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dumper

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  1. What ever you do let’s see some pictures
  2. I would try to wrap a board around the curve to cover bearers screwed into the top of the pond you could then use hidden fixings or if the boards are thick enough angled screws to fix through the side
  3. There is only one way, it’s sunny and warm and four day weekend get the spade and dig a trial pit to look at foundations somewhere under the crack would be my first pit
  4. Before blaming the tree I would want to know more about the construction of the house especially the foundations my cinical guess is the surveyor will take the easy solution and blame the tree
  5. Why are you worried about heave ? Do you have cracks in your plaster or in the pointing of your brick work that move through the seasons
  6. You give no age for your property but guessing it’s post 1980s you might get some heave if it was removed but more likely the foundations severed the roots during construction. It not possible to give a definitive answers to your heave question without a site visit and trial pits and maybe not even then.however if it was in that position in my garden I would not be worried I would enjoy the tree
  7. So how did they fix it?
  8. I would buy it just to listen to the engine
  9. I’ve found Alsatian too small and not very protective also can be bribed with food my two big dogs one is 11 stone the other nearly 14 backed up by very excitable labradors and terriers very imposing and my yard is at home always a help if someone is around
  10. I’ve had a repair done buy this company seemed to know what he was doing n j generators 01702 473694
  11. 350 kilos of large dogs and chain them up so they make some noise the saws not the dogs
  12. Made in Italy or imported to Italy from China then sold on?
  13. Add some weight to the head
  14. I run a old parmenter contractor on my alpine manages it no problems
  15. I try for 300 MM minimum very well compacted, sheeps foot roller is ideal, timing is crucial clay needs to be dry enough to not rut but wet enough to squeeze tight you cannot over compact the clay. Also dig a cut of trench round the outside of the pond 600 MM deeper than the pond base excavate soil then back fill and compact to cut land drains and stop leaks from old roots etc.
  16. My local council did this to me a while back felled a hedge obviously on my land (they had to climb over a wall to get to it) i recorded all my time on the phone and computer, took many pictures from every angle, and presented them with a bill for the cost of replacement and my time they ignored my first attempt but paid up when sent a solicitors letter, they paid for the letter as well
  17. Better with a hydraulic winch electric overheats quickly usually at the wrong time and your battery might not be large enough to power it hydraulic all the time also brakes on the drums burn out
  18. My guess not in the uk
  19. They can be that stupid ....can They?
  20. If they are doing it for free you are going to have to pay is it worth it?
  21. It’s a very expensive saw to run but is very good at square cutting corners
  22. I have not seen a chain for Tarmac chains wear really quickly if you try to cut concrete and sub base at the same time
  23. Cuts like a chain saw stihl chain is shite both chain and bar wear out really quick far better to use diamond blade. but these are ideal tools for a square cut or plunge we found the hydraulic version much better, needs lots of water to run cool and clean
  24. Bring it on those of us with tanks and an exemption can then claim back the tax on the white diesel and then retail the white to locals for cash undercutting the fuel stations and giving us a good holiday four times a year! Luvly jubly!!!!

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