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Hi During the summer I built several large planters using 45x95 Celcure treated timber. The lengths remained outside for two months in full sun before being used so they were thoroughly dry albeit they were dry when delivered. Once built they were treated with two coats of Cuprinol seagrass...

I’m constructing a large patio partially within the root protection area of a TPO tree. (With the council’s approval.) The guidelines for such a patio come under APN 12 relating to a ‘no dig’ construction to protect the roots, geocell sub base and adequate allowance for free drainage between the...

UPDATE Instalation cost refunded by Department store where cooker was purchased as well as the extra cost incurred by my having to engage another fitter. But it took threat of a small claim to get them to pay up. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks everyone. Can we hold off for 24 hours; tomorrow I'll post again with a photo of the existing cooker installation and the location of the existing supply line. Thanks Roy PS The cooker is in the garage because the fitters refused to install it. The supplier has refunded the...

Thanks. Playing devils advocate the supplier may well argue thier installers do not need to be gas-safe qualified because they are merely connecting a cooker to what should have been an existing supply line that complies with current regs. My supply line allegedly didn't comply hence refusal to...

Re New gas cooker installation. I ordered and paid for a new gas cooker to be supplied, delivered and installed. Upon delivery the suppliers fitters declined to install the cooker as the existing gas supply line was 50cm to the right of the existing cooker which was installed 14 years...

I have to fit a new ring handle gate latch to a clients garden gate to match the existing broken one. I see they're sold according to size, 6",8",10" etc. To what does this dimension refer, I assume from the centre of the square centre bar to the end of the latch plate. Is this correct ?

A few years back I had a mid range pressure washer with a sand blasting attachment. Fine in theory but in practice the gun end of the sand tube would fill with water and the wet sand clogged the tube. I'm now looking to buy a new pressure washer that has a sand blasting attachment as an...