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Awesome family effort and hats off to you for taking on such a big project. Are you a tradesman or have you done building projects before? It's way more than I would dare take on.

Our back garden was only useable for sledging by the kids in winter. We decided to place a larger/higher patio by the house, then a retaining wall with steps, a flat lawn, and banking up the sides and back to the fences. After getting quotes of around £12k I decided to take on my first ever DIY...

Ongoing levelling project: Before: Starting the retaining wall (shows the gradient well!): After 60 tons of earth had been removed: Next step will be patio on the lower part next to the house, steps between the walls, a new back fence, and then watch the lawn grass grow with a...

Apparently there's an abundance of 'white sandstone' here around Edinburgh, so I'm thinking that's what this is... :shock:

Anyone had any experience with a concrete chainsaw? I see they can be hired for huge money, but are they worth it and would it cut sandstone (and if so, would the wear charges be even more money?

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Some of the blocks are bigger than I expected!

Thanks Oldbutnotdead - I watched those videos previously, but the guy takes 10 minutes to cut a piece the size of a brick. I'd die of old age before getting through these blocks. Think an angle grinder cut all around then blows with a big hammer might do it, or am I wasting my time?

Hi all, Planning a dry stone retaining wall in the garden and bought a bargain load of reclaimed sandstone where a local railway bridge is being demolished. However, some of the blocks that were dropped in the garden are nearly a cubic yard in size! Any ideas on how I can split these into...

There's a dwarf wall 200mm out from the house so the DPC isn't compromised. Drainage pipes run under the back-fill from a field drain behind the retaining wall and a down-pipe ready for channel drainage at the foot of the retaining wall

Thank you both for your help - much appreciated!

Thanks Dave. Unfortunately the pull-cord mechanism has been replaced, so although it says Honda, I can't be certain (though I guess that's most likely, so lets go with that!)

I wouldn't expect anyone to be familiar with the particular engine, just an idea of what grade of oil would usually go in a garden machine of this sort of size (10/30, 5/50 etc)? Thanks

Hi all, I've bought myself a 2nd hand (more like 22nd hand!) Erhit wacker (an old brand that was apparently bought by Belle many years ago). It started alright when I picked it up but could probably do with an oil change - any idea what oil I should use, and approximately what quantity? (there...

I bought a 120 ltr electric mixer which stands 5 feet tall on its stand. It was easy to disassemble the stand/wheels (4 bolts/nuts) and the parts fit in my Mondeo no problem (might even have got away with not folding the back seats down). Far cheeper to buy one from Gumtree and re-sell it after...

Hi all, My garden levelling project is moving fast and we are having fun with an excavator digger. We've dug out a few trailer loads and cut embankments around the garden perimeter at approx. 45 degrees (after leaving half to one metre undisturbed so as not to compromise fence post stability)...