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That's not quite what I was getting at. You've got a small "hole", apart from that, the wood inside is completely surrounded. You don't want to be adding any more moisture than strictly necessary. Sure - get some F-clamps, you can exert some *serious* pressure with 3x big F-clamps and a couple...

Right, but from the pictures, I would say it's the top not the front that's come away.

Clamping is worth a try, won't cost you anything but your time. Not sure about adding more moisture though, how will it get out again? How will you know when it's dried inside?

You can't "just" do that though, can you? I am guessing there is something either side of it, so you'd need to leave some of the structure intact to provide support to your neighbours. You could widen out the steps into a stepped seating area. You could leave the patio as-is and build some...

Is it laminated chipboard? Basically unrepairable.

Can you feel it blowing, sucking or doing nothing on the side that doesn't work? How does that compare to the working side? Never opened one of these up before but I guess there's one motor, one shaft and a fan on each end of it. If it's noticeably not working on one side then either the fan is...

I think they look nice as they decay over winter. The softer parts rot away leaving something like lacework. Tastes vary, of course.

They probably mean to look under the decking for evidence of rats. If you have an illuminated CCTV camera with good night vision, the rats will be most obvious as two little bright dots moving around.

That would be quite the miracle, wouldn't it? 1600W consumed, the label says 900W. I assume it's at 100% power. The only button that works is the "Start" button, so all I can get is the defaults, in 30s increments!

That will be the RF power into the food, I reckon [unless it really is tiny]. My "900W" microwave uses 0.9W idle, 1.5W with the door open [the bulb is broken] and 1600W in use. So uses as much at idle in a day as about a minute's worth of use.

Can you pull up one of the decking planks and see what is going on underneath? Rat runs have a characteristic look to them, they smooth the soil and remove the vegetation [or their incontinence kills it, not sure] as they move about. https://www.pestend.co.uk/2022/03/18/following-a-rat-run/

I've never heard of that but a quick google suggests they're generic and usually have 10 teeth. https://www.google.com/search?q=euro+cylinder+with+cog

A "euro cylinder" is a standard, so there must be more to it than this. Pictures?

Yes - I guess that's decking just off the bottom of your second picture?

Do you hear the water being admitted? Do you hear the pump running?

If you are referring to what looks like baked beans, then no. Mine has one of those too [not sure what the proper name is] and it's to do with where the salt goes. It has a kind of spongy structure that lets water pass.

How about actual mortar? Piece of scrap timber below to keep it in place whilst it cures, then re-fit the light. You're probably never going to match the original mortar colour though, whatever you do, so it will annoy you forever :D

Have you got access to the ceiling from above? If lights on the ceiling are acceptable in theory, then why not just leave a coil of cable in the ceiling and then fit some spots when you know where you need them? Something like this...

Those....izmibations....look printed on to me. Ie, pretending to be ply.

A water-soluble finish for a bar top would deserve the Misleading Product Name of the Year award.