canalsiderenovation

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.

Has anyone heard of Backyard Discovery? I'm eyeing up this https://www.backyarddiscovery.co.uk/products/2-7m-x-1-8m-bellerose-greenhouse?srsltid=AfmBOoqWCRTgaVCrhYBn4uvSMJGmTkG97VQOB6OdR0rom3ofu__MwLsI After the other half told me that unless I wanted a divorce the chickens had to go, there is now a concrete pad just waiting for something. Who knew that the second hand Omlet chicken stuff actually fetches a fortune... We are trying to avoid glass because the old railway embankment has lots of oak trees and whilst they are high up and the greenhouse wouldn't be shaded the acorns bloody hurt when they fall down on top of you and I suspect they would shatter and crack glass where this potentially may be a bit more sturdy and possibly looks a bit nicer.

Thank you @Nickfromwales once this is sorted we will come back and ask for things we can do and hopefully get someone out to quote for the things you recommend. So as it stands it looks like they are wanting to keep our almost £200 we have paid and want another £80 odd. I am going to ask them for a breakdown of what they are charging for and frankly tell them they can sod off with the £80 odd. Looks like by all accounts we aren't going to get our almost £200 back. I am going to make it clear to them that hell would freeze over before we have them to do any other work and as a minimum they should fix the issue they have caused.

I am having a saga still ongoing with this crappy company and what we owe or dont owe for the non existent work we didnt need or have. Before I send a strongly worded email can anyone confirm how much roughly it should be for topping up glycol on the ASHP. It was minus 2 and they topped up to about 7.5. I only ask because by all accounts it looks like they are charging us as follows (although i am about to ask them to confirm as I am sure this is not right). Our quote was for £390.41 for 2 expansion tanks to be repalced and glycol. We paid £195.20 leaving a balance to pay of £195.20 for the work quoted. They say they are applying a reduction of £114 to the outstanding balance of £195.20 meaning we have still £81.20 left to pay. This means in total we have paid £195.20 and they want another £81.20. So a total of £276.40!! I suspect they are charging to fix the leak and pumping up the expansion tanks (even though the second engineer said the expansion tanks should have been pumped up at service). They then may also be charging to come back out the following day when the filter was blocked/error message etc even though the second engineer said he checked it when I doubt he did and we never had any issue with this until whatever he did. I am trying not to blame the problems on what was or wasn't done but it seems we ended up with them causing more issues than we had to start with! And get this...they have given a quote to have work done to fix the coil rattle even though we never had an issue with this until second engineer likely upped the pump speed which i suspect was the cause. So, suggestions how to handle this. I certainly will be asking for a breakdown of pricing for work they are charging for.

Yes I suspect so. Strangely we have had no issues with the filter up until now and now I know what to do I feel confident regularly checking it. Kind of a bit like the mesh thing on our kitchen Quooker tap. I will definitely look into this though and getting one of those clear tundish things too which the engineer suggested. I probably won't use this same company again though so will need to find another company/competent person... and that is a struggle!

I haven't had the bill yet. I am annoyed they had to come out again. I think really he should have stayed long enough to see the filter was not blocked. He said he did check and left the heating and hot water on when he left but it was clear from the water temp and cold house that the error code must have appeared pretty much right after he left, preventing the heating and hot water coming on. Yes the engineer mentioned he has seen this on Telford cylinders before but less so on Gledhill.