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Hi all, I've just chopped down the variegated Ivy that was destroying my neighbours fence, it was twin trunked each being approximately 4" in diameter, because of the position surround by ceanothus and acacia I am unable to dig the root out. would drilling down through the middle of each limb...

I don't mean to keep this old thread going as it seems that people are sticking to their guns with what they believe to be correct but I feel drawn to comment. prior to New Years Day 2007 I had been flashed by cameras and zapped by handheld hairdryers whilst exceeding the speed limit ( I...

is Mypex any good? thanks

I got a bosch PH01 Plane from Argos if I recall it was fairly reasonable, I had the bottom of two doors to do and had never used a plane before so didn't want to spend a fortune, I've used it recently again on another door, so I think it has paid for itself pat

Paul, I use to work in plant hire but I am by no means extremely knowledgeable, however we use to hire the hilti te104 with needle attachment for exactly the job you want to do, I have also seen it used to distress new concrete on steps, it's extremely light to use and providing the...

for your area I would watch ITV at 7.30 Mon, Weds, Fri, and you'll find them :wink:

Lawrenso, With respect, I have read through your 11 posts and find that you have constantly condemned tradesman work, and regularly refer to suing/court; albeit it would seem that you've bought a house with teething problems. The questions in regard to recent episode has to be: a) did...

done a google search and didn't find many suppliers of plantex, there is one, green-tech that want £72 + £15 p&p for a 2m by 50m roll, a) are there different grades of plantex? b) do you know of anywhere neer to Surrey where I can collect c) will this also be ok under my decking or will...

sorry......lol 1/2 asleep here ..............

no, should I have?

Hi all, my front garden has always had landscape fabric on it, and I've always topped it off with bark every two years however the weeds always end up coming back as the bark rots down. I am contemplating putting another layer of fabric over the top and then decorative stones i.e cotswold...

if you look around you'll definately find a more reasonable hire rate than HSS as well

I had a wasps nest being built in my loft and they were gaining access through one of the weatherboards above my front door, (I live in a bungalow) I went to my local hardware shop and got some powder, applied it at night when they were all in the nest and they pick it up on them when the...

i used cement colouring years ago and was very happy with results, you will get a different finish depending on where you get your sand and cement from so make sure that you get don't change cement or sand manufacturer half way through, the best way if possible is to mix one load of pointing and...

I wouldn't totally object to removing the whole lot if I thought it was life or death for the decking, but the boards run across the width of the house for visual preference. So I'd rather that the weed suppressant barrier was lower to enable drain away between the boards (3mm gap between)

I have been contemplating this most of the day, and have come to the conclusion that if I remove two boards at intervals of about 6 boards then I should be able to cut out the dpm and replace with landscape fabric, thanks for advice back to decking for another hard days toil, took 3days to...

Hi all, I've just laid some decking 8m * 4m, the ground that I've covered previously had some very triublesome weeds (mares horsetail) so I covered the ground in 1200 gauge dpm stapling it to the outside frame as i went, we've had rain for the past few days and I've realised that the water is...

I recently done mine with a hacksaw, it only took a few minutes, got good clean cut with very little mess. Then I put Viakal in the pipe to clean the pipe before fitting the push fit pipe joining the pan to the cast.

Thanks Kev, I'll have a look at Ball Valve tonight. I had a look at new pumps last night in Bodgit & Quick but the power seemed to be on LHS given directional flow arrow ( which I assume should point from boiler towards tank) there is no room for a LH mounted power unit on mine is there...

Hi all, The saga of my house continues: the pump for the CH and HW is now making a tremendous noise, it sounds like the impellor is catching, I know that the system needs flushing as there is black water in the radiators (I have some sentinel 400) but I cannot do this until I have...