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Hi as title I was in middle of getting a porcelain patio layed, then I was going to grass seed whole area, however I questioned the haunching. It comes out from my edging blocks at least 50 to 60mm wide, possibly more I never measured, and is square not angled, and is 40mm below the edging...

Hi I would like to draught proof my council house windows from the inside, there double glazed open outwards, and you can turn them all the way to clean them, I'm thinking about just getting the standard P shaped stripping comes double and sticky back. However the size seems pretty the same for...

Hi in order to obtain a nice tidy smooth slab of concrete, eg for a drive, a shed etc, should the mix contain, large and small aggregate, eg 20mm stones 10mm, or even 10mm down to smaller gravel, obviously sharp sand, I believe if you ordered a ready mix to your property, it would have a precise...

Hi I did a slab the other day, 2 feet wide around 10 feet long, I used ballast 20mm, was only for my bins, however still wanted it tidy never went well, at it for ages stones came to top, kept catching them with the float, back breaking trying to sort out pit marks, can I still salvage this...

Hi I'm going to do a 3.6m x 3.6m patio, I'll be using, new paving, but nothing fancy just plain 600mm x 50mm, with a mortar base of 40mm. So what depth should my sub base be, I'm reading that the standard should be 75mm, just wondering though could I get away with 50mm, it isn't soft soil, and...

Hi this is pretty short, I'm leveling my soil at the moment, and should be sowing new grass seed shortly, just wondering how much below the paving should my soil be to allow for the new grass, eg 1cm - 2cm just trying to get it right, without the grass spilling over, cause I over estimated with...

Hi I planted grass seed in this patch, in the pic, it was a patch that was dug up, the soil sifted into a fine loam, pretty much perfect to sow grass, or so I thought, as you can see didn't go too well, I'm in Scotland I planted late October last year, weather was fine, but then we got a cold...

Hi I want to build a patio on this concrete dimensions 360cm x 360cm I have the length, but I don't have the width, I have to create another 100cm to reach the width, so I was going to create a form for the width, concrete it, and sort of join it to the existing concrete, also as you can see the...

Hi I'm going to lay a patio I layed 26, 3x2 council slabs last year on the other side of garden, turned out not bad, but buying my slabs for this one probably 2x2 by 35mm, and a concrete slab hard wearing, but not picked them yet, so bit nervous how this will turn out. I'm laying it on the...

Hi I've lived in a council house for last 20 years, it's the same boiler since I moved in, God knows how old it is, in the past three years or so I've noticed a burning oil or petrol Smell ruminating all through my house, (1 when the heating is off with the timer, and (2 when it's on, but it...

Hi I have a sloped lawn, and just needing some ideas to level, I don't need to add soil I need to take it away, as my paving slabs are lower than than the highest part of the lawn, is the obvious solution a mini digger, or is there other ways, if it is the mini digger as a solution how would you...

Hi my 10 years old 42" Acoustic solutions model lcd42761f1080p just over the past year has been acting up a bit, first when I turned it on the led would flash, but then stop I would press the remote and it would come on, but sometimes this would fail and I would disconnect the power leave for a...

Hi I have an odd shaped bit of ground behind my fence, that had crazy paving that was uneven, and weeds coming through, so I ripped them up and now I'm laying around 15 old council slabs, 900mm by 600mm in there place. There's sand there from before but I'll be laying some fresh sharp Sand as...

Hi first off I'm not handy at all lol, A friend of a friend offered to do some work in my garden, he's done some so far, but now he's avoiding me like the plague, I will not list all the projects still to get done, but I'll start with the one I would like to get done, and see where it goes from...

Hi first off I apologise this is not about my car, but I thought it would be a good place for answers, In my home there has been a strong smell like some kind of fumes, and it has been driving me mad untill the other night the penny finally dropped lol. Over a year ago I was decorating and the...