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well, they dont really have a use but they will act as a kind of separating wall between my table and chairs on my decking and the grassed area. they are 2.4 metres long, and will be used to kind of prevent anyone from moving chairs backwards and falling off the decking onto the lawn. i...

Hi I am wanting to stack 3 railway sleepers on top of each other. I doubt they would fall due to the weight - but to be safe I want to connect them together. What is the best way of doing this? I'm sure I saw this on a gardening programme some time ago, where some metal dowels were...

thanks guys. any advice and photos appreciated. I know i wont get many bikes under it, its mainly for my toddlers toy storage i.e. ride on car, bike (lying flat for storage) - not for adult bikes. I also need to position it next to the border so will check the height regs with planning.

no worriies about that. the house is only 1.5 metres and am only going to raise it by about half a metre.

I am wanting to buy a playhouse for my children and having found several have settled on the Mad Dash playhouse range. Ideally i would like the one on stilts as i can then box in the space underneath the playhouse and also use this for storage of bikes/ride ons etc. However, on contacting the...

Thanks Thermo. Since writing the email, it does appear to have started seeping through so thats good to know. Will carry on with the boards tomorrow.

hi all. having read some great tips and advice on this site i have set about my decking project. i am decking over the old patio and also over some new unconcreted area. I have followed all advice and now have a great deck base, levelled, raised slightly off the ground and sat upon...

(I think I have read pretty much every decking advice question on this forum but still havent found a response so am posting my own) I'm putting down a decked area size 6m (house width) by 3.6m, so am starting to build a frame. I will have to use 75 x 50 as I dont have enough room below my...

I've heard a tip from someone that when putting fence posts up, always bang in some galvanised nails into the bottom of the post (coming out of the sides) so that when you pour in the postcrete or concrete and it sets, the nails embed into the concrete. It seems to make sense - but do you guys...

I've heard a tip from someone that when putting fence posts up, always bang in some galvanised nails into the bottom of the post (coming out of the sides) so that when you pour in the postcrete or concrete and it sets, the nails embed into the concrete. It seems to make sense - but do you guys...

Sounds like a good idea. But, I dont think my neighbour will like that though (it is her fence I am replacing for her) and she wants to have the posts on the boundary and then the cant rail and featheredge on my side of the boundary like the existing one.

hi I have just purchased all the material required for a 1.8m featheredge fence. I will be using cant rails rather than arris rails. The cant rails are 47mm thick and need to be screwed into 100mm fence posts. What screws should i use for this? I was told by someone to use coach...

I am about to create a decked area at the end of my garden around 3metres x 3 metres. I have read a few posts on here that seem to provide different suggestions as to what the best way of doing this is, so have created a new topic to get your answers. My concerns with a decked area are: the...

Hmmm, ok - thanks for that.. Maybe its back to the drawing board. Doesnt sound very economical or environmentally friendly? Do you know of any other options that do not involve being able to see a electric shower box on the wall? i.e. she wants the room to be quite minimalistic and...

Hi I dont really know what I am looking for or what I need so any help would be appreciated. (I dont plan to do the work myself but want to have a rough idea of what options I have soon) My wife wants us to rip out the downstairs bathroom which currently has a bath and electric shower...

Hi all I hope you can help me with a query I have. I bought a flat 3 years ago to rent out, and having exchanged found out the boiler was shot to bits. I replaced the boiler system to an Alpha HE CB25/33, had a landlord certificate and rented the flat out. Over the past 3 years I have...

excellent - many thanks

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thanks for the help Eaton. If you've got an hour or so spare , i'm based in Cambridge ;-)

ok - thats good to know. Any ideas on what I can do to move the existing radiator feed pipe to where the spanner is? Would a JC Speedfit end stop on that pipe and then a new Speedfit T jucntion to the new rad be sufficient?