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    Who owns this fence? (Ed.)

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

    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
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    Led strip for uplighting

    I've never been to the Indian Ocean, didn't realise they had 2 gang sockets over there
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    Best Stanley Knife or Equivalent?

    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...
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    Best Stanley Knife or Equivalent?

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

    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
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    Garden gate latch repair

    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...
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    Removing stains from wood

    Depending on the surface, paint over the top, or a sheet of vinyl (sticky back plastic)?
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    Which size allen key bolt do I need?

    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...
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    Which size allen key bolt do I need?

    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...
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    Question about outdoor solar lights

    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
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    Old Metal Garage or Dunster House Type Build for Office Man Cave.

    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
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    Old Metal Garage or Dunster House Type Build for Office Man Cave.

    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
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    Quad Bike ?

    Half a quad bike:
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    Quad Bike ?

    Quad trike:
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    Incoming Power cable - How much movement is possible underground (Ed.)

    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.
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    Garden Gate

    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...
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    Rubber corner guard needed for outdoor wall

    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...
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    4 inch concrete slab for garage

    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...
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    Christmas lights removing the control box

    It was good old Big Clive where I learnt it
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