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I've just sat here all night reading about gabions. What do we all think of them? Is that a better option or not? Cheers Ant

Thanks for the great replies, Its not possiable to dig any further back to lay the foundation the opposite way round. I'd be through the fence aand into the next door garden. Will it be ok that I dont really have much at the front of the wall? I dont think I can really do downwards much...

Just updated the drawing.....also this my help but its a horse shoe shape that will help its strength.

What should I extend the fondation too? Out to 900mm? Does the depth look ok at 200mm? How deep do you think the rebar should be? Also how do I hold the rebar in-place? Thanks, Ant

Good morning all... I've been trying to sort a retaining wall in the garden for ages but never really sorted it. Anyway I've dug out the area "nearly" and am ready to begin the wall. From everything I have read the best option seems to be the hollow blocks on a good foundation with re-bar...

Good Evening, I'm after some advice on what downlights would be best to go under the Eaves, into the Soffit. Am I correct that a IP65 fitting would be sufficent in outdoor conditions? I am only going to install LED lights into the fittings (Philips 4W GU10's) Thanks, Ant

Hi, I'm after some advice / help. Moved into a 10 year old home back in December so just over 6 Months now. The back lawn had always been very wet, mossy and generally lack of grass. I was hoping it was just a general over raining issue over the winter, but now I have come to a different...

Redpis when you did your back garden did you connect the drains to surface water drain or did you did a soak away and drain into that? Cheers Ant

Yeah that's always a good plan! Ant

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Thanks again, I'm a mechanical engineer by trade and when I've been doing control systems we've used alot of Festo and SMC fitting, to be honest they have been around donkeys years. Anyway they work on the push fit principal for pneumatic air, very rare for them to leak if installed correctly...

Thanks for a quick reply, I've got loads of the speedfit fittings from another job do you think using copper with them fitting would be a better option? Ant

A very quick question, i just moved into a new house and under the sink where the mains comes into the house there is connections to the sink, outside tap and dishwasher. The previous owner had used some of these clamps that peice the pipe the outside tap is a mess so I was going to replace with...