garden

I'll be putting up a summer house with small balcony next year. I've contacted the local authority with my plans and there are no restrictions. Both neighbours have no problem with the plans either. My query though is about the stilts I intend the fix the summer house and decking onto, rather...

Which is best, putting together either a wooden or steel shelves as stand alone or is it best to attach them to the walls of the shed itself?

Hi there. We've got a small retaining wall on the boundary of our garden as the neighbours garden is higher than ours. It's perfectly functional but it's not very straight so I'd like to replace it as part of some landscaping we're doing. The problem I have is that it intersects with the...

Hi, We recently bought a 9ft kids slide from a well known catalogue/store retailer to be used in our garden. The instructions advise to dig two 35 x 35cm holes, fill them with concrete and fix the slide to them with plugs and screws. An alternative slide which was 10ft from another well known...

We had bought kids a garden play house couple of years ago and I since then I never did anything with it. But it looks like it needs some TLC. I'm not sure what's the best course of action to prolong its life. I've attached the pictures, could someone suggest what do I need to do with it? For...

The base is done and dusted last year. I was going to order the shed late last year but aired against it due to the possibility of sealing moisture into the wood when painting/treating the wood and not drying out properly. At 10 x 8, It's main use will be a garden shed but im also planning to...

Hi, my next-door neighbour (in his 70's) has asked me to help him with a metal shed he's ordered, its 10ft x 6ft and will require being screwed down. The soil is quite soft and under the soil it's clay, he just wants to plonk down some concrete but I've told him it needs some hardcore first...

Planted them across a 10m wall at end of garden in the hope of building a screen across, although appreciate this may take a few years to establish. Went for these as they are meant to grow approx 50cm per year, and was advised to plant 1 per meter. Have been a little concerned about their...

Hello all, I need some advice and clarification on a single story rear extension I want to build. Firstly, I'm pretty sure I would need Planning Permission based on my current drawings due to a sloping garden causing the height of the extension to exceed 4 meters. Also I have a low pitch due...

Hi all, I wonder if I could get your advice? There is a old concrete pad in our garden. It used to have a gargage standing on it. But we took the garage down. We're now looking to remove the pad itself and turn it back to soil/grass. We have a breaker - and I have worked away at the thickest...

Looking for ideas for low cost lawn edging to separate lawn from borders. Larger area to cover. Established lawns and recently decluttered borders. - Lawn and borders are at same/similar level. Probably benefit from a slight raised edge. - Edges are straight with square corners. - Lawns are...

I bought a job lot of garden tools at auction last week and this one was part of the lot. Any ideas what it might be?

Hi All I hope someone here can guide me on the below. I have had built decking in my back garden. My garden itself is sloping. As a result of the slope the deck from the back of my house is below 30cm, in height, from the ground whilst the front of the deck is approx 50cm, in height, above the...

Does anyone know of any planning permission / building regs issues surrounding excavating one’s garden which leads to a council pavement in order to level it? My grandfather is looking to buy a house which has a patch of grass / garden which is around 3-4m wide running the length of the house...

Our decking is looking really tired. Half is under cover and doesn't look too bad, but the area that gets rain and leaves from the trees fall onto it looks really worn out and grubby. I was going to jet wash it, but this seemed to be damaging the wood. What is the best way to clean your decking...

Hi all, 2 months ago had my Indian sandstone laid in my garden, though this morning found a bird poop which seems to have dried I then clean it off with a brush and hose through a green mark remanence has been left on my sandstone, very sad about this. It's relatively a new Indian sandstone...

Hello guys, I'm thinking of creating my own fire pit table for all family to enjoy. Is it possible to create something similar to the images below? If so, what would you recommend that I'd need? http://www.fabartdiy.com/creative-multi-purpose-jag-grill-firepit-bbq-table/

Hi, I want to lower the trampoline so a. the kids can get on/off it easier and b. build a raised decking platform around it to hide the weedy mess that lies under and around the trampoline. Question I have is, and I cannot see why I cant do this, is using a pick-axe, to dig out just where the...

Hi all - some advice needed! We have a raised vegetable box that sits below a conifer and hence gets little to zero rain. We'd like to make use of the runoff water from the side extension of our house to somehow make its way to the veg box and keep the area watered. Thing is .... there is an...

Hi, A few years ago, we installed a block paving driveway- (the typical red bricks with black border etc) We're pretty bored of that look now and were wondering if we could potentially cheaply renovate the look by painting the blocks black and then sealing it to give the effect of those modern...