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Thanks - another useful point to bear in mind. I had been planning to spread the removed topsoil over a few other beds. Your point about the bulking-up of the removed topsoil means that I'll need to use more beds than expected. Luckily I have enough of beds (~200 sqm) around the rest of the...

Thanks Thermo I suspected 'hard work' might well be the reply. I had tried a couple of sq m with a spade last weekend, but the preceding dry month meant the lawn was a bit dried out for slicing/lifting. The rain this week will presumably make the slicing easier, but the lifting just a...

Hi all I want to take up about 20 sqm of lawn to part-extend a patio and add a gravel/shale area. The lawn rises away from the pation to about 2-3" (50-75mm) above the level of the patio. (Although currently no problems with water draining from lawn onto patio - soil is free-draining loam...

Hi all Thanks Oilman, Wilhelm & others for the useful advice (quoted below) provided to previous postings on how to rectify airlocks caused by running out of oil. One thing I would add is that in my set-up (ancient Redfyre centrajet 18/28 ) the oil came out in drips, rather than a flow -...

Thanks Qedelec - the minimum would be if I add a 50mm backbox to the other side of the existing 50mm backbox, so the gap would be 50mm plus say another 50mm of cable within each backbox - a total of 150mm. (I suppose offsetting vertically might be advisable to avoid leaving just a 50mm solid...

Wall is 145mm (solid) and it can be done as a ring instead of as a spur. So, are there any miminum requirements for the length of the ring capable, or is the criteria just whatever is within the vertical zone relating to the first socket and most convenient for fitting the new socket...

I want to add a spur to the 'reverse side' of an existing socket (to provide a new socket in the next room). I have a recollection about a minimum distance of spurs (or spacing on rings) but have not found it in the Reference section here, nor elsewhere via Google. The closest I've found in...