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Use post long enough so that you will have 2ft in the ground, remember to take the fall of the slope into account. Start at top of slope, put first post in deep enough so when panel is offered up 3 inches of post are above the panel. Remove a weather cap off of one of the panels (beveled cap on...

Concrete most definitely. You want the posts to be 2 feet longer than the height of thepanels(yes you have to dig a hole that deep & fill it with concrete)when the post & panel are in you should have about 4 inches of post above the panel (so in effect the hole is only 1 foot 8 inches deep)...

Panels would be quicker but every panel would have to be steped down the slope, use wood posts as they look better if the step down of the pannel is a big one. Closeboard doesnt need stepping down at each bay if on a gentle slope, they would follow the contour of the ground better, use arris...

2. Use a wood wall plate 3inch x 2 inch and fix to the wall dont bother digging it into the ground, to fix the gravel board get one that has a horizontal slot at each end, then coach bolt the L shaped metal cleat to the wall plate, Fix gravel board to cleat with a blank dome headed nut With...

Bolt 6 foot 3inch x 3inch post to your garden side face edge of concrete post. Drilling the slotted post can be a right pain though causes stress fractures because the posts are reinfoced with steel rods, just as quick to break concrete posts at ground level & put in a new fence, making the...

Go for closeboard, roughly 3 & a bit bays (bays are 3 mtrs long) expect to pay around £145 per bay if you get a company in & will take no longer than 2-3 days . If you do it yourself for your 10 meters you need 1x breaker to get through wall footing 5x morticed posts(concrete or wood) 12x...

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Afternoon all, I have an old metal clad consumer unit rewirable type that is going to be replaced, the main earthing conductor is a length of flat metal (same colour as the cu so imagine it is part of the cu from new 30 odd years ago)it goes from the side of the cu down to the incomer armoured...

B&Q or any electrical wholesaler. B&Q do both harmonised & old colours.

I tend to use decking screws all the time now, designed for hard outdoor uses. Never heard of screw heads comming off in a hard frost, could happen I suppose if it's cold enough.

CC go with the galv screws they will pull the pailing tight up to the rail , but you might have to drill pilot hole to stop the oak splitting around the screw. Oh yeh get the batteries charged for the drill thats a lot of screws over 500 yards. best of luck.

We are getting a slight tingle/shock from the hot water not the tap but the water any ideas. Also gas board came today to check the boiler & engineer said that all our sockets were wired right but had reversed polarity, neutral is pin is now live, live pin is now neutral, so he has rewired the...

I thought the part p came into effect on the 5th of Jan & any cables laid before that date the following works were exempt part p.

Hello all, What is the score with bathroom bonding if all the copper pipe work has been joined together using plastic push fit connectors, surely the connectors will break any continuity to earth. Thanks for any help.