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In exactly the same way that the battens at the edge of the panel work. Wedges are extending the side of the panel so that it reaches into the recess in the fence post.

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Surely it depends on how near the top the OP can get. A single wedge 6" away from the bottom will be a problem. But one there, another two boards up and another a further two boards will limit the leverage and may be sufficient..

I bought some boards that were indoors but had been stored outside until they were soaked. I did pick over and got the least worst but they were still bad. I separated them to let them dry and, out of curiosity, I weighed them every few days. At the start they were 20kg and it took 49 days for...

The gap narrows lower down so it could be wedged in the bottom half. Of course that leaves the top of the panel unconstrained, whether that is acceptable is up to the OP.

I know that this is a bit of a bodge but it is possible (in some cases is basically the only option) and it can be easy & effective. My garden is on the side of a steep valley and the ground is quite loose, i.e. liable to move. On one boundary the previous owner (a professional builder) put a...

Checkatrade and like sites are paid advertising , i.e. the firm pays to be included. So that is of limited, if any, use. Also firms' own websites are hardly reliable, they have an incentive to remove any unflaattering reviews.

You can use a drain cover like this https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-drain-guard-black-305mm/78832 to reduce the splashing. That is just an example. As your RWP is in the corner you may need to use a couple of bends https://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-92-5-round-offset-bend-black-68mm/53298...

I suspect that the block is built on a hill (or at least a significant slope) and where the building is, is now a sudden drop rather than a slope. If my suspicion above is correct, I wonder if this area was intended to slope just a bit downwards to the ground that is level with it. It may...

I have something similar, not really possible to scrape out gutter, and mine is basically under a mature beech that sheds loads of mast. What I do (once or twice a year) is to 'blast' all the debris out with a hose. Starting near (12" away?) from the outlet and wash that part clear, then...

Far from an expert but what I have read is that there is a switch and the user is supposed to set it to the right position depending on where the vehicle is being used. Since I read about people 'forgetting' to change it to 4 mph when they are on a pavement I have paid a bit of attention and...

There are different sorts of fencing. Solid panels like this https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Dip-Treated-Overlap-Fence-Panel---6-x-6ft/p/540053 which is what @Scally-Ho was referring to. They are attached to fence posts, often posts that have a slot on each side. What you have is feather edge...

Yes & no. I have a number of Lidl cordless tools and when they had a cordless chainsaw I got one. On the day they came on sale I was in the car and on my way home I went to a branch two, maybe three, miles from home, and there was no sign of most of the tools nor the batteries. I asked and...

Yes but they are not cheap, partly because the only ones I have seen come from the US. Here are 30º & 45º versions https://store.woodsmith.com/collections/tools/products/30-staking-tool https://store.woodsmith.com/products/45-post-pointer-xl If you have thousands (tens of thousands?) of...

Me neither. In my neighbour's case, I think you have to do something more than just leave the key in the lock and close the door but not much more. It was a new-ish door (and lock) and their SiL (not familiar with it) managed to lock them out very easily. This type of lock is so 'secure' that...

This happened to a near neighbour of mine. Fortunately they had an upstairs window a tiny bit ajar, so they borrowed a ladder from me, unhooked the window and climbed in.

Because they think we are pigs! I have heard that robins have learned to follow pigs / boars around, when the latter root around in the ground it disturbs the soil which exposes the worms etc that the robins eat. So when we do anything that is the equivalent of disturbing the soil (digging...

I have a Stihl petrol chainsaw but it was a bit of a faff getting it out when I only wanted to make one or two cuts. So when Lidl had a battery powered one I bought it, I already had a number of compatible batteries. Now it is the one that I mainly use. It is definitely less powerful and...

I was going to use the same example but refer to it as oxidane to make it a bit more obscure, but I went with NaCl instead. Yes, but no. It depends on how well attached to the surface the moss is. We have a very tatty, tarmac front yard which I treated early this year, see...

No bewilderment at all here. But you seem unable to accept that someone has a different view from you. And you also seem to rely mainly if not totally on dogmatic statements with nothing to back them up. And has rightly been regarded as, at very best, fiction by anyone with an interest in...