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Many thanks. That's really helpful R

My mum used to make apple chutney which I liked, (particularly good with cheese). I can't get her recipe, but looked online and found this. http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/Apple/apple15.htm Hope there is something in there for you. R

Deluks, I checked last night and there is a single nail knocked at an angle through the post into the deck. Wabbitpoo I am in Edinburgh. The wood certainly hasn't been in my garden for years. There is a 4 foot drop onto grass. I think that might just be a mark that looks like a split. There...

Many thanks Deluks. There have been other examples of a job not well done I am afraid. I will check the other side, am not sure if there are further nails going in there. I am resolved to replacing the handrail, I just don't know how to do it avoiding the current wobble problem (I'll have...

http://www.imageshock.eu/?img=deck2.jpg If this works, I for one will be very surprised, (technically incompetent). The post as seen nails into fascia boards, not into joists etc. I can't get the builder to come back. The bit that sticks down is approximately 8 inches. Any guidance, as...

Thanks for that. I should have spotted that myself, sorry. R

Can anyone advise how i add a pic?

The builder who built my deck did a good job as far as I can see with the exception of the handrail. He positioned 3 in x 3in posts at 6 foot intervals along the edge which is 4 foot above the garden. Where the post meets the deck he cut them halfway through and split the post, leaving a...

Megawwat, take your point, but feel I am past the point of no return! MArshman, thanks that is really helpful. Will do. R

I am using 3m x 100 x 100mm posts as poles for washing line. I have used 100 x 100 x 750mm metapost spike, and for extra support I have bedded these in concrete. They are going nowhere. Prolem is that there is quite a lot of wobble of the post within the metapost bracket, not matter how may...