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Van sign writing and theft

First post!

im in a bit of a pickle, i started up just over a year ago and business is steadily increasing.

i have a mwb hr mercedes sprinter, I'm really in 2 minds whether to get it sign written or not! it has security locks fitted and all my equipmen

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Mortared Boundary Wall Advice

Im new here so I apologise if this is in the wrong place.

I have been asked by two of my customers to take out a 30ft old hawthorn hedge and replace it with a mortared wall with a fence on top. The total height of the wall and fence needs to around 7f

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Gabion metal cages

Hi Guy's

I hope your all well and enjoying this years season.

I have a landscaping project at home and am thinking about using Gabion cages to retain a large soil bank in my garden.

My garden is split level and has a hight difference of say circa 14-16

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fencing

Wondering what the best setup is for using concrete recessed posts with featherboarding fence, what size cant rails or spacing between posts as i keep loosing out on price as i price with a 3.6m cant rail with two concrete posts as such but is that o

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Post holes

Hi, anyone care to recommend make of spade for digging post holes?

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Sleeper suppliers

Hi all,

Does anyone have any recommendations for sleeper suppliers in the South East? I am pricing a job and will probably need over 50.

Cheers

Ben

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Multi-Use Games Area design for primary school

Afternoon All,

Has anyone designed a MUGA? (Multi-Use Games Area) The site is a primary school with limited space, it will be installed in the playground. It needs to accommodate football, rugby, netball and basketball.

I am struggling to get useful in

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Treated fence posts

Ive been looking into alternatives for the usual 4x4 treated timber posts we use for fencing. I think there are some issues with the posts failing at ground level since they took the good old arsenic out. I was looking into perhaps using cedar or oth

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Understanding the cost of landscaping

What does landscaping cost?

If you are planning to have your garden landscaped in the near future you will need to do your homework on the potential costs involved.

If you are looking for an industry standard charge-out rate or a set cost per metre o

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Small landscaping/ paving job in Watford

Hi, is anyone interested in quoting for a small job in Oxhey area of Watford? Customer wants to remove existing poorly positioned raised bed and improve patio area. Please let me know if I can pass on your details to my contact, as this outside the s

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Project lead Epsom: 100 square metres driveway in Marshalls Cobbletech/DriveSys

Here's a project lead for a LJN Premium Practitioner member who operates in the Epsom area of Surrey. A telephone enquiry came in to the LJN HQ this afternoon.

The potential client is looking for a suitably qualified practitioner to construct a drive

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Landscaping machinery and operator needed (Manchester)

Anyone got a tractor on agri tyres and rotovator/stone burier/box grader etc to prepare a demolition site for grass seeding ?
Top soil already spread by demolition company but still quite a lot of bricks and stone mixed in with it.
It,s in Mancheste

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Metal railings - disabled access

Can anyone please recommend a supplier of metal railings with hand rails for a disabled access ramp? Budget is very tight.It's for a high-rise, residential development, under construction, so I'd prefer something reasonably contemporary to suit the b

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Landscaper required for a job in Bournemouth

Hi,I have had an enquiry about some work at a domestic property in Bournemouth which has been described to me as; re laying of a patio, extending a hard base for a garden shed to 6'x8' from 6x4,plus new shed, remove existing lawn and laying new, repl

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A little time is needed to learn about plants and soil

This is a true story.

I got a call one day from a couple of friends who wanted some advice on laying turf at a property they were renovating/landscaping (one of the partners later moved into the house).

The house they were renovating was an old - I'd

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wall fixings

Hi just wondering what others do regarding fixing rails to walls for fences and gates? I usually use m10 x 100 mm coach screws on 4x2 inch timber but do you use resin in the hole for the wall plug? Or not bother. Sometimes it works other times it's n

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Pebble binder

If anybody is interested, the pebble mill is now marketing a fantastic new product!
It is a one part stone binder which can be poured directly onto existing clean pebbles or gravel, this then sets with-in 24hrs and stops the migration of the stones.

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Suggestions for panel fencing over privet hedge

Hi all,

Just been to do a site visit to quote on some panel fencing with concrete posts and the customer wants the fencing run to replace an 12 m exisitng mature privet hedge up to 5m high with trunk diameters around 15 cm. This is to secure garden as

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How long after completion would you deal with a customer complaint?

The landscaping project is complete and the ink is long dried on the cheque which has been safely cashed.

Your client's has expressed their gratitude and you've said your farewell and wished them a long summer of happiness enjoying their new garden.

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Fencing clips, do you dont you?!

I dont do a lot of fencing, but when using panels i always use these clips from Wickes

http://beta.wickes.co.uk/Fence-Fixing-Clip/p/541399

Not exactly cheap when using loads, i normally use 6 per panel if its a 6 footer, 4 for others.

Easy to use, nice

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