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    Back yard drainage

    Possibly about ten to fifteen years - before I moved here. There's a narrow strip of rough grass and weeds and an unsurfaced road/track behind the houses. The drain will be very inconspicuous and if I dig the grass out and put a few inches of gravel in its place do you think that will solve the...
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    Back yard drainage

    Sounds promising - I'll give it a try, thank you very much. Or I could hang air freshener things all over the place :lol:
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    Back yard drainage

    I only walk past - I don't go in!!! The women's facilities usually smell flowery and nice - the gents pong. I should have said dogs' toilet, sorry. No, there's no drain gulley. The back of the shed is a few inches from the wall with a narrow strip of gravel. I've got a wood shed next to it...
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    Back yard drainage

    My back yard is paved and surrounded by brick walls with a shed (on breeze blocks) at the rear. I also have three dogs, who do what dogs do, which means I have to wash, disinfect and bleach etc very frequently. My problem is that the paving slopes to the rear and water etc accumulates in front...
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    Fire surround advice needed

    Thanks very much for the advice - I'll follow your advice and contact a Corgi person to connect the fire but would like to fit the fireplace myself to save money and because I enjoy DIY! My local builders merchants suggested I board the space up at the depth of the fire with plasterboard and...
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    Fire surround advice needed

    I have just finished removing a brick fireplace and intend to replace it with a Victorian style tiled cast iron surround and gas fire. I had the old gas fire capped and removed before knocking the bricks out. I am now left with a large hole in the wall with a gas pipe and have no idea what to do...
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