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I guess you could then go down there and look at the bottom of peoples shoes ? WRS

Collect up into a big pile and arrange in a pleasing way Marinate in 2 gallons of petrol for 2 minutes Ignite using a match tied to a very long stick Flambe garden waste ...... done ! WRS

Hi Looks like a very unusual project ... don't you worry a bit about the weight of the water ? A liter of water weighs 1 Kg so you are going to have a lot of it up there ! Unless you are very careful I would imagine you may well have a very serious case of ' fish on the head ' ! WRS

Hello Is there a reason why the timber needs to be small ? Its not expensive and as you mention Grannies are quite valuable. I would stick in three 9 x 3 joists as they wont bow, wont break overkill is better ( and considerably easier ) than fishing out an elderly relative as they can get...

Johnd Thanks again, joints are nice and full ( with mud ! ) so think that maybe the best thing I can do is to try and get this out and refill with a sand / weedkiller mix ... Dont know really as this is going to be a persistent problem ... I see lots of drives in good condition / no weeds...

Hi there We had a similar problem with blue chalk ground into our brand new cream carpet ... could not get it out ! Called Service Master and they took about 10 minutes to get it all out ! - Perfect ! Suggest leaving anything like this to the experts as they seem to have the right stuff...

Would be very careful .... the plasterboard is not very strong at all and could easily tear ... can you fix into the metal frame ? It should be easy to find with a detector and will also be pretty strong. Our office has this type of walls and we have hung radiators on it by finding the...

Johnd Thanks for reply, is the pathclear any better than the sodium chlorate ? I have used tone of is and the weeds seem to love it ! The area is quite big and so its costing me a fortune as well ! The mud I think is from the bits off the trees ( I only bought the house a year ago so...

Hi ... I have a large block paved drive area that is dirty / weedy / generally not very nice ... Main problem is that we have trees over part of the drive. Seem to have what looks like mud basically between the blocks and it provides the perfect base for a great collection of weeds ! The...