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cant see why any weed would discourage you from buying a house :roll: If you can get hold of it - sodium chlorate will kill anything, a good home made method is very salted water or bleach in water

double post sorry

why not move your bin further away from the house? if that isnt an option then I would put other woody cuttings in first then sprinkle the grass in on top - the grass needs the air to circulate or it will just turn into a silage.

sorry for delay and thanks for the input In answer to wingcoax - yes I have walls on 2 sides (left and rear) but these are set back a little of brick posts at the left hand front corner and right hand rear corner (its set back into the left hand corner of a open courtyard), so I can anchor...

Hi, just moved into our new home and Ive lifted 2 parts of the patio area and Im going to puting decking down in its place (wasnt an option to leave it as all tiles cracking under peoples weight) Anyhow the base is compacted dolimite with sharp sand compacted on top and on that is a thin sand...

Hi Jay, just putting some decking down myself - what colour liberon decking oil did you use, as the oak looks very dark and the teak a bit orange - got a photo?

hi, last month I got my 1st petrol a McCulloch M40-450C Petrol Rotary mower from homebase - it had 20% off at the time so cost £120. Briggs and strat engine, 4 stroke starts on 2 pulls max and has 4 height cutting positions by quick adjustment of the wheels - most impressed so far. heres the...

Hi all, looking for so advice on fixing screws for 28mm x 5 inch wide softwood decking and also which to use for the 4x2 joist framing. Ive got about 60 m2 to lay so I want decent quality but not something thats going to cost the earth as I will need a lot!!!! Presume 2 screws through...

any others care to comment :roll:

plan was to build bench seats into 2 sides (walled sides) of the decking so table is more of a beer / coffee table idea with the fire pit hidden under decked top, more than a full dining table with a large overhang. might use underneath it and the benches as a log store (2 birds 1 stone)...

Thanks ladyloya - food for thought. I wouldn't of ever dreamed you could have a furnace in a wood frame - just goes to show how well good insulation can work. @ big al hi, a fire pit is a glorified camp fire really, comes in various guises portable which is more common place and...

Hi all, just in the planning stages for my garden makeove , in one area I am having a rectangle area of decking with a built in seating area on 2 sides (on walls). I was mulling over having a table in the centre but then had a brainwave - why dont I build a raised area in the middle for a...

there is a filling loop but this only tops up the system pressure and amount of water not get rid of air and there are bleeds but these are not getting much if any air out - this is why I thought a complete purge may be in order.

I have just bought a house that has UFH coupled to a ground source heat pump. Unfortunately it appears the upstairs loop is air locked as the temp is well down and there is very little heat from the supply line manifold (red) or the return line manifold (blue). They did have a leak...

bumpty bump how about brick cleaner, would this be ok and would my paintwork on the skirting survive ?

Hi, does anybody know how close a door on a landing into a bedroom can be to the top of the stair, when the door opens into the bedroom I have found planning info on it being 400mm (K1) for a door opening out onto a landing so presumably you dont knock anybody down the stair but nothing...

surely thats not adequate is it ?

hi, I have a concrete step in the kichen that when laid it looks like it wasnt tamped down and so is full of hoels in the surface where the ait bubbles were. How can I fill these and make it smooth for repainting as its a bit of an eyesore.

correct - as said the airbricks are 90% covered by the blocks, so even if not technically breaching the DPC ie above, it is to close to ground level so would get splash back etc, so a trench all round house is the easiest option I think, it will certainly be easier than lifting it all, digging...

If they are asking for that it looks like they are feeding hand to mouth and have no working capital in the business or credit anywhere Whats to say he will wont just disappear with said 50% or do a crap job and you can only hold back 10% which he wont be bothered about and youll never see...