garden

Putting a lock on the wood gate and the instructions are minimal. I need to drill a 32mm hole for the barrel through 45mm thickness. Any recommendations for the best type of drill bit to use? I would have thought a wood bit but when looking at descriptions they say only good for thin materials...

Hi Have started raking out the joints in my patio but after about 4 rows I have noticed movement in the slabs. My question is as follows: is it worth pointing these back up and doing the patio in sections to prevent the movement in the slabs or just carry on ripping out the existing mortar...

Can anyone tell me what ratio of sand, cement and aggregate I should use for footings for a small wall? Also what ratio for cementing concrete blocks?

Hi all Looking for some pointers, I'm looking to put down some concrete foundations for a shed, however the area for the shed has a retaining wall that ends about 70 cms before the area If I put concrete on this raised part I'm worried the soil will over time become loose and come away, so...

I have a slightly sloping front garden. I want to make it more low maintenance as the grass and weeds grow like wildfire and I don't have the time to keep de-weeding etc. I wanted to use weed membrane and gravel with possibly sleeper rails to stop the gravel moving down into and through the...

Hi all, I have a small front garden and I am planning on laying edging stones (brick shaped) along two edges. I figure about 15cm wide (stones are 10cm wide), a few cm deep as a bed and total length is around 10m - 12m It's only to have a nice edge between grass and borders so no foot...

Hi Folks, I moved into a house that had an existing SWA cable (20mm, 4-core) going from the house CU (RCD) up the garden to a smaller CU in a brick shed. When the house clearance people were clearing the garden they thought it wise to burn the old weeds and ended up burning through the SWA's...

When we moved into our house the whole back garden was concreted over. So I removed all the concrete filtered out as much debris as I could from the soil, tamped it down by foot and then bought a sizeable amount of topsoil (prob around 5 tonnes if I recall) and laid it on the garden. I then...

I've just finished renovating our 1930s house and the builder ran a 25m length of 15mm PEX pipe outside for me to use in the garden (it's ~5m of 15mm from the kitchen tap). I tested and get 14l/min at the end of the 25m pipe (while I get 18l/min from the bath upstairs) I plan to run it 15m up...

Hi there, planning to build a flat roofed garden workshop (that will be converted to a garden office one day). Approximate dimensions are 5 x 2.4m, coming in under the 2.5m permitted development next to a boundary requirements. Trying to buy back interior height wherever possible from this...

I have a wooden pergola lean to against my property. I have purchased some clear acrylic polycarbonate sheet roofing in a roll. I want to secure this to the pergola but allow it to “wiggle” in the wind to some extent - probably only in high winds as the area pick up some gusts. Is there a...

We have a good concrete base left after removing old shed. We would like to tile over the concrete but not sure how to do this - hope someone can help?

We bought our house last year and we're now trying to fix up the front and need advice. We have a small space at the front of the house (6m x 2.5m) plus a side section (1m x 12m) that's currently gravelled with very old concrete path that needs replacing. The gravel doesn't work for a couple...

Good afternoon Advice needed on a quote I have received for a fence. For 12 meters 6 foot tall the quote I was given was 1750. The lad seems decent and his work looks good. He did mention something about using treated wood but I just assumed all wood would be treated. This included removal of...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. We've had a patio laid but we've come across a few issues and wanted to get some advice. 1. The whole patio slopes for the rainwater which is fine and not a problem but it seems to not only slope from back to front but also from left to right. Is...

Hi I've been cutting my hedges today with no issues then it clipped my ladder. When I look at it I can see anything wrong and it still starts and moves however it now doesn't cut anything. Any ideas what I've done and how to fix it? Thanks

Hi, I have a 90degree elbow coming off of a mdpe pipe. I've have changed the faulty tap. The new tap when fully tihhtend opposed to facing down (as previous did) is facing to the left. If i slacken so that it faces down then it leaks. I have applied alot of PTFE tape to no benefit...

Hi, First time laying slabs, putting down 2x2's for a hottub, 2.4 by 3.6m. Using Type 1 as a base (8cm approx) then a layer concrete, 1 part cement, 2 part sand and 3 part stone. For the concrete layer I don't know the quantity to order for each, spoke with the builders merchent and they told me...

Really not sure what forum for this so thought I’d go in here as I would think some of your are also greentumbs. Renovating a semi detached, property next door has been empty for years apparently. We have been in there once and strimmed and chopped and hacked the brambles back so we could...

I have bought a large second-hand shed - Keter apex plastic shed. It was originally on grass and so it comes with a sub-base of plastic blocks and gravel. However, its new home will be on paving stones - can I just put it straight on those without issue? Or as I have the plastic blocks to use as...