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Sorry - meant 2" x 1"..

Sanity check - lol. Good job. I was driving myself mad going around in circles in my head! I could be tempted to use timber battens, seeing as I originally tried the battens on the wall to clad board on the side, but an otherwise damn mighty fine plan was put paid to the fact that the B&Q...

Hi all Can I sanity check some stuff with you more experienced guys? I want to render a (small) external retaining wall. One side holds the lawn in, and is about 2 blocks higher than the lawn; the other side edges a deck, about four block in height above the deck. The total height of the...

Thanks for the post. A Rill is basically a rectangular pond, or shallow channel of water. Cheers K

Hi I am building a Rill (6m x 50cm x 50cm) in my garden. Found some instructions which I am following; these call for using concrete blocks to line the channel in which the rill will be constructed. The blocks are to line the channel; a butyl pond liner will go over the blocks...

<Groans> :roll: When I got to B&Q there were two surface primers on the shelf, one from Polycell and the other one was International. I ummed and ahhed for ages trying to decide which to get, and eventually went for the Polycell on the basis of I'd heard of Polycell. I'll swap the other...

Tried the liquid sander - experimented with half a door left it on for 30 mins and the other half left on for 1 hour. Wiped off the sander.... and nothing ! The sheen/gloss was still present. I contacted Polycell customer care who confirmed that the sheen should have be eliminated/reduced...

Fantastic, thank you very much for the suggestions. I think that I am going to try the liquid sander on the basis of less dust created etc. Does the final finish come out ok using the liquid sander? Thanks very much

I hate sanding doors and skirting boards, especially those with the thin edges in the panels and details moldings. :roll: Is there any easy way to get the sandpaper along the edges of the inset panels and right into the corners (without damaging your fingers in the process !). Is there a...