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i suppose a good idea is to use those garden fabric things to weed doesnt grow out of it?

Hi guys, Quick question regarding leaving a gap of say 10cm from the wall of the house to the our paving slabs, i'm looking to fill this gap with either pea shingles or similar stones, its below the damp course. This is fine right? I'm looking to leave approx 10cms or more because there...

Hi guys, Hopefully this should be an easy fix but thought i check with you guys first! Pics to follow tonight! ok so we have a toilet overflow pipe coming out of the wall to the front of the house, i've noticed the bricks directly below it were wet (approx 8 bricks in height wide at the...

perfect! I think these will be excellent as not all fences are the same height. now how do i secure it to the ground? thanks the help so far!

Hi guys, I'm slowly digging up the soil in the garden to redo the original small patio, I'm leveling it from the garden door outwards as i dont want it any higher but must slope slightly for rain water. The problem is, I think the side fences (neighbours fence left and right) will leave a...

Apart from wickes, where should I go to these mot 1 sub base? And how much jumbo bags you think I'll need. Trying to do it as cheap as possible but without too bode as its me and my family helping

Looking at these but not decided http://www.wickes.co.uk/buxton-buff-paving-450x450-pk60/invt/220361/ Been getting mixed reviews about the sub base. Does it have to be a mot 1 bsb like from wickes or is there a cheaper option with sand??

We've dug the stump out finally, took a few hours but it's out. Most of the roots went side ways rather then going down into the ground. One part of the thick root went into the neighbours side so we just cut it to the fence. Now it's time to level the floor and think what I need to compact...

yes, i did the exact same for a rose tree which was much smaller, had to start digging outwards so I could get the damn thing out! just left the small roots in as it goes under the old patio. Will prob come out once i start lifting those

haha, yes indeed! well, its going to be proper old school cow boy way, a few shovels, saw etc, tea and biscuits at the ready with some f and blinding sessions lol thanks for help all! will post pics up when its done after the weekend.

i'm more worried about the roots, we're going to dig it up as we dont have a stump grinder, theres 3-4 of us so shouldnt be too hard. so after i take out most of the stump, would the roots not grow back? if not, when the roots die, do you think they are thick enough to cause any damage to the...

Hi guys, A friend told me to check with the pros but its sort of too late but thought I'd still check. The house i bought has this tree in the garden, the tip is as high as the upstairs windows, we've cut this down as we are going to lay patio across the the garden. only the stump is left...

Hi all, I want to lay new paving slabs in my garden, probably from the house to approx mid way into the garden, then finish the rest off with grass. I want to know what materials i need for the foundation and what depth? Do i need Granular Sub Base MOT1 at approx 75mm then what do i...

I had a look and I think it's just 1 brick. Is this still safe to install a wall bracket for a 20-30kg bag? Also my weight for chin ups using the above bracket?

i'm not sure where to check, the wall i want is actually the side of my house. the door to get into the garage is 1 or 2 brick thing from memory but those arent the walls the bracket will be fitted on. I'm not at home at the moment but the pattern on the brick indicated I can have cavity...

i guess its too much of a risk installing on the rafters as I dont want the roof to fall! Ok what about getting a wall bracket? I'm looking at this one which can hold 200kg (has chin up bar too)...

Well the bag wasn't going to be left hanging when not in use, prob in use 2 hours daily. Yea I'll see if someone can give me another opinion. I don't mind adding wood ontop but not under as the lights are in the way.

Just about understood that lol So you think the current 1 plank across the 5/6 rafters is not good enough? So can someone in layman turns tell me what I need to do, if it's too much work just to hang a 20-30kg bag when it's in use then I might consider getting a standalone mount but don't...

Hi guys, I'm looking to get a punch bag and hang it on the ceiling joist area, I havent bought the bag yet but looking between 20-40kg bag. This is what my garage ceiling look like: Ceiling joists are 3.5cm width, 8cm height and approx 5m length each but it seems its 4m + 1m as...

i dont think a satelite dish will work for freeview, freesat yes but not freeview. Either way, I've bought a 4 way amplifier splitter from amazon, will try the short way of ampping the bedroom one to go downstairs. If that fails, I'll need to split it at the loft aerial and bring it back...