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    Solar garden lighting

    Sorry about that, try this and follow links for 'solar security lighting' www.ferndale-lodge.co.uk
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    Solar garden lighting

    Try this company raynot01 www.ferndalelodge.co.uk/wwwroot/results0.cfm?cat=28&search=4&RAND=0.55774541
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    Box hedge help

    Long may you continue to reply to posts Thermo, as this is a free forum, and I enjoy reading your posts :wink: See you soon, and don't take it too seriously! :(
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    Box hedge help

    Prove this fact thermo! It's the other way around. Young plants are very susceptible to drought, heat, and damage. Think in terms of 'babies' and 'adults', would you shove a baby out into the cold? Plants grown on for 2-3 seasons are best buys, as past the worst dangers. You need to...
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    Box hedge help

    Thermo How could you hurt my feelings so much :lol: To say I put people down, don't have good intentions, tone of venom, I'm shocked! sorry but check my post history, there's no malice at all. You need to check your dictionary, to define the difference between 'criticising' and 'constructive...
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    Box hedge help

    Well Thermo! you've thrown your dummy out the pram good and proper this time :lol: Just remember what makes a good forum: advice, debate, comment, criticism, a bit of prodding. Forums shouldn't be just stale advice. Scoby_Beasly: you should of left the post in tact, as you clearly know...
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    Box hedge help

    What a load of tosh :lol: A £1 plant will be on the compost heap in 12 months! "Buy cheap, and it will be on the heap" remember that saying! Spending money on established plants will pay you back in years to come. Most plants from diy sheds, are looked after by school kids, who wouldn't...
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    Where to buy Wooden Gates

    unfortunately not, but the catalogue shows you how to measure up, and work out what size of gates you need. Installing gates was hard work, but well rewarding. You have to be able to measure well with a tape measure, and get the post distance just right allowing for gate expansion etc, and...
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    Where to buy Wooden Gates

    Bought my 8 x 6 gates from Cannock, 3 years ago. Well made, strong, and treated right, will last for years. Cost me £400 the pair, but money well spent, as an estate agent said it added about £2K extra to house price. I used oak 9" x 9" post, expensive, but worth it; looks fantastic. I could...
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    Carpet Stone

    Thermo, I don't want to rain on your parade.....but I wish you would stop being 'all things to all men' and stick to what you know best. Grouting in!.......it's a landscape product! not floor tiles. Anyway Kat74 Carpet stones made by 'Bradstone' first class product, but expensive. Laid...
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    Trimming Conifers

    The tallest x Cupressocyparis leylandii in the U.K, is currently 125ft tall and still growing onwards and upwards! Do you think a 125ft tall tree can manage with 30ft (25%) of roots? I don't think so! root growth depends on soil type and tree variety. As I said in last post roots can...
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    Burglar alarms this time...

    What stupid advice! It's not the piezo that produce the high current, it's the strobe! cut the wire to this as it's flashing, and you'll be thrown off the ladder, streight into an ambulance! mrmark Take my advice....get an alarm co to do it for you professionally. Alternatively....take the...
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    moss problem on Kent lawn

    Sorry it's taken so long to get back! The best garden books are usually the simplist. When I was at college, I spent a fortune on horticultural books. But now belive it or not, if i'm not familiar with a garden problem, my first port of call, I look in my £4-99, 'The pocket garden troubles...
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    To P or Not to P

    . Not quite a disaster, just a blown fuse in the 13amp plug. Not if the owner gets fed-up changing the fuse, and puts in a bit of wire. Seen this done before! I've heard Part.P will be given a honeymoon period by the authorities, but not officially if you get my drift! Joe public...
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    moss problem on Kent lawn

    What you have to remember moss is a symptom of a run down lawn. The only way to effectively rid moss is to find the cause. This can be many things...over acidity, waterlogging, compaction of soil, too much shade, too freely draining soil. There are about 3-4 types of moss each has it's own...
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    To P or Not to P

    Suppose the house is sold, and the new owner decides it's cold in the shed, and puts 2 x 3Kw electric fires in there. Plus the lighting and what ever else fills the other 6 sockets left. This is a recipe for disaster. This sort of stuff justifies the existence of part.P :(
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    Slippery Decking

    In the past I've solved this problem by either removing overhanging trees causing the build up of alge, or Hire a staple gun and stapled chicken wire to the decking. Chicken wire looks industrial afterwards, but solved the problem! You can buy special grip like sandpaper, applied direct to...
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    Positioning intruder PIR's

    Alarms work on low voltage, and full of sensitive CMOS chips, so any a/c induced voltage will trigger the alarm panel. ID chips are programmed individually so they can't trigger the alarm unless it sends it's identity. I was once called to a house the electrician had run the alarm cable with...
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    killing lylandi trees

    You can buy it from horticultural supplies or farmers supplies. It's not cheap about £15 for a 500ml container. Because it's a poison you may have to prove your identity! I can't explain to you why summer on this short reply, but take it from me, try it in winter and it will fail. Be...
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    Positioning intruder PIR's

    One important thing!.......don't run alarm cable next to mains a/c cable! Or you will have lots of false alarms.
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