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You can instruct a toddler? Priceless! Any empathetic answers out there?

Hi, Just discovered some massive toadstools in the garden, easily 8 inches across. In my haste, i mowed them and they just went everywhere in pieces. How can i prevent them coming back? The stalks are still in the ground. Whilst i appreciate its a sign of a healthy lawn, i do have two...

Do i have to seal the ends with a anything once sawn?

Unfortunately i have no burning facility. Just bought 6 sleepers for delivery tomorrow, watch this space...

I have decided to do it!! Not so bothered anymore about cresote, the kids are older and no pets. Ill post some finished pics. In reality they may sit outside for a month and ill be doing it in the freezing cold. Disposal of old ones is a good point. More sawing and taking to dump then, our...

Thanks guys, this place is really helpful. The sleepers in place are rotting, you can see clearly on the longer one next to the shed but they do ooze cresote and have bolt holes in which is odd, that suggests they are old and not new dressed as old? I am going to get 6 'new' ones then from...

I never realised there were cheap ones and longer duration ones. Here's some photos, I think they look tired and going to replace with the other picture, the top sleepers as they look less 'cresoted'. I can't decide if I am making a job where one is not needed but the sleepers are rotting.

Proper sleepers, 102 inches long, standard size i reckon. Ummhh, advice for sawing? Type? One man job, i hate sawing after a shoulder op last year, you know when you wake up the next day and you cant mov lol! I read a previous thread that you can staple polythene to the under side of the...

Im returning to this with a couple of questions. I am tying to upload photos that are on my ipad but it isnt working, any ideas? Anyway, that wasnt one of my questions! First question - can you manually saw sleepers to the right length, they look quite chunky? Second question - should i put...

Hi, Thanks for all your help. Here are some more photos but from the comments above it sounds like I need a few more of the joints/screws perhaps? I have added a photo of the other part of the loft, it goes round the corner. The strange thing here is that there are no horizontal beams...

It's not the other side of the plank, just one side. I've got some more photos to upload now