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thought I'd update you on my progress... (gulp)....... maybe should be on diy disaster page though!! Nobody mentioned I should be wary of.......... oh let me explain.... decided to cut off part of old tatty carpet and try 3 methods (2 chemical and 1 sandpaperish)... that went...

Garden boundary (hot potato!!) has a large hedge overlapping an old fence... the hedge roots are planetd on neighbours' side of hedge............. sooooooooooo if we cut back to fence that should be ok yes? Next...... onc we do this can we assume fence + f. posts are the boundaries? Last -...

Old council house (1917) - usptairs has wooden floors under carpets.... border area seems to be blackened with some stuff (tried taking off with hand sander but it almost rubberises onto sandpaper)... Question??? 1. What is this stuff? How's best to get rid of it? 2. Hoping to save...