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If you were short on cash, it looks like you might be able to reuse most of the materials from the blown over fence?

I would buy 2 socket mounted lamps, point them at the map, and call it quits https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dimmable-Reading-Bedside-Flexible-Gooseneck/dp/B09SKRV17Y

I've never been to the Indian Ocean, didn't realise they had 2 gang sockets over there

A friend is a general odd job builder, I used to sometime work alongside him, his preference is fixed blade stanley knife and his storage was just leave it lying round everywhere. Loose in the cab of the van, or rolling about on the rickety scaffold tower were common places for it. He once left...

I've got one of these silverline knives that I bought about 20 years ago, and it's still going strong...

Build a little corral for them, 4 fenceposts knocked in, top and bottom rail, then vertical boards on the 3 sides. If it's really windy add a little rope across the front to stop the feckers escaping

That's the problem with the suffolk latches, especially on gates where the users aren't the person having to fix it! Gate gets slammed back and it bends the latch. You could fit a heavy auto gate latch...

Depending on the surface, paint over the top, or a sheet of vinyl (sticky back plastic)?

I'm not meaning little dusty hardware shops, I'm meaning large places supplying the trade and public. Would've thought most places will have them, but they might not be easy for joe bloggs to find. Screwfix and toolstation have a lot of basic metric fixings, but the local suppliers beat them on...

Might asswell continue this thread derail! The OP was after the fixing, not the tool. I used to have an imperial hex key set, dunno where it went, it must be kicking around somewhere! I recently got a good 2nd hand deep cycle battery with bolt down terminals. It was missing it's bolts, and to...

If you like doing diy, you could wire up your own. Large solar panel, large lead acid 12v battery, and whatever 12v dc lights you want

It's not a mega bargain, I've seen cheaper, but this would make a good man cave https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135485446089

Keep the shed as a shed. Buy a 2nd hand caravan, or panel van, or luton van, for £50-£500 Park that next to your shed, run a lead over for power, there's your man cave

Half a quad bike:

Quad trike:

My experience of SSE is they will happily come out, show you plans, give you guidance, do a cat scan, mark out where cables go etc, all for free.

I would do option 1 too. I have it in my head the hinge should be 1/3rd of the gate. So 6ft wide gate means 2ft long hinge. I would use adjustable hook and band. Why do you want a 6ft wide gate? Seems an awkward size? Too big for pedestrian use, too small for vehicles? Would it not be better...

I once fitted a vergemarker post on the corner of a house to make it less likely that vehicles would hit it. I used that as I had a spare one lying about https://uk.glasdon.com/flexmaster-r-marker-post You can make a homemade type of thing using an offcut of half round gutter and some...

Sounds a good shed, I'm nosey, put up some pics when you do it! There was a guy I met through in Aberdeenshire, he put a slightly bigger shed up himself, he had the frame made in Northern Ireland, said it was cheaper than any supplier in Scotland. The shed was 19m x 13m (62ft x 42ft) He built...

It was good old Big Clive where I learnt it