Recent content by sleptwithatradesman

Thanks Frank.

I have a wooden garage at the bottom of my garden 6m x 3m approx. resting on a bed of either soil or hardcore (or a mixture of both). Needless to say the plywood floor is rotten and the whole thing is beginning to sink into the ground. The garage fronts onto a side road, and the rest of the...

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Thanks. Will I need to prime it again after rubbing it down or can I go put Satin wood on it? It's had 2 coats of the primer. cheers

Hi, I made a unit using 18mm MDF. I primed some of it (I ran out of the Dulux MDF primer I was using!) using this stuff: http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint-woodcare/primers-undercoats/primers___undercoats/Diall-All-Surface-Primer-and-Undercoat-White-250ml-12858564?skuId=13369271 Some...

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footprints: Can I use the same mortar for sticking down the slabs that will level off, the Edging bricks and the pointing? cheers

Cheers for the replies Gents. Read a bit on that site but still unsure if edging the patio needs the edging bricks to be haunched in concrete or not and if so on a bed of what? I've read a couple of things today. 1 saying it can't be done on a bed of Hardcore and another saying it's not...

I'm after some advice on rejigging my garden. The garden I've acquired is a concrete and slab jungle. I have a little one so I want to put down some turf for the good weather. I also want to keep a paved seated area. It currently looks like this: There's a wooden garage at...

OK thanks, I was afraid of that. A gap it is.

Hi, I'm planning the landscaping of my garden at the moment. Just now it is a mixture of old slabs and concrete. I have a wooden garage at the bottom of the garden with a concrete path running alongside. This path leads to a wall bizzarely and a bit of it is at the sunny corner of the...