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Assuming that there is some drainage, then if the gaps between the slabs are filled with sand, when it rains the sand will be washed out and down the drain.

I have lots of mature trees near me (including field maples which have very large leaves) and in one area the offset would clog regularly, causing the gutter to overflow the next time it rained. I removed the offset and put in a downpipe from the outlet to a hopper. In the bottom of the hopper...

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is for use on lawns and should not be used on paving as it will stain them. For hard surfaces like patios then something containing benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is the appropriate product. That includes Patio Magic (which I have used) and Wet & Forget (which I haven't). The branded products are...

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Maybe even an aerial. ;)

Certainly does. This is a UK site and lots of things are different between the two countries, building regulations, availability of products, product names (not brand names but the names of the actual material), building techniques, etc. I am not a roofer and someone on this site may be able to...

If the existing post is concreted in place then I think that you could attach a bolt down post holder https://www.builderdepot.co.uk/metpost-100mm-x-100mm-post-support-bolt-down-system-2 to it, using concrete screws. Into that you would put a new post and bolt the new post to the existing...

If the type and location of their gully looks the same as yours, could you, with permission of course, try putting a drain rod down their one and see where it goes? Even if the bill is correct it may not be informative. If all the surface water goes into soakaways then you get a discount, but...

A properly functioning drain, of any sort, will empty immediately. The fact that it did not means it is blocked. However the fact that the water eventually went away means that it is not totally blocked. As you say you can see soil in it, it is most likely that the water has gradually percolated...

Some stuff I suspect comes from 'tradesmen' who, for whatever reason, do not remove their rubbish. The two half full bags of sand I mentioned is an example. Since then I have remembered a couple of empty paint containers. Our garden is on the side of a valley and when the houses below ours were...

Patio Magic and Wet & Forget are basically dilute forms of benzalkonium chloride. Something like 7 or 8% and you dilute it down to 1 or 2%. I bought a lot of BAC 50, which is a 50% solution of benzalkonium chloride. I recently did my driveway, see...

Lots of litter: - Some obviously blown in. - Some presumably brought in by foxes. - Some buried in the past. This includes lots of glass, rubble, metal, bags of rubbish. Most extreme was probably two half full bags of sand, which much have been old as they were cwt! Them as well both from next...

is mostly surfactants, and BAC is used, inter alia, as a surfactant. I've no idea is that is the mechanism by which it kills moss.

No real idea about sandstone, I have only used it on tarmac. But I would be rather surprised if it bleached anything, as that is not the mechanism by which it kills moss, etc. You could try it on an inconspicuous area. FYI, I sprayed my front yard last Friday (5th) when it looked like this...

Indeed. I have an established one on my boundary that is due a 'haircut'. When I have done this in the past I have shredded what I cut off whilst wearing new leather gloves. At the end my hands had load of tiny marks on them where the thorns had just penetrated the gloves and made tiny pinpricks...

That seems to be the case. Someone in the local residents association often checks developments in the area to see that they match the approved plans and when he tells the planning officers it is the first they have heard of it.

This is true and is why I said When cutting off growth from the rear one you need to keep at it. But it will be at ground level and thin so can be taken off with a pair of secateurs.