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Thanks, why does it have to be the other way round?

Hello, I've never done any guttering before myself, but was thinking I might be able to tackle the problem I am having with my garden cabin - when the guttering was previously installed either it wasn't done properly or the flex of the cabin caused it to warp... I'm thinking probably just that...

As much as I dislike them, I won't be a wasp murderer - don't want their blood on my hands. Hoping for a peaceful resolution to this, was thinking just get rid of the food source and they will move on, but just need a clear area to do so without provoking any attacks

Problem is a 3 year old... And also I'd like to cut the lawn too at some point Another concern would be that we have a garden cabin and a shed right next to it all, so I don't want hungry wasps looking for a B&B after they've had their fill

Hello, we have an apple tree in our garden that should have been pruned and cut back but wasn't done properly and has led to an over abundance of apples that fall from the tree in our garden I tried to pick up as many as I can and my misses is too lazy to help, so therefore we are besieged by...

I was sanding because the surface was very rough - the furniture had many cracks due to weathering and neglect so I filled these with wood filler and sanded to make a smooth surface so nobody got splinters in their butt I wondered if it needed sanding back again because I already used teak oil...

Would that offer better protection and would I need to sand it all back first before applying?

I've sanded down, filled the cracks with wood filler and sprayed Bartoline teak oil and rubbed it in on some very weathered garden furniture on the advice from my local DIY store - but think I have made a mistake... You can see the original wood in the picture below, does anyone know what type...

Yeah, the shed is set further back in the garden, away from the tree - we moved it there from the other side of the garden. We had no involvement in the tree proximity to the fence, according to local history it is one of the last or only surviving apple trees of an orchard that used to be...

This bush has grown alongside the apple tree since before we moved into our house 4 years ago - lately it has grown vertically up the fence but at the back as you can see in the photo it's thinned out whereas before there used to be a lot of leaves I trimmed the top of it earlier today to try...

Unfortunately not, its never really gone away - I tried using a scourer, jet wash, fairy liquid, wire brush etc. but you can still see the outline of it and I think where I have scrubbed its chipped away some of the resin The whole drive is in a bit of a state to be honest, a lot of weeds have...

Thanks The cabin is very warm with the electric heaters we have, the walls feel warm until you get to the bottom of the wall and the temp is good its just the draught problem which seems to be an issue, hence my thought to better insulate the floor. I've noticed there is some draught coming in...

Damn. I was hoping it might of done something at least. The nature of the cabin walls makes it difficult to put any permanent insulation fixing on because of the flex and movement of the walls. I'm all out of ideas now

It's heated by 2 wall mounted Princess and Devola electric heaters which are sending heat up into the roof not outwards, so it gets warm pretty quickly but there is always a cool draft around your feet and the heat will dissipate fairly soon after the radiators go off Its got 45mm walls and I...

Hello, I have a garden log cabin with interlocking timbers - the floor and roof were supplied with insulation I was told but still losing a lot of heat from cold air rising from the flooring. Currently inside the cabin, the flooring appears to be hard wood and we have put a load of foam...

Damn, so annoying - every time I look at it now it bothers me! Obviously would of painted the rest of the shed to spruce up a bit Perhaps I could get some white spirit and brush onto the bitumen to try and clear some of it off...

Hi I did my shed roof yesterday but got a bit carried away with bitumen glue over the nails used to fix the felt to the roof as you can see... My thinking was to smother the overlap with glue and the bit on the top to make it all weatherproof as possible but regret doing this as the glue looks...

Thanks, bit nervous about taking a wire brush to the resin in case it damages further - I've got a wire brush I use for cleaning my files and rasps but the wire is pretty thick and sturdy How about a metal washing up scourer?

Hello all, we have just had a resin driveway done and just a few weeks after being completed a delivery guy has dropped a pallet of stones off for us and one of the stones has been dragged across the driveway and left a white mark which just doesn't go away - Its been rained on numerous times...

I didn't notice it being so, but now I'm worried - will check it out, we have insulation between the joists which is the minimum recommended and we recently had the loft boarded but the boards were laid directly onto the joists instead of on risers...