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Simple garden shed (3m x 1m) Haven't received any useful advice from Stratco - so trying to come up with a few silly solutions. e.g. dig a hole into crushed granite base, fill with concrete, thread a metal U pin over the shed flooring and into the concrete hole But perhaps there are some...

@Madrab Exactly right - just moving the tap sort of speak. Definitely a few spots to either 1.5m left/right and I can affix the fixture onto a timber fencing post (plenty of support).

Is there anything I can do at the outlet, if i can unscrew the tap itself? Without needing to dig into ground and finding that horizontal? Cheers @Madrab

Cheers @terryplumb

Hi all I have a garden tap at the rear of my backyard (copper pipe coming out of ground) that I need to move to make way for a shed. Initially I thought I could put the shed right up tight against the pipe, but access to turn on/off would be a problem. I'd like to move the water tap a meter to...

thanks @Diver Fred Are you suggesting to keep it as a V shape as that will ensure the overall structure remains strong whilst majority of bricks being removed? Any issues with my approach if I just go brick by brick top down in a 360 degree rotation sort of speak? many thanks

Hi guys I want to knock down a single skin brick shed in our backyard. It's approx. 3m³ all up. Problem is this: it's about 30cm away from the neighbours fenceline at the back of our property, and the neighbour has a pool on the other side that's within a meter. I'm petrified that if I start...

thanks @DAZB is it sometimes replaced with an asbestos sheet instead? The plane of the sheet isn't straight - but perhaps that's the trait of a slate stone? thank you

Hi guys Just looking at the state of my chimney - some prior work has been done - but noticing some of the mortar missing. Is this at danger of collapsing with high winds? And is the cement (?) sheet at the top of it likely an asbestos sheet or something else possibly? Unfamiliar with...