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On that basis, a cover that extended 6 foot up the post would mean that it would rot c. 6'6" in the air. Will capillary action take the water up that far? Have you ever used these protector sleeves? I doubt that John (@Burnerman) would recommend them if he had not done so.

But only if the post is allowed to have sufficient water & oxygen. And that can only happen in a relatively narrow height band. The OP's second post refers to a thread, which may well be the one where I posted this...

So how would the "one 240V tool" do the four different jobs that my tools will do? And how much would a 100 metre (or more) extension lead cost? As that is what I would need to get power from my house to the corner of my garden. And if it is "mains power again all round" why is that you...

Phew! So I'm off the hook. When I bought two (Lidl) cordless tools I bought four batteries and two chargers, on the basis that the batteries will eventually die. Also if I only had one charger then if it stops working, for whatever reason, then all of the kit would be useless. Since then I...

I thought he had replaced the children. At least that is what I thought meant. ;)

As I said, I have no idea how reasonable a concern it is. You say that all the comments listing the various problems with BEVs are propaganda, I think they show why BEVs are not appropriate as a mass market solution but they are being forced on the country exactly as a mass market solution...

As I said I have never used them, but it does inspire some confidence. And that is the purpose of a guarantee, you don't want to claim on it. Well, there are bound to be some sensible limits; e.g. you must have fitted it tight to the surface. More limiting is that, somewhere on the site, I saw...

I have only seen press pieces, not any thing with real numbers so I have no idea how serious a concern it is. AFAIUI, the argument is as follows, BTW all the numbers are illustrative. Many MS car parks were designed / built decades ago when the average saloon/hatchback family car was 1,400kg...

What I think is being referred to is this https://www.postsaver.com/ or something similar. The idea is that no drying is needed as the vulnerable area (just above ground & 6" under) is wrapped to prevent it getting wet. This is done with an outer layer of plastic and an inner layer of bitumen...

That is one of the methods this is done. On our grandfather clock moving the minute hand backwards to about the nine moves the chime mechanism on one hour; there is a little click more felt than heard when that position is reached. Doing that advances the chime mechanism and then moving the...

And what happens to weeds sprayed with non-Roundup glyphosate?

That should be, 'On the plan, if there is a 'T' then the land that it is on indicates who is responsible for the boundary". AFUIUI it was not common to mark this on land plans until the 1970s and is far from universal even now.

Depends on how much material there is, when it falls in the gutter it has to go somewhere. I had plastic ones of those in the top of a couple of downpipes but there are lots of trees here, and ones with large leaves. Quite soon the gutter outlet had accumulated enough mass to push the gutter...

Most of the things mentioned there have glyphosate as the active ingredient, which is no surprise as it one of a very few that are available for DIY use. If you are going to use a glyphosate based weedkiller then all that matters is that the %age of glyphosate present is at the correct level...

I don't know about those products. For in formation on what I have successfully used, see https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/moss-on-tarmac-footpath-outside-the-home.606328/#post-5417150

@JohnW2 I notice that you swerved my comments about the building trade becoming significantly less dangerous, specifically less fatal. Hence mass use products (and practises) have to designed for a population that includes stupid people. So tools that require two hands away from the cutting...

That is not how I (a DIY-er) would cut something with a chainsaw. First I would cut out a wedge (a third to 40% of the way through the diameter) on the side towards which you want the trunk to fall. Then I'd make a horizontal cut opposite the wedge cut, stopping as soon as the trunk starts...

In the 1980s I shared a flat with a chap who ran building sites. He had started on civils (six years on the Thames Barrier) and moved on to construction. In his career there had already been a significant improvement in the attitude to safety and a resulting decrease in injuries & deaths. It...

But that amounts to the same thing. I had to dispose of some asbestos cement sheets from our previous house (and a different London council) some years ago. They put me on to the Corporation of the City of London and the chap I spoke to was willing to talk and explained the position...

OP, you quoted @Alec_t saying "Another typo" but did not respond. You changed 'end of July', which means last year, to 'end of June' which still means last year. I'm not an expert but there seems to be new growth in both those areas. Define 'properly'. It seems to have recent growth all over...