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I want to raise the height of our lawn to just under the top of the concrete rubble board. There is a car park the other side of the fence, it's finished height is the same height as our existing lawn. 1/. Can I load soil against the concrete rubble board, will it be strong enough? 2/. Will...

I've rubbed down an old varnished chair and primed it, and under coated it (white). I'm now ready for the topcoat (pale blue). The wife now wants me to de-stress it once I've got the top coat on; just rub it back to the wood in places, and back to the undercoat in some other places. My...

I need to buy a new desktop; It's for personal use only. Where is a good place to look at the minute please? Which sites, possibly even a shop? Many thanks.

A digger drove across my front lawn (long story), the tracks have left dents. How can I restore this? Many thanks.

I have spent the day cutting down hedges and bushes in my back garden, I now have a small mountain of green waste to get rid of. I can't burn it as the neighbours won't be happy. I was thinking of hiring a shredder machine and then getting myself a massive skip. Is there a...

Can anyone tell me how you would fix sleepers on top of each other like this, in say a 10 metre run? Any help appreciated.

I've got a Combo (2006) with windows in the rear doors. I want to block these windows as I want to start leaving the odd item (low value) in the van. You can buy blanking plates; http://www.vanlocker.co.uk/vauxhall-combo-rear-window-grilles-blanks-.html But these blanking plates are...

I'm a landscaper and I'm looking at buying a van and trailer. I won't need to tow the trailer very often, but when I do I will need to pull about 2Tonne of sand/rubble. Obviously I will need something reasonably powerful like 1.9, or 2.0 litre I guess? Would something like a VW Caddy...

Has anyone used this before. I'm trying to widen a small area of a very thin lane near to where I live, I can get Macadam in bags from Jewsons; 1/. Do I need to make a cut along the existing Tarmac where I'm joining it to? At the minute it's all crumbly where the extg tarmac finishes...

This question is aimed at professional landscapers. I'm a young tradesman recently started out on my own, I'm getting more and more outside work. I've got to build a large pergola/trellis outside and was thinking about getting a laser line level to help me with my verticals/horizontals...

This question is aimed at professional landscapers. I'm a young tradesman recently started out on my own, I'm getting more and more outside work. I've got to build a large pergola/trellis outside and was thinking about getting a laser line level to help me with my verticals/horizontals...

I'm going to build a retainer for some plants out of new sleepers; about 4 sleepers high and filled with topsoil. I will sit one sleeper on top of the previous and fix the two together with Timberlock screws. My question, the first sleeper into the ground will sit on a concrete footing...

We've moved into a new build house and have a small area of back garden that was just all weeds, the boys have been playing football out there and the weeds have now all gone (well, the heads have). I have dug it over and removed as many of the weed roots as I can, I would now like to lay...

I'm about to build a deck on top of an exisitng concrete slab, I will use bolt down Metposts to hold a couple of posts in place. The exisitng concrete slab is rough and uneven so I will smooth some concrete to form a smooth, level surface for the Metpost to sit on. 1/. I assume I should...

I would like to build a pergola like this one in my back garden, I'm not a pro but I'm fairly competant, I just need some pointers, can anyone help please? 1/. What timber should I use? 2/. You see the support arms have a slight curve, how can I re-create these, I only have a jigsaw? I'm...

I would like to put a few stepping stones down. I've worked out the height of them, they will need to be 150mm off the ground. I understand that a bedding mortar should only be about 50mm, what can I use to raise the height. I was thinking of; 50mm mortar bed, 50mm slab, then 50mm...

Last year I cemented a few vertical sleepers into the ground (quite deep), it will be a long wall when it's done. I couldn't finish the job in one go so I used some timber shuttering to stop the cement pouring out. I'm about to carry on with the job, so I'll be removing the shuttering and...

I need to take the private number plates off my van and put them on my car (it's all been done via the DVLA). I'm thinking of carefully prizing them off with a firm wallpaper scraper, two questons; - is there a prefered way of getting the plates off so they can be used again (and not...

My ceiling is sort of creased in 3 areas, it's clearly where the boards ends meet, but not where the sides of the boards meet. I've pushed the boards and they don't move and the ceiling is flush. The creases feel like paper but I don't think the ceiling was ever papered. Does anyone...

I have just bought another car and transfered the insurance from the old one to the new one. So I now have my old car sitting on my drive - uninsured, until it is sold. Next year now, probably. I was going to buy a steering clamp or something, but then thought I might take the wheel off...