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Many Thanks, I will stick with 200mm concrete screws. I guess it will be a challenge to get the header sleeper square. I dont actually need it, it was just for a framed look. So if I cannot get it square I will just leave it out. Standing the posts on the pipes is a good idea. I will do it...

I have a few 2.4m 100x200 oak sleepers which I would like to use as gate posts to hang a 6ft x 4ft heavy duty gate using two 600mm hook and band hinges. One side is a brick garden wall and the sleeper will be attached to a pier. The other side is a concrete block wall with 25mm foam...

I moved into my house a year ago could not afford to do the front garden/driveway. I can park my car on the street easily so driveway is not urgent. However I urgently need a path to my front door. Currently I have used rubber mats on weed membrane to have a straight path to the door. Below it...

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As part of recent refurbishment, we installed an open riser staircase like in the picture but in a narrow hallway which leads to the rear extension with nice garden views through a bi-fold patio door. The idea was that when we open the front door, the stairs don't block the view and make the...

That was brilliant. Much appreciate the effort to pull that post together! Looks like something I could reasonably manage. Off to order the diamond saw

Thanks JobAndKnock. That sounds like something I could try. I don't know much about drills - is a diamond hole saw something that can be used with a standard powered drill?

Thanks Mr Chibs. I do not understand why we need the 45° cuts?

After our kitchen worktop is installed I expect to have a couple of offcuts of marble style quartz. Rather than waste it, we have asked the fabricators to polish 3 edges and give us the offcuts - each of which are 900mm by 300mm I would like to convert these to hallway tables that sit against a...

That looks great albeit a bit expensive. Will investigate it if it avoids having to fit an extra tap. Thanks

Looking for a water softener and Harvey and Kinetico were the obvious choices based on feedback from friends and family. However, I don't need twin tanks (night regeneration is fine) so was looking at other "simpler" models - not necessarily the cheapest and once that can take tablets as well...

Thats brilliant!! Am probably gonna go with that as it means I can use a good brand.

I am refurbishing my house and will be installing a water softener (probably from BWT). I however wanted a tap in the kitchen for just drinking water that is direct from mains with no hot water (like outdoor garden taps) Are there good brand slim/compact taps available that take in just mains...

@Tigercubrider @Notch7 - thanks, I will look into this option. Fill with MOT and top off with some concrete. The block retaining wall sounds good

What is the cheapest/easiest way to build a 3m by 10m patio that stands 50cm to 60cm high on uneven clay ground? I plan to lay 600x900 or 600x600 paving slabs on top. I have planning approval for a raised patio. Some options I have considered are a hardcore base with concrete poured on top...

I am in the middle of an extension and full refurb and want to fit Air Conditioning for 3 bedrooms on 1st floor. A couple of quotes recommended a single 9KW outdoor unit to run three indoor units for the three bedrooms. The cost was between £4.5k and £7k The outdoor unit will be fitted on rear...

My rear extension is about 11 meters wide and will have a 4.8m bifold door. The rear extension floor is about 140cm above the lawn. Work on the extension is underway and funds are getting a bit tight so need some advice/ideas on how to build a raised patio and 5.8m wide steps from bifold to the...

Me and my semi-detached neighbour have an odd boundary at the rear - rather than a rectangular garden, we have a triangular one sort of like shown in the picture (red area is council owned land and green is the neighbours - the council land is unused and overgrown and no one has access to the...

Yes he is proper and has credentials etc. Locally well known but in this particular case, I realised too late that he is family friends with my neighbours. No wonder my neighbours immediately approved my recommendation to go with him. In anycase, if I had chosen someone else, they would have...

Thats very helpful. Thanks. Frustratingly, it's my own surveyor (who also acts for the neighbour) who asked for this. He actually knows the neighbour personally for several years so maybe biased :-( I will ask him to clarify if this is a party wall matter. There is no parapet/party wall going...