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Hi I'm going to do a 3.6m x 3.6m patio, I'll be using, new paving, but nothing fancy just plain 600mm x 50mm, with a mortar base of 40mm. So what depth should my sub base be, I'm reading that the standard should be 75mm, just wondering though could I get away with 50mm, it isn't soft soil, and...

Hi this is pretty short, I'm leveling my soil at the moment, and should be sowing new grass seed shortly, just wondering how much below the paving should my soil be to allow for the new grass, eg 1cm - 2cm just trying to get it right, without the grass spilling over, cause I over estimated with...

Hi where would you get the fleece, would it be expensive for that size, I did put down net, but fleece sounds ok, although would that not block the sunlight.

Hi the patch just up until the smaller fence starts, had a tonne of bricks underneath I discovered this last year when I attempted to weed the patch, so I removed all the bricks dug down six inches sifted all the soil put it back down, seeded and got this result for my hard work, but gutted to...

Hi I planted grass seed in this patch, in the pic, it was a patch that was dug up, the soil sifted into a fine loam, pretty much perfect to sow grass, or so I thought, as you can see didn't go too well, I'm in Scotland I planted late October last year, weather was fine, but then we got a cold...

Thanks pity, I didn't think I was getting a reply lol, so I thought about my sand idea and knew it wouldn't work, but I never thought about filling the uneven bits with the mix, but the slab is pretty much history, I had hired a breaker to get rid of some old fence posts, and just lost patience...

Hi I want to build a patio on this concrete dimensions 360cm x 360cm I have the length, but I don't have the width, I have to create another 100cm to reach the width, so I was going to create a form for the width, concrete it, and sort of join it to the existing concrete, also as you can see the...

Hi thanks for reply I don't have a Lazer, this is just my second DIY paving job and I'm not planning on doing any more, I get the fact the whole thing has to slope, but surely when I lay my first slab, it can't be perfectly level meaning higher at top, lower at bottom, I've seen videos of them...

Hi I'm going to lay a patio I layed 26, 3x2 council slabs last year on the other side of garden, turned out not bad, but buying my slabs for this one probably 2x2 by 35mm, and a concrete slab hard wearing, but not picked them yet, so bit nervous how this will turn out. I'm laying it on the...

Yes I checked it today it is a Poterton Supriya.

Yes it is I'm sure that was the name I saw on it, I didn't know if that was the model or not though.

Here's a pic guys if you want other angles just say

I will send you all a pic of the boiler when I get home thanks for your help so far.

Yes it is I remember I thought the culprit was that I spilled petrol, on the carpet in the spare room I washed it and I think the smell went away, but it came back and I ended up throwing the carpet out, but obviously the smell is still there, surely it couldn't have seeped through the floor...

Hi thanks I've been in the house for twenty years, but I garantee you the boiler is much older than that, the house is built pre war or post either 1945 or 1950, I can send a pic?

Hi yes it gets serviced every year, and it's just been serviced, and yes it's a council house, the smell has been there for nearly three years, also three years ago I had the gas fire removed, and behind the gas fire there was a chimney, the chimney was also sealed up, could there be a connection?

Hi yes it gets serviced every year, and it's just been serviced, yes it's a council house, I've noticed the smell now for about three years, also just about three years ago I had the gas fire removed and there was a chimney behind the fire, I also got them to seal up the chimney, could there be...

Hi I've lived in a council house for last 20 years, it's the same boiler since I moved in, God knows how old it is, in the past three years or so I've noticed a burning oil or petrol Smell ruminating all through my house, (1 when the heating is off with the timer, and (2 when it's on, but it...

Hi I have a sloped lawn, and just needing some ideas to level, I don't need to add soil I need to take it away, as my paving slabs are lower than than the highest part of the lawn, is the obvious solution a mini digger, or is there other ways, if it is the mini digger as a solution how would you...