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    finishing inspection chamber

    You can take the cover off and screw the frame to the riser. But if there's ever a day when you need into that chamber (as sewage is backing up), you will want the easiest access possible, not fighting with a stuck lid. You could weigh it down with an old brick so you don't knock it off
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    Decking questions please help

    You don't need to concrete decking posts in, if you're burying you can backfill with rammed earth/stone/gravel. Or you can have the posts non buried, sat on a bit of a paving slab or whatever
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    Hedge vandalism?

    Cutting a hedge for someone in a more urban area, I found a police "no waiting" cone inside, it was totally hidden, and a real fight to get out. Think it had been launched in from the top
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    Need advice - children climbing frame diy timber question

    If you're lucky you will see second hand for cheap/free if you can dismantle and collect
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    Ring Floodlight Cam - wire with 3 pin plug?

    Next time you throw out a broken electrical appliance, cut the lead off and keep it! The camera/light will no doubt have a tiny draw, so I'm sure a 0.75mm2 lead will be fine. It should say the power rating on the item/box?
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    Yorkshire boarded store

    The old saying I've heard was along the lines of the thickness of your board is the size of the gap. So if the boards are 20mm thick then the gap is 20mm. If you build it with rough sawn timber, and the boards butted up against each other, they will dry out leaving a gap which will allow some...
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    Unknown Markings on road / pavement

    Looks like dognappers hun, take care x
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    Recommendation for welding mask (up to £100)

    Cheap auto helmet at lidl soon https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/parkside-automatic-welding-helmet/p10010904
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    Riveting?!

    Use a washer, but it's going through metal anyway, so not sure if it's really needed at the back
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    Recommendation for welding mask (up to £100)

    Is the old helmet actually broken or does it just need a new battery? This is a "dead" one I mended/modified for a friend:
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    Digging/drilling fence post into rubble

    Pinch bar. https://www.dwtoolshop.com/products/bulldog-bcb72cp-72-x-1-18-chisel-and-point-crowbar If you want to splash the cash there's various "jack hammers", but it can be a bit of a slippery slope once you start looking at longer chisels, anti vibration etc
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    Soil and waste removal

    Best way as in easiest, or cheapest? If you can sort it out you might be able to get rid of a lot of it for free on gumtree etc Soil for infill Stone/bricks/concrete for soakaways/rubble/infill Wood potentially for burning Anything else fill your wheely bin every week
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    Is it possible to put a camera (possibly hidden) on my front door?

    Get a gnome for your doorstep, no one will suspect a thing
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    Flowerbed against house wall

    Get shot of the raised bed against the house, if there's enough dpc clearance you could still have the bed there, just not raised.
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    How do I cut a plastic box without shattering the plastic?

    If you had an angle grinder, that would work
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    What’s the point of incised timber?

    It's barely more than a scratch, look at the wooden "hydro poles", the guys climb up them in spikes which takes big chunks out of them.
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    What’s the point of incised timber?

    What type of fencing are you wanting to put up? You can get various types of materials - steel (plain or galvanised), concrete, different species of timber; spruce, larch, oak, chestnut, creosote treated, etc
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    Stopping Christmas Lights getting tangled

    Good luck fixing the broken ones, at least you have all year to do it now
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    Stopping Christmas Lights getting tangled

    Wrap them in a ball, they never tangle. Dispense by putting the ball in a bucket.
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