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Just set up a metal shed 13x11 on the slab in the corner of the garden. It came with the floor kit, and it is all installed. What would be better for the floor board on the floor kit in the shed? I can think of OSB or plywood. Which would be better for longer lasting floor board? Are there...

Got new internet installed by an ISP. The engineer from the ISP came out, and put a line in through the house wall by drilling it. After the installation is done, the internet seems working OK, but wife not happy about the way the wall was drilled. The drilled hole is way too large, and looks...

I am taking out 100s of the old rusty nails from the old pallets. (a very tedious job indeed) The dismantled woods will be cut into the lengths and made into a new door for the garden shed, replacing the old rotten shed door, and some slats will be patched on the rotten parts of the shed. Any...

Could gravels and red chips be used as the foundation in the soil instead of MOT Type1? MOT Type1 seems to have more edged stones larger size. Gravels and red chips seem to be smaller stones with less edges, and I was wondering if they might disappear deeper into the soil through time. But do they?

I am putting down some slabs in the back garden by myself. I dug out the old plants and trees, dug the ground 15 - 20cm, and put down type 1 MOT sub base. I ordered sharp sand and cement. In the past, I put down sharp sand on the compacted MOT type 1, and pour the cement, mix them with rake...

Hi all We are planning to put a new garden shed. Cleared all the plants, and dug up the ground and poured MOT1 sub base. Just wondering what would be the best foundation in price, longevity, ease of levelling, and speedy installation time? First option came to mind was paving slabs, but they...

We are working on the new shed in the garden, and dug out some plants, and dug out the soils as well. Now it is the stage where we need to put down MOT Type1 Sub base into the soil. But where would be best place to order it? The local B&Q branch has been showing OUT OF STOCK for days, and seems...

What would be best way to deal with the midgies in the garden? They are active these days, and bite folks in the garden trying to work. We have tried the midgy mesh from Amazon, but midgies still get through the mesh. The mesh was totally useless for the purpose. We might be running camp fire...

We have an apple tree in the back garden. Not too old about 15 years old. It grew tall and scraggy, so I pruned it down to about 4 ft last year. This year it is growing like a bush with lots of leaves. I am now thinking of moving it to the corner of the garden right at the back. My question...

I have an old rusty wood burning stove. I was intending to clean up the rust, and looked for some rust treating paints and chemicals. But they were too overpiced and performance and result sounded uncertain. So I sprayed the old WD40 found in the garden shed, and gave a good generous soak on...

I just came across this video on the wood burning, but not clear what it is trying to say.

Planning to move 4x large ferns and some other plants such as pamaps grass, bux tree, and large unknown connifer type plant in the back garden to the front garden. Wondering if it would be ok to move them during May - June time. Or would it be better to move them in some other months of the...

There seem to be so many of them for sale recently. Just wondering if these would be good buy in terms of reliability and performance. They seem to be in good price for what they are. Anyone used them?

My wife has ordered a new PC from Amazon. It was supposed to be delivered 2 days ago. But she says the tracking stopped at Leeds Amazon distribution centre, and nothing happened for 2 days. They just show on the App menu, "Maybe the package is lost." and there is no option for Refund, or...

I monitored with a digital weather station the small room (about 3x 3 m) in downstairs, and it seems strangely keep having high humidity up to 75% and 13C constantly last few days. The electric heating has been switched off with the spring coming, and outside temperature here has been about 8...

We have a row of hedge about 6ft high running along between the garden and outside pedestrain path. We get this rubbish getting thrown onto or pushed into the hedges by the passers-by or walkers on the path. I keep checking it, and used to take them out putting the rubbish into the bin. But...

This house has never had this problem before. We have stayed in the house for almost 15 years. But recently we have been noticing the house shaking quite a lot. Sometimes I can feel it when I am sitting on the chair doing some computing. But in other times when it is bad, I can see the pile...

Both are DIY grade chainsaws in cheap price, and maybe much of muchness. But which one would be better in terms of durability, parts availablity and performance? I cut down a few trees in the garden this summer using the hand saws, and they are still lying down in the garden on the ground. They...

There are some holes in our privet hedge (quite large in places size of a bucket to football in other parts), where there used to be the other plants near it blocking the sun. I have pulled out the plants last year, so sun light will not be blocked to the hedge anymore. This year, the holes are...