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Watched the news a couple of days ago, with great interest in the SpaceX rocket launch/programme....... So how does the biggest, heaviest rocket ever made, after being launched and flying halfway around the world, manage to ' gently land', arse end first into the ocean ? I mean, this thing...

Hi guys, I'm looking for some advice please on the viability & tools for making your own Trellis & Lattice panels...... I've a couple of projects around the garden, and thinking of making my own Trellis panels, as well as a lattice type fence. I can get loads of 19 x 38 pressure treated wood...

Hi guys, I’m looking for a bit of advice on something I know very little about; painting an old garden boundary wall, 1950ish poured/cast concrete ‘coping’. I had the ( brick) wall itself re-dashed last year, and as an ‘extra’ the builders offered to paint the top as they worked…… Unfortunately...

Just finished ( one of my many) outdoor projects :- small summerhouse for the Domestic Manager. Ok, so not as grand as some of the other ones you guys have going on just now, but I’m pleased with it……

Hi guys, I'm patching up a bit of blown roughcasting I've removed from a brick outhouse. I've got the scratchcoat on, ( 3:1 , sand being Sharp & Buildi g 50/50) and am about to do the topcoat before I hurl the stones on.... But getting very conflicting advice re what type of sand to use ??? I...

Hi guys, Would appreciate some help with the following questions; in relation to the nice new ‘summerhouse’ ( glorified 6 x 6 shed with glass doors and long windows ) that I’ve just assembled. All T & G, and Pressure Treated….. 1. What’s the best product to seal around the glass panes ( yip...

Hi guys, over the next few days I’ll hopefully be building a ( kit) shed with a pent roof. I’m toying with the idea of ditching the supplied roofing felt ( heavy duty, polyester backed, apparently can’t rip ) and replacing it with a EPDM layer, but getting contradictory advice on how to stick...

I’m thinking of hiring a wackerplate :- any of you guys who have used one before tell me if it’s feasible/practical to lift it yourself into an estate car ? The smallest ones are about 58kg…..

So guys, I can’t get my head around this…… I’ve got several outdoor thermometers dotted around my garden ( don’t ask me why, I just do ! ). Today being very warm, I was getting an average air temperature of about 31 degrees, APART FROM a south facing red brick wall, which I’ve tied a...

Hi guys, I was going to title this thread ‘ help required with filling in a hole’ but decided against it ;) I’ve cleared an area of roughly 8ft x 7 ft, with the intention of putting a 6x6 summer house on it. It’s now excavated to about 10” below finished level, and I’ve concreted in slabs...

Hi guys, I'm trying a little roughcasting/pebbledashing for the first time, and looking for some advice. This is a brickbuilt outhouse beside my house. When the previous occupier built it in the 60's, he incorporated a ' Granite Cobbles' flower bed onto the side of it , which I've now removed...

Hi guys. I’m looking to pour a slab as a base to build a shed on. The floor size is 8ft x 8ft, and I’m guessing 6 inches deep. There’s already a small wall 2 bricks high making a natural frame……. Can I get away with mixing batches by hand in a wheelbarrow ( to save the cost / time constraints...

Hi guys, I'm about to build a lean-to onto the end of an old out-house at the bottom of my garden, and aim to roof it with see thru currugated pvc. It will be about 2.8M long along the wall, with the over-hang of about 1M. My problem is in locating the Pvc sheeting. All I can see are sheets...

Hi guys ( and girls ) After much reading, drawing , thinking and talking, I've finally ordered a whole load of decking bits and bobs arriving this weekend. Without boring anyone to tears, i'm building 2 decks of 4.8 x 2.1M, joining at 90 deg on the end ( so one 'leg' is 6.9 x 2.1 ). Most of...