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Hi everyone, I'm planning to make a corner bench out of cedar like the one in the picture. I have a lot of spare cedar (18mm x 44mm section) from another project which I can use for the slats. I'm now looking into how I will assemble it. Cedar is very soft and I want a sturdy bench so I'm...

I do but after a long think I’m actually I’m going to stick with Option 1. It will pain me for a few weeks but I’ll get over it. I can shorten the frames to accommodate the shortest screen and then just allow the larger ones to hang over by up to 10mm. No big deal. No one (except me!) will...

Hi everyone, I'm ticking along with the garden landscaping and now starting to make up the cedar panels for the screen/pergola thing (See sketchup image).... I used a number of 150x150mm oak posts and made a frame that sits on the insides of the posts (See photo). The cedar battens are 44mm...

Hi! Yes, it’s Sketchup and I use the free version. It’s brilliant and easy to use. I’ve modelled the whole build using it. Can’t recommend enough.

Yes I think I will just get some gravel boards. Most of the gap will be behind the pizza oven anyway.

Hi everyone, I’ve levelled my garden by creating a small retaining wall between an upper and lower level - see pic. I will need to dig down about 20 cm from the current ground level by the wall on the lower section in order to level it. I’m then planning to gravel the bottom area up to the...

Hi, I have some posts which I have concreted into the ground and I want to form a more decorative top so that soil will not be in contact with the post and water will run away. See the photo. Basically the blue part will be new concrete and I need to bond it to the bass already there. Any...

No me neither. It was because I was looking at which blade came with the saw. I've seen some much more reasonably priced wood blades now on other sites

Making up screens that will hopefully look like this...

Hi! I'm having some cedar battens delivered tomorrow and will be starting to make the panels shortly. I have an Evolution 255DB+ compound mitre saw which has worked well for me so far. I currently have multipurpose blade that came with the saw on it. Do you think I should buy a fine wood...

Haha, yes good question. Well it's been a while. I'm a DIY'er with no prior building experience. Youtube (and forums) are my friend. The project started during covid when I left lots of time and not so much money. Not even enough to get a digger in so it's all been dug by 1 hand! I've planned...

Thanks! Yes I have managed to get rid of 50+ bags of soil already but I'm really looking for a way of getting rid of a lot of it in one go and I will have about 6.5m³ of soil once I excavate the area in yellow.

Hi everyone, I’m currently mid garden redevelopment and I have a fair amount of waste (bagged soil), wood, concrete, general garden waste (see photo). I am soon to start excavating the area shown by the yellow boundary and am looking for micro diggers and dumpers etc. what is the best way to...

Hi everyone, I’m starting to think about designing lighting for my garden. I’ve considered a mains powered system however I like the idea of being able to install myself and to be able to add to it in the future. I’m now considering a low voltage lighting system with elements of it plugged into...

Hi scbk, I’m in North Hampshire. Well Surrey/Hampshire border. Thanks for your ideas, yes I have considered other timber. I just can’t find anything that compares as the rivalry to the cedar and I’ve now got that in my mind.

Hi! I'm looking to get buy some red cedar battens 18mm x 44mm x 1830mm. What I am trying to achieve is shown in the pic. As ever there seems to be lots of different suppliers and it is very expensive but I'm happy to pay fofr the finish/longevity/looks. I was wondering whether anyone can...

Yes, I’ve now corrected my previous post and added some pictures.

Thanks very much. Sounds good I also need to attach item 3 to 2 (see drawing in my OP). One chap on another forum suggested screwing from the bottom of 2 by first counter sinking a large portion of it - see images. The benefit being there will be no fixings on top. Cam then dowel the holes...

Hi everyone, Well the installation seems to be going OK. I have 5 out of the 6 posts in the ground. I'm now thinking about the fixings (cross beam to the post). I'm going to use stainless steel screws and then use Oak dowels to cover them up. The question is what size screws should I use? An...

I found Bituminous paint at screwfix so will go for that. Maybe it's not the "proper" stuff but an equivalent