now , going to change mine next week.
Good luck! 😀
I need the carpenter daughter, is anyone here ?
I've had an idea why don't you make me a toy box I'm in the uk I can use it on my channel xx
Err…Spirit level??
Eyeballing is surely good enough with gravel.
Lol
women working 🙁
You'll be left in the dust while the rest of us evolve if you can't handle a woman working.
@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK I can handle but i don't want you to do such hard work
@@TheCarpentersDaughterUK Do you think men/women will evolve to be as strong as apes ie.4/5 times stronger say.
Not a spirit level in sight 😆
If it looks right... it is right
What is that hole for?
Easy access if there's a blockage from the sink etc when the water drains away.