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Hello all, I’m having my first attempt at building a raised deck in the garden. It sits between 20-40cm off the ground (sloped garden). My support posts are all in and now I’m laying the weed suppressing fabric. What I want to know is if I can just use any old ballast and sub base that’s lying...

I hope that someone can help me. I am partway through constructing a close board fence next to my new single skin garden wall. The previous fence was posts and panels some of which were bolted into the wall, these recently took out part of the wall in a storm. Have got half the fence done...

Hello all, I'm just starting out with redoing the patio in my back garden as the original and addition section had all moved and most of the concrete pavers were rocking. I've pulled the old patio up and i think i know where I'm heading with the new one apart from one bit. There is a grate...

Hey Guys, I bought a house with terrible front garden fence, and i have no idea how to approach it. It is made of concrete, seems solid inside (not bricked) and rendered with pebbles, of which most are missing. Anyone had any luck repairing something like that? Ideally i would like to keep it...

Hi everyone, I was just curious as to what you'd Suggest to get my slab levelled. The old concrete seems solid but has a few cracks, and are a little off level. Basically, we are going to build a wooden garden room, if possible we would like to avoid having to re apply concrete slab. and...

I'm looking to deck over an existing patio, the main issue is the low clearance from the door sill. There is roughly 75mm from the patio tiles to underneath the door sill and 100mm to the top of the door sill. Therefore I would need to use thinner joists or lay them flat. Will it be a problem...

Hi all. I had Bristol water over today to assess my lead replacement. Our water supply is shared with the neighbours (possibly 2 other houses) and is connected in front of their front garden (victorian terrace). Bristol water said we would only qualify for the free connection if we brought the...

Hi, is it possible/safe to screw 4 tall planters to decking and concrete in posts for a pergola? Said pergola will be approx 2.5x4 & 2.5 tall.

Hi chaps, I am needing to flag or astro turf my garden, so its weedy at moment so gonna lay a bed of gravel (undercore?) and flatten in prep for whats next, at least it will look better for now and keep the weeds away, I also want the same gravel undercore to be able to fill in parts of my...

Good Evening, Was hoping you could help me please, I have been a homeowner of my property for 25 years, Mortgage paid off and I have my title deeds ownership of the home. We had a back garden extension built 7 years ago, though, before this, we had a wall and wire fencing which partitioned both...

Hello all, I really need some advice having never attempted anything like this before. I am attempting to build a 28m² patio and so far I have: Dug out soil to 150mm Added 5 tonnes of type 1 MOT sub-base I still need to add another tonne but I'm worried about levelling (with the drop) as...

20190804_161921 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM 20190804_161958 by Natasha Griffith posted 4 Aug 2019 at 4:33 PM Hi everyone, amateur DIYer here looking for a little advice. This is our neighbour's shed which backs onto our garden. I can only assume the previous owners here...

Hi folks Just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a log cabin company? Preferably with installation. I've read through older threads, looks like Dunster House and Kybotech are ones to avoid, and tuin cabinville garden life ok, but hoping for up to date/recent experiences. Many thanks

Hi, I will soon be having most of my garden paved and would eventually like to have a new larger shed with power and water. So, I need to put in a pipe for water and an electrical cable to feed the shed I will eventually build. Never done this before so I dont know what to buy. For the time...

Morning all, I've just finished laying a Indian sandstone patio - Kandala Grey - It's been stop start over the last 8-9 weeks due to intense rain&not being at home. It's been laid of a full bed of cement mixed 5-1 with sharp sand which we mixed by hand each time as we knew we'd not be fast...

Hi folks, Long time lurker here, but now registered finally. I have just started a garden project to lay decking over an already played patio, got all bases covered for the decking apart from one thing, I wonder if anyone has any ideas or ran into the same issue. The garden has a slight slope...

Hello! I'm hoping for some help as I've been going round in circles working out what to do. I had some new Featheredge Forest Garden fence panels last summer. I fitted them in the garden and left them for the winter to settle in before planning to treat them with Cuprinol Garden shades paint...

Hi, With the recent winds one of our fences decided to rip its self to pieces (was a mess), so this has been taken down. I am just about to start getting stuff in for a new fence but have a few questions as never come across this before! Basically as I took the fence down it appears there used...

Hi, After some advice or tips on adding a rail to my existing deck. The deck was already here when i bought the house and has a foundation made up of what looks like a mix of breeze block and brick. Its not the best job but seems solid for the most part. They have anchored batten to this...

I have around 140 grey paving bricks and about 30 usable post-war (1940s) Imperial house bricks. I don't want to give them away -- there must be something to be done with them in the garden. Any ideas on what to do with them other than lay a small path?