canalsiderenovation

Found the episode. Shame they didn't show the gallery opposite us along the towpath. Only caught a very small snippet of our house.

Ooh I didn't see this! I'll have to find it... thanks. Looks like it was at least 12 months ago (I can tell from how the garden looks and things we have changed in the past few months. rose garden and greenhouse added etc.

One toothbrush is randomly turning on and off and the razor which was by the mirror was turning on randomly. The toothbrush despite now being in a different room is still turning off and on (charge should die shortly hopefully). Once we moved the razor into the bedroom and disconnected the shaver head it stopped making a noise. The mirror is now doing nothing as the fuse is off at the main box! It could be purely coincidence the razor is a bit iffy and the toothbrush is doing odd things and bugger all to do with the mirror which has no charging facility just Bluetooth capability.

Well we created a border and added an aluminium statue of a heron (10 year wedding anniversary so that was mwtal thing sorted)! Everybody thinks it is real and keeps taking photos of it 🤣 Planting sorted for now and shrubs will be directly against the piling and will fill out eventually. I'm sure it will evolve a bit more as time progresses... 20260706_091607.mp4 And its a nice view from our kitchen window... we thinned out the grasses massively and will just keep them contained in that area as they were sprouting up in the lawn, their roots are horrible. To anyone planting grasses, don't. Even now weeks later they are still sprouting up in the newly dug out border. Awful stuff...

The strangest thing happened last night. It could all be a coincidence. We heard a noise and after wandering through the house we discovered the chargeable razor that was on top of the vanity unit in our ensuite was turning on randomly (it's a USB chargeable thing). So moved it into the bedroom and took it apart, problem solved as we thought. Next minute another noise, same vanity unit and one of chargeable toothbrushes was turning on and off. Moved it into the bedroom and it sort of stopped doing it as frequently but is still at it this morning and its nowhere near the bathroom.... Our first thought was the mirror that was above the vanity unit. It has a light and a demister but no USB or charging socket. Other half said when it was on she could hear a noise coming from it but I don't know if that's normal.. she's looked at it this morning and nothing wiring wise seems loose. Could it have developed some sort of fault that is causing issues with the battery devices left next to it or is it just a complete coincidence two battery devices started to play up at the same time? Don't want to replace the mirror if this is just a completely bonkers theory.... Mirror pics attached...

Forgot to add but this is what we have .... https://www.toolstation.com/milwaukee-m18-bpp2c-502c-heavy-duty-twin-pack/p47877?store=null&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22664293152&gbraid=0AAAAAD-vLcVUzKER4MNywPqth7KCoEYmz&gclid=Cj0KCQjw77bPBhC_ARIsAGAjjV9Pwod4w61Bs5RcXbO41vaWZPh_DcX0gFknTzdcIpwv6c8Iqe76UdkaAgdjEALw_wcB

After using a lot of my dad's Milawaukee stuff I swear by them.... we gradually replaced a lot of our stuff and if you will need gardening items their strimmer and leaf blower is brilliant too with interchangeable batteries with drill, impact driver etc... (at the moment if you buy the leaf blower for about £120 you can claim a free 5ah battery, and repeat and do the same for the strimmer which is about £150 and claim a free battery too).

You'll have a job the canal still has a great big hole in it!

I tried it in areas of the garden for inspiration. It takes a few goes. From this... To this... not sure CRT would like the pontoon! And from this To this (yes its changed the neighbours landscaping too). We are definitely looking into something like expanding our border... Pond didn't look right and as its in full sun not sure it would work

All done! Ignore the patchy paint on the bottom, some creosote got mixed with bitumen I'd put on the bottom! 20260502_165324.mp4

Thenk you, gives me some ideas! Also been using AI to give me some inspiration but some of the results have been a bit weird with what it has done with the canal (floating pontoon) 🤣 but it's also given us some ideas of creating more borders and interest. We just have a large grassed space in one area in particular and we don't know what to do with it. We have had two herons that are now frequently visiting and sit in our garden so fish is a definite no...

Reply to my own post... work in progress. Creosoted most of it before installing but couldn't do it all because each piece was numbered and didn't want to paint over number risking us not being able to locate the right bit! Installation has been a bit of a bu**er at times between the two of us but we are getting there slowly. Its cedar and quality is good, just instructions a bit confusing. It had a fan and digital thermostat but we don't have electricity at that end of the garden but we are going to buy a portable power station (Ecoflow do some good ones like the River 2 pro 768Wh capacity which would be more than enough and serves as a backup for us when we have power cuts). Will be putting gravel in front of it and growing some David Austin Roses onto the pergola.

I know we have a canal, but we are thinking of putting in a wildlife pond... obviously no fish with the heron, kingfishers etc but more to attract wildlife don't want any pumps or anything....so, show me your ponds please? @ToughButterCup I saw a couple of pics of your pond on a previous thread. Do you have any more pics of it, especially as you were doing it.

I just had a response from them: We do not offer the option to choose from a different type of material for the sheets used on the greenhouse. However, our 4-wall polycarbonate sheets have been treated with a UV stabilisation that will prevent panels from changing colour through sun exposure. Additionally, whilst our greenhouses are tested against wind and weather, they are purposefully not designed to be fully watertight to allow humidity to escape, which is another benefit as internal condensation can also be reason for the sheets to turn milky over time.

I don't think so. I'll message them and see. When we moved in there was an old glass greenhouse that got shattered by a falling tree branch (not in the same place) although it probably wasn't toughened glass either. It was metal and was all rusty etc and generally didn't look great. It's been discounted to £1999 since yesterday and I've been looking at this for at least 9 months and this is the cheapest it has been.