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They are great because as you say you can sink the rear leg into a hedge. I have a 14ft one and its good for high hedges upto about 18ft. If you dont do too many high hedges a smaller one is better and easier to use on average 10ft type hedges. too much ladder above the hedge just gets in the...

The aco placement can be decided on by the paver who will decided where he is falling the paving and some input from you as to your aesthetic preference. a full 11m run of acos is a bit unnecessary but its hard to make it look good if you do a partial line of them. You can not drain surface...

If she paid and had it put up its her fence and you can't touch it. The placement of it is a separate issue. Really the time to sort it would have been when it was going up at which point it could have been shared as a boundary fence. On a new build working out the boundary line should be...

You need to use a ladder that is similar height, ideal 6" less than the height of the hedge. As you say you lean forward at the top and it creates a pivot point where it rests on the hedge. The issue with this is every hedge is a different height. The far better solution is a tripod ladder...

You need to use a ladder that is similar height, ideal 6" less than the height of the hedge. As you say you lean forward at the top and it creates a pivot point where it rests on the hedge. The issue with this is every hedge is a different height. The far better solution is a tripod ladder...

Yes either falling to a gulley or more likely aco drains. I have seen bigger patios simple fall onto a lawn and disperse but water will not simply fall onto the lawn if 95% of your lawn is uphill. If you lay the paving with a fall away from the house and also falling toward the low corner it...

I can only offer the advice I've given get some other opinions and take your choice. There is a reason the aco drain quotes were more expensive and that's because its more work and in all likelihood they may have been more experienced pavers to know it needed drains. You are living in...

There is absolutely no problem with paving butting against the house provided its at the correct level. It should always be 150mm below dpc level. So if he falls the paving away from the house where will the water go? It looks like the right side in the first photo is a good bit lower so water...

Do post a pic if you can. If the overflow is heading off to a lawn or similar it may not be a big deal but I'm imagining your garden is higher than the patio due to it sloping toward the house before.

Recessed covers for flags are much less obvious because you can align them with joints. What is the 20mm gravel all round for? Just decoration? If was the paving contractors advice for drainage It would ring alarm bells. 45 sqm is a good sized area of paving and the run off will be...

Is there proper drainage going in? 45 sq/m is far too big an area to just fall it towards somewhere? What is the 20mm gravel for around the edges? A recessed cover put it by a good paver will be relatively disguised. The backs need coating with a bonding slurry because porcelain I so hard it...

It seems highly unlikely to me that a leak would cause damp staining to the timber and not the surrounding plaster. It could be some sort of substance on the wood that contaminated it? Some resin or a light oil of some sort which makes it appear damp? Where did you buy it from and how was it...

Sounds good. Using postcrete or premixed concrete would bankrupt you. Get those millenials to work

Vibration is uneccessary for that sort of thickness, a simple tamping will be fine. As for the top layer you really shouldnt vibrate or tamp exposed aggregate concrete anyway as it sinks the aggregate from the surface. You want to screed it using an aluminium or magnesium bar. Get as many...

A billygoat type device will work. Normal hand held leaf vacuums mulch the leaves with blades but these would be destroyed by acorns most likely which is why they are not suitable.

Your plan sounds fine apart from the mixing bit. I would sooner order some readymix concrete or even readymixed screed. Throwing some premixed concrete in a hole and watering a bit isn't going to yield a very well mixed result. I would still recommend using gravel and throw your bricks in...

You have zero chance of a good result trying to compact 300mm depth using a hand tamper or sledge even if done in stages. If you want to hire then use a trench rammer which has a small foot and is designed for high compaction in small confined spaces. I would go about it a different way and...

You need to persevere and find a readymix outfit who will do it. The big factor in exposed aggregate is the matrix colour, you can have lovely coloured stone and have it ruined by a dull matrix. If you cant get anyone to do it like john says putting down 100mm of standard readymix and then 50...

It depends on how accurate you need to be regarding levels. If you have complex gradients or need a specific thickness on certain areas if block paving etc then having it dumped in a pile and using a digger dumper combo to shift it around is the easiest way to get it done accurately. The...

Unless you glue the sheets together they will act as seperate flexing structures to a certain extent so 12mm+12mm will not be as strong or more importantly as rigid as 25mm. If its not being tiled on its not critical. If you don't glue them you may end up with a squeaky floor. Wood moving over...