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    Moss on driveway, best way to remove?

    Patio Magic (and Wet & Forget) are basically dilute forms of BAC 50. BAC 50 is a 50% solution of benzalkonium chloride. It depends on how thick the moss is. If I get round to doing my tarmac before the moss gets too bad then I just spray it with BAC 50 diluted to the right level. If I have let...
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    Clearing gap between sectional garages

    @amfisted I have a somewhat similar situation, roughly the same width and c. 4m long, however I can access both ends. I have quite a few Gardena combisystem tools, including a telescopic handle 210 – 390 cm and a garden hoe...
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    DIY Fence Installation for Driveway Partition: Seeking Advice on Cost-Effective and Durable Solutions

    In https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/below-ground-bitumen-paint-for-wooden-posts-in-concrete-will-it-trap-moisture.615002/ @Burnerman recommended them and said he had used them. You listed all of the problems you perceived with them, I asked you if you had ever used them and you did not answer...
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    DIY Fence Installation for Driveway Partition: Seeking Advice on Cost-Effective and Durable Solutions

    I think there @JohnD is assuming that the wooden posts will be set in concrete. John is quite knowledgeable but he comes across as thinking that there is only one way to solve a particular problem. In another thread some months ago, he said that he had never used postsaver sleeves but he knew...
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    A decent garden hose ,,,,

    I needed to replace my main hose and, after looking around, I bought https://www.hozelock.com/product/ultraflex-hose/ I wanted to be able to get half-way down my garden so I needed a 50 metre hose. Some that looked okay were not that long. I bought it maybe two years ago and it has been fine...
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    Cheap vacuum shredders

    That is very different from The latter is saying that this is true of all machines. Personal circumstances vary a lot, partly what I was getting at by saying it is nuanced. I have lots of areas where it would be very awkward to use a lawn rake, also awkward to use a corded blower. Hence I use...
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    Cheap vacuum shredders

    It is a bit more nuanced than people have said. I have a largish garden and plenty of mature trees, so I collect c. 2 cubic metres of leaves per year. I have three machines, two vacuum / blowers and one (cordless) blower. Only if the leaves are on the lawn, or they are very close to it and can...
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    below ground bitumen paint for wooden posts in concrete. Will it trap moisture ?

    So evading rather than answering the question. That is a meaningless question, so I will ignore it. Someone, correctly, said "A wooden post in the ground will rot, at the point, ... where the gradient of damp and air reach the perfect proportions" (emphasis added). It is not just a matter of...
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    below ground bitumen paint for wooden posts in concrete. Will it trap moisture ?

    On that basis, a cover that extended 6 foot up the post would mean that it would rot c. 6'6" in the air. Will capillary action take the water up that far? Have you ever used these protector sleeves? I doubt that John (@Burnerman) would recommend them if he had not done so.
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    below ground bitumen paint for wooden posts in concrete. Will it trap moisture ?

    But only if the post is allowed to have sufficient water & oxygen. And that can only happen in a relatively narrow height band. The OP's second post refers to a thread, which may well be the one where I posted this...
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    Aldi's batteries for their power tools

    So how would the "one 240V tool" do the four different jobs that my tools will do? And how much would a 100 metre (or more) extension lead cost? As that is what I would need to get power from my house to the corner of my garden. And if it is "mains power again all round" why is that you...
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    Aldi's batteries for their power tools

    Phew! So I'm off the hook. When I bought two (Lidl) cordless tools I bought four batteries and two chargers, on the basis that the batteries will eventually die. Also if I only had one charger then if it stops working, for whatever reason, then all of the kit would be useless. Since then I...
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    17mm draw runners

    I thought he had replaced the children. At least that is what I thought meant. ;)
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    Vehicle road tax

    As I said, I have no idea how reasonable a concern it is. You say that all the comments listing the various problems with BEVs are propaganda, I think they show why BEVs are not appropriate as a mass market solution but they are being forced on the country exactly as a mass market solution...
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    What can I replace this wooden stake railing with that wont rot so often?

    As I said I have never used them, but it does inspire some confidence. And that is the purpose of a guarantee, you don't want to claim on it. Well, there are bound to be some sensible limits; e.g. you must have fitted it tight to the surface. More limiting is that, somewhere on the site, I saw...
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    Vehicle road tax

    I have only seen press pieces, not any thing with real numbers so I have no idea how serious a concern it is. AFAIUI, the argument is as follows, BTW all the numbers are illustrative. Many MS car parks were designed / built decades ago when the average saloon/hatchback family car was 1,400kg...
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    What can I replace this wooden stake railing with that wont rot so often?

    What I think is being referred to is this https://www.postsaver.com/ or something similar. The idea is that no drying is needed as the vulnerable area (just above ground & 6" under) is wrapped to prevent it getting wet. This is done with an outer layer of plastic and an inner layer of bitumen...
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    Old chiming clock now chimes one hour less than the true time

    That is one of the methods this is done. On our grandfather clock moving the minute hand backwards to about the nine moves the chime mechanism on one hour; there is a little click more felt than heard when that position is reached. Doing that advances the chime mechanism and then moving the...
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    Weedkiller for French limestone patio

    And what happens to weeds sprayed with non-Roundup glyphosate?
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    Fence ownership confusion

    That should be, 'On the plan, if there is a 'T' then the land that it is on indicates who is responsible for the boundary". AFUIUI it was not common to mark this on land plans until the 1970s and is far from universal even now.
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