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    Sleeper planter on an incline

    Hi, I am looking for some advice on building a sleeper planter/small boundary round the garden. The front will be 400 (2 sleeper hight) high and then it has to step up a hill along the side of the monoblock which I roughly think it will go down to 200 high. I would like to keep it without any...
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    Conservatory leak

    Hi, I was at my aunts today and I seen her conservatory is leaking. I'm not sure who she's had our to look at it but she's older and I feel she is getting fobbed off. One has said they don't know and the other has said they need to apply something in the dry. I think it could be the flashing or...
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    Aco drains to downpipe

    Hi and apologies if this is in the wrong area. Looking for advice on my garden and a drainage problem with heavy rain and run off water. It slopes from one side of the house to the other by the thickness of a brick and from the back of the garden to the area getting wet by roughly the same or...
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    Skip size or grab hire

    He guys, I have a wee job lined up in the summer. This is me just starting to plan it out and organise things. I can't afford to have a landscaper out as I've just finished paying for this garden. So the question is, I'm going to be lifting the slabs and digging it out back to the original...
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    small wall in garden

    hi there folks, I'm looking for advice on building a small wall in the garden. the garden is almost level. its to separate the two front gardens if you get me. the wall will be 12m long and has 1 90 degree turn. double skinned and a slab type coping and 4 bricks high. I feel as if I could...
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    How can I space this out

    Slight problem after splash back fitted. This socket sits too far in. managed fine with all the other plugs by using longers screws. What can I do to get this to come out further, do I need spacers. Thanks
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    Recessed lights

    Hi there, I'm going to be phoning an electrician out. Is it possible to put walkover lights in a gravel border. The gravel sits on mud. Can this be done? Thanks
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    Plaster has popped

    Hi folks, I've had some tiles fitted and I've noticed that the corner of the wall has popped out. how can I fix it. Thanks in advance.
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    Tiling mess

    Hi there, I've removed some tiles i had put up a few days ago. they were put up on a plasterboard wall. what should i do now to prepare it for painting. Any help would be grateful Thanks
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    Worktop idea

    Hi there, I'm looking at adding a worktop with sliding doors underneath it at the back wall in my garage as you walk in. It's a new build and it's been fitted out with plasterboard. Wall to wall it measures 253cm and height wise I'd like to keep it around the same height as the kitchen worktop...
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    garden tap

    hi there, i had an outside tap fitted today. the problem is where the green hose meets the tap and secured with a jubilee clip, no matter how tight the clip is, it will still leak. ive tightend it up very tight and its still leaking and now ive over tightned the clip and its not gripping...
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    diplomat oven sticker dials

    hi, my temperature/setting stickers have being slowly disappearing, i have a diplomat oven but can't find the serial number of it. I'm wondering if anyone knows where to buy replacement stickers because the oven is discontinued now and a new panel costs £90. here is a picture, thanks...
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    5ft strip light

    Hi guys need some help on fitting fluorescent light in my garage What sort of power cable will i need i reckon twin earth? Can i connect it to a plug and plug it into wall mains when i want to use it Also it it must be connected to a 5 amp lighting circit Any guidance would be...
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    driveway help

    Hi folks looking for advice on 36 meter square drive So far the turf has been removed and around 10 inches of soil My plan is to put 4 tonne 20mm shingle as base for drainage instead of type 1 then 3 of cotswold buff on top How will the shingle be as base plus got a quote for £478 for...
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    another lawn question

    hi guys about ten months ago i pulled up my patio and all the chuckies and laid turf which i thought would be ok now about a year down the line the turf is in a terrible condition only round the edges of the garden is ok where the flower beds once were and in the middle where the patio...
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    felting a metal garage

    hi guys well ive got a few small leaks in my garage and im planning to fix it problem is with it being metal i dont really know how to go about felting the roof the size is 140 inches in lengh and 60 inches in width thats just one side of the roof so far ive screwed wooden batons around...
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