To bury him under the patio

Why are you not going to do it? I offered you an alibi!

I like the tent idea. Put him in it without a sleeping mat. He should be so uncomfortable he’ll do anything to sort out his snoring.

If CPAP is not working, his mask doesn't fit properly/is the wrong sort of mask for him, he needs to go back to the sleep clinic and get that sorted.

I've just changed my mask from a full face (over the nose and mouth) to a 'over the mouth but up under the nose' job and by using a cover over the lower half but pulling it back over the nose part, so teh silicone only touches my nose, I have got rid of the 'face hugger' sensation that was causing me to rip it off in the night and the 'its slipping off' sensation that the full cover was causing.

Point is, you DO have to play around with these things - I have also started taping my mouth shut (single vertical strip, more a reminder to keep it shut than physically stopping air going in my mouth) which has helped massively.

OP the poll is in your favour, do you need to borrow a shovel?
In all honesty, invest in earplugs, try different types. Get him back to the sleep clinic as well, it sounds like he needs ti use the machine you referred to, and not take it off!

I bought the Quiet 2 Plus. Cost £35 including postage. You need to try the different sized earbud fittings to get the right fit and also twist them one they’re in so you get the sound sealed out (they have a video that shows you have to do this, it’s v easy). You might need to give them a try for a couple of night to get used to the feeling of them but honestly, I love them.

Why can't he book into a B&B?

What does he say when you raise with him that you are miserable, exhausted and your health is suffering?

You have my sympathy OP.

Me and DH have had separate bedrooms for 2.5 years for this very reason!

We live in a 3 storey house with him being on the bottom floor, I’m on the middle and the children are on the third. As the children are two floors above him they thankfully can’t hear him, whereas I still can. I have to fall asleep to the noise of the TV each night because if my room is silent all I can hear is him snoring from the floor below.

He hates having separate rooms but he won’t go to the GP about it either.

But he can whinge all he likes as I am not sacrificing my sleep.

Leave your dh to sort your ds. Let him struggle as it’s the only way he will learn

then go to bed and leave him to it

at night Imwould tell dh he is sleeping on the couch, wear earplugs in the bedroom and try and sleep

Which ones do you use?

Loop earplugs have been a game changer for me. I was at the end of my tether with my snoring husband too. He didn’t believe just how loud he was until I recorded him. Absolutely dreadful. Add in peri sleep issues and I was on my knees. So in a fit of fury I forked out more than I should have done on some Loop earplugs. First time I tried them I didn’t like them at all. But I persevered and now I hardly feel them but wow, they make a huge difference. In fact one night I had to touch my husband to check he was still breathing it cut out so much noise.

I second trying snorban mouthguard. My partner sounded like a jackhammer. Even on boozy boys trips he was banished to the sofa. After trying everything we could find, I was getting desperate. But snorban for him has been a game changer, combined with silicone earplugs for me. I very rarely decamp to the spare room these days!

Obviously I'm suffering from SOH failure, but I don't find joking about DV funny.

I have a similar problem - I've tried many ear plugs and have found these to be the best. Still need the occasional elbow in the ribs to get them to roll over though. www.amazon.co.uk/3MTM-RTM-Classic-Ear-Plugs/dp/B019YMITCU/ref=pd_sim_d_sccl_3_1/259-8258726-8264769?

Try this

https://www.iqoro.com/what-is-iqoro/

It's perfect camping weather at the moment and people are always wanting to get rid of tents on local Facebook pages. Stick it up in the garden for a week and you get first dibs on either the bed or the tent.

My husband had sleep apnea. He saw a private ENT doctor after the GP thought it was to do with his nostrils. They said his tonsils were too large and he had them removed. Instant fix. I know that's probably unusual but must be the case for some men. He has started snoring again now and again if he lies on his back but the apnea has gone.

My husband is the same (hospital have him a c-pap machines but he kept taking it off in his sleep) and now uses special mouth tape and nasal strips (which open up his nasal passages) and this combined generally seems to work. I think he buys them from Amazon. The mouth strips are black and the nasal tape are plaster coloured. He says he can feel the difference in his throat the next day after when he wears them - it's all to do with breathing properly through the nose, not the mouth. We used to sleep separately as it was disturbing my sleep so much

Failing that, one of those mosquito zapping racquets applied to his testicles every time he wakes you up might help

It’s too difficult to start digging now. You need to wait until it has rained substantially.

This is terrible advice.

Everyone knows you'll need a pickaxe to breakup the hardcore after it's been compressed.

What struck me was that you say dh struggles to cope with ds alone.
Well he needs to learn to cope. Take yourself off when he gets in from work telling him you are exhausted after being kept awake by his snoring. Go and lie down, read, go on mumsnet! Anything but get some you time. Then wake him him when he snores. Make it his problem to solve.

Have seen the sleep apnea diagnosis @Sadmummy3 but have they also ruled out any issues with his nose? DH was a terrible snorer and GP was going down the apnea route (even though he didn’t have associated conditions) but we badgered for an ENT referral and turned out the snoring was being caused by him being physically unable to breathe through his nose while lying down. One small nose op later, he’s a changed man and I’m sleeping like a baby.