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I treated my lawn a few weeks back with Scotts Evergreen Complete but in a few places it has strayed onto the patio and it now has brown blotches on the slabs. I have tried the power washer and also bought some patio cleaner and a stiff brush from B&Q but it wont shift it. Any ideas how to...

Before I begin Im not a good DIYer and Im an even worse gardener so this is all a bit daunting for me and Im already way out of my comfort zone with what I have done so far! When I moved in my garden looked like this: Not being very good at these things I employed a contractor to...

You are a saviour! Went upstairs, opened the bleed valve - it was like Mt Vesuvius going off and now they are piping hot right to the top! Thank you SOOOO much :)

I just opened the two taps on the filling loop, waited till the pressure had gone up to 1.5 bar and the closed them again - is that OK? Is there anything else I need to do?

Its at about 0.4 bar which Im guessing aint good - is there anything I can do myself to sort it or am I better to call out a pro?

I know nothing about this kind of thing Im afraid, what do I need to do to do that? :oops:

Ssshhhhh, it was in the house when I bought it - my neighbours have had hells bother with theirs but so far touch wood (until now maybe!) mine has been ok! Am seriously thinking of signing up to the British Gas monthly thingie in case something major does go bang! Anyway! My radiators! On a...

Its an Ideal Istor HE260 or HE325 (cant see a label on it but thats what the manual shows) - the radiators on the other floors are working fine and the bottom of the affected radiators are very hot so I assumed it meant water was getting in but air was trapped hence needing to bleed it.

My house is fitted with Stelrad Compact radiators - three of the upstairs radiators are hot at the bottom but cold at the top so I assume they need bleeding but there is no bleed valve like I expect to see. At the top right of each radiator is a little screw which has a white plastic head around...

Will do John, thank you :)

I did fray the roots out and put some compost into the hole to help it bed in - they have grown quite a bit and are now flowering well so Im happy with the growth, its just the falling down bit. Here is a picture of the two "culprits" just so you can see the problem:

Only about 2 months ago John - you are now going to tell me Im just being impatient :oops:

I have some Dianthus Pinks (Grans Favourite) which I have recently planted in my garden but they are all falling over and laying flat on the ground more or less as soon as they flower - they are in full sun most of the day and they get plenty of water. Any ideas? Is this just because it is their...

Patience? Whats that? :lol: Thanks for your replies guys! Guess Im just keen to see something happening after all I have done in the garden but I guess another week or so wont kill me!

I put down grass seed about 2 weeks ago in my garden but so far nothing has happened whatsoever - there has been lots of rain and sunshine and I have been keeping it watered as well so am not sure why. Would getting some grass feed help at all or will it make no difference to seeds? Any...

I have some exterior wood which was stained in a natural cedar but needed repairs for which an exterior wood filler was used - the (obvious) problem now is the filler is a very light brown (almost white in colour) I cant seem to cover the wood filler with any sort of stain/varnish so I have...