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slatted screens above fencing height

What are the legal and planning issues around putting slatted screens above the top of the fenceline on seperate posts to the fence.I've seen it done a lot on pinterestTo be clear - slatted screen only attached to posts above the height of the fence

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Teasel ( plant or weed )

I have a customer who would like a patch of common teasel , I know it can be very invasive and i have suggested alternatives but they like the architectural quality of teasel .

Has anyone encountered serious infestations of teasel ? I presume it can b

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K-REND COSTS

Hi All,

Does anybody have any idea on the cost of K-rend? I am looking to have a seat (solid concrete blocks) rendered for a client in white. It is about 4sqm of surface and 18m of beading?

What would be the typical cost for supply and install. I have

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Project / job photography device .

What is your device of choice to photograph before and after projects and jobs . ? 

it got me thinking after watching two seperate gardeners taking photo's with their tablets also a builder was taking photo's with a tablet while doing some work at a p

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Patio help

Is anyone in the Guildford area who has a patio business willing to offer me any advice regarding an installation i completed in 2019? long story short is that the customer has complained about some pooling in two small areas of the patio which i hav

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mix in the tub mortar / hybrid mortar resin / Parking restrictions

I have to mortar 25 paving stones 50mm x 50mm in a gravelled area but the problem is no parking allowed  or unloading ioutside the property its in the middle of a town centre .

looked into a tredesmans permit which only covers scaffolding , utilities

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Painting sleeper walls

Anyone have experience of painting sleeper walls?

I've got a client who as part of a project wants contemporary raised beds with rendered walls but the budget won't stretch that far so we are  looking at building them with oak sleepers instead to save

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sleepers post depth

hello just been wondering on the minimum depth for sleeper posts.

 

I have been doing alot of patios with sleeper retainment only 1 sleeer high (200mm) and putting the posts in 300mm deep.

i know with a fence etc woud need to be only 1/3 deep but obvios

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Council weedkilling

I've always wondered how they manage this................... just seen the operator charging along the pavement, then the road on his little "truck" with a big tank on the back.............. steering with one hand, spraying with the other.   The spra

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Adhesive that will stick slate paving to membrane ?

I know this sounds obscure but its a specific request . Just surveyed a job where the client has specified they would like some slate pavers they have supplied as stepping stones ( for pedestrians ) securing with adhesive on top of a membrane to run

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Henchman Ladder

I have measured, but who on here has as a LWB renault master van?

An I believe you can get a 10ft hechman tripod ladder in anyone got a 12ft in down the side at an angle?

Or another way.

~thanks in advance

 

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Stepping stones through pond

Hi all.

I am building a pond with stepping stones through the middle. I will build block piers and cover them with epdm liner. The natural stone stepping stones will be laid on top of the liner.

My question is will the mortar bond sufficiently to the e

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Kota Blue Limestone

Good evening all,

 

it's been a while since I have been on as I left the industry a few years back. I hope you are all keeping well. I have recently moved house and we have decided to lay 900x600 Kota blue limestone pavers. I have done the usual prep o

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Tis that season again

Today we were hard at it one of us on the ground the other up the Henchman working our way around a large garden with too many high hedges. Literally at the same time both of us stopped and ran. An hour later we returned to the wasp nest - to see thi

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Tuda luxury 30mm grass

OK so I've been laying artificial for a couple years now and I like to think I know what I'm doing. I was doing a garden for someone and they decided they wanted more artificial than what was planned for so this meant they needed an other 6 meter off

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Replace a lawn

So the lawn was originally planted on a gravel bed. The client wants a beautiful green sward of turf.

My idea is to remove the top 6 inches of soil, put down a barrier, to stop the stones rising, refil with screened topsoil and add turf.

If we dont put

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Cut flowers.

Morning all hope everyone is  staying safe in these  intesting times we find our selves in.  I have a question about cut flowers...I've been considering growing on a small scale flowers specifically for cutting, I think that  due to the up surge of p

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Landscaping prices

First of all I want to say hi, I'm new to the network, have just recently started up on my ownand based in Fife..

I'm looking for a bit of advice about my pricing method and rates, all feedback would be appreciated. I'm thinking on pricing every job b

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