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Im getting a list of things that need doing to my property and was just wondering the following: i have insulated the main part of my loft but there is another part which is basically in the shape of a half pitch - hopefully thats the right word. To get through that part it would mean either...

just wondering if you knowledgeable lot can help me with the following; my garden is nearly completed - just had it concreted and decked with new fencing. Garden looks lovely - as i now have new fence panels in that newly orange tone ( :cry: ) with concrete posts and gravelboards i was...

Ive just had an Ikea Pax wardrobe 50cm width by 58cm depth by 236cm tall wardrobe put into my spare room - the flooring is not level so this has been connected to the wall by a baton. The front of the wardrobe by the plinth look like it is slightly floating as there is a gap between floor and...

i had my bedroom replastered in November and then painted most of the walls white - one wall showed yellow so i put this done to the fact that i had old windows replaced and there was water damage and it had travelled to the wall as the plasterer bascially hat to take off the walls as it was in...

i had 6 new solid clear pine doors put on and thought id try the Danish Oil product but after doing a couple of doors i didnt like the effect :oops: these were painted November 2007. I have now decided that i should do something with the doors as most of them are natural and have now decided...

Thanks all. problem is i cant really do much until my garden is clear of old household rubbish :oops: but one of the guys came back and has put a sodium chlorate thing to spray my garden with which looks powerful enough. I can probably use the glyco one on teh bits i can get to. as he has to...

just concreted over - no paving. but i think im going to keep the tree and just get it pruned a bit so that it looks like a proper tree and not an unwieldy looking specimen. thanks about the conservation area - im sure i dont live in one but will check just out of interest. ive definitely...

thanks for the insight WabbitPoo. its not so bad as today i did get 2 quotes in and one said its cos he mislaid the paper so you're right in that respect anything can happen. I just got the impression from some that they arent that busy as they are hoping to do the job september when ive...

so i guess ill leave the spraying alone - its going to go in a skip - so i think i best check to see what their policy is - cant see it being a problem though - i just wish i cant see it when i open my back door but as it comes from the allotments theres not much i can do! :(

thanks breezer do you mean by me asking to price things separately? the only reason i asked for this is because i know its a big job so thought that i could do certain things this year and the rest next year - nothing more than that. All said thats what they do anyway. Some went into details...

the last 2 weekends i have various builders/gardeners coming otu to quote on my garden work - i think im now have seen around the 12 or 13 so far - how long does it take for you to quote on work - only 2 have come back within 3/4 days - as im taking it that they are not interested in the job...

hi again yes i do live in London but i dont think i would have a problem because its a tree i planted myself - was given it as a small seedling or would there be a problem cos its been there nearly 14 years. perhaps the gardeners didnt want the extra work but if as you say it wont take...

thanks Symptoms in that case if i keep the tree will have to get them to cut it down in height so thats it more manageable . i guess i will just wait to see what their quotes come into. i think the one who voiced his concern was more worried that if he did the job and then after a few years he...

i agree with you Thermo i guess it can work both ways - i now give an extra half hour incase they are running late but i wont waste my phone bill now cos all the time i have phoned to check - its cos they either forgot and said i should have reminded them!!!! or that they had other things to do...

back again with more confusion. just want to see what the general opinion is out there. i have a tree which im thinking of taking out before garden works starts and that area will be concreted over. i was under the impression that if you take out the tree you must take out the roots. as i...

thanks for that - i think the stuff i used to use roundup didnt hit the spot or perhaps with the amounts of weeds it wasn't strong enough. think im going to go with the concrete now as it will be lower maintenance than the turf i feel over time.

Well im glad its not just me then. Last year I called many to come out and give me quotes for jobs that totalled around £3k. One decided that hed go to a last minute party and had I not called I wouldnt have been the wiser. Others didnt bother to turn up and others I called were running...

My garden has now been taken over with brambles, bindweed and japanese knotweed and i have enough of seeing slowly being devoured with none of teh plants ive grown for years gone. As its coming from three sides - neighbours and an allotment i feel like im on a losing battle. :cry: so i got...

Hi Roughcaster thanks for clarifying what marshman said - thats taken a weight of my mind - perhaps he doesnt want do all that work but if as you both are saying its ok to take off and then render over id rather go that way for a better finish. Just waiting for him (and the others to come back...

from my understanding he said he could take off all the old pebbledashing but if the wall is like the bit he can see - dusty crumbling mortar he would have to repoint it before rendering over. so do you think its ok to take the pebbledashing off and then render over this. no one else...