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Boardwalk ideas
canalsiderenovation replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
Back on this.... we are trying to break up the porcelain as we have such a lot of one colour. I'm thinking of something along the lines of this to create a path between the patio and pergola area but using wood effect porcelain and rather than just on grass use some kind of edging (metal perhaps so the paving can be staggered) and then fill with some kind of aggregate with some planting in between aggregate to soften .... presume the porcelain would still need to be laid on mortar and primed etc... Anyone done anything similar. I am really struggling. Pic for general idea but these are just laid into grass -
Some success, Internorm directly have responded (I have their Techinal Managers details after he came and sorted some issues with a fingerprint sensor on our front door) and they say it can likely be done, that said they are just waiting for JK to provide the specific order details of the original item to double and then we can get a quote from Internorm (will involve a visit from their Service Department).
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Righty, here's a conundrum. We have a bedroom/ensuite in our house which we are thinking of doing as an Airbnb. The bedroom door has a key lock on it which means access to the rest of the house can be prevented. It also has a window/door onto the patio. In essence this can be a separate entrance so is ideal for guests. The issue we have is that when we had it fitted (Internorm) they didn't do anything that could be locked. From inside the bedroom the right side as you look at the photo can be operated like a tilt and turn window so you can either use it as a window or door and the left side has a catch to open that side and both open inwards. From outside there is a little catch to open and close the door so if you just left the bedroom you can shut the door and then go back in but there is no way of locking it. Obviously if we had guests they would want to secure the room (even though we would likely only do Airbnb when we were around). Is there any way of retrofitting something, ideally without drilling into the frame?
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Dark fence - downsides?
canalsiderenovation replied to puntloos's topic in Landscaping, Decking & Patios
We use one of those electric fence sprayer things and it works a treat. We have 90 metres of fencing and I can do it all within a couple of hours. -
Ours is 3.6m in width and is plenty. Pic attached for ref. The chairs go around the table fine and there is plenty of room (only moved them as we have had some very bad storms and they were blowing everywhere). Our pergola area is about 4.3m in width although we wanted it a little smallee it was to cover a large old brick septic tank.
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Question re garage floor paint
canalsiderenovation replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Decorating
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Question re garage floor paint
canalsiderenovation replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Decorating
No idea! I'm thinking thinning down the first coat with some white spirit won't do any harm? Tried ringing regal paints but they not answering -
Question re garage floor paint
canalsiderenovation replied to canalsiderenovation's topic in Decorating
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I've been given some QAD garage floor paint. Our garage has a concrete floor that has had some levelling applied. It'd been over a month and I want to paint it. Should I mix the QAD paint with some white spirit for a first initial thin coat? Had planned to do this today but I'm getting mixed messages on whether I should thin down the first coat (dad says yes, stepdad says no)!
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Forward planning to electric gate ideas. The builder will be doing the drive and brick wall/brick gate posts after Xmas. We are thinking either powder coated aluminium or something like this https://www.charlesandivy.co.uk/products/hudson-dark-grey-curved-top-driveway-gate Then we would need to get it automated (opening inwards not sliding). The power won't be buried underground. What sort of automation kit would people suggest please? The width pilar to pilar would be the max of 13ft and just under 2m high. We currently have 18ft non automated old farm type gates but obviously getting something this length and automated is not really viable and I suspect ridiculously expensive.