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Renga renga lily looking v.sad! Is it ok to cut them off! |
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Best quality garden mix I have recently made some planter boxes (approx 11meters x 1meterx 600mm and need to fill them with some good quality mix for veges where in auckland is the best place to get a good quality mix ( i have filled the bottom withcompost/clippings etcbut need ... |
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Maggots help, I suddenly have maggots in my compost.Only fruit ,veg & garden matter goes into it. Why suddenly like this ! |
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Nobody told me to check tile thickness OK, so I've never tiled before so I learned everything I could find out and bought all the stuff and put it on. One tile was higher than the next one, and I discovered the tiles vary in thickness by 1 or 2 mm. Thay are cut slate. Very expensive |
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Gardeners opinions please. I read Dr Lyall Watsons Supernature in the 70s and lots of it has stayed with me. Anyway I was walking around the area I live in and came across a garden that was obviously once loved and now is let to young non gardeners by the look of things. Outside the fence line was a long ... |
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Need painting advice please My daughter has painted her 2 story rough sawn house, which was previously painted with an oil base paint or stain.she used Dulux weathershield ( I think) . I have notice it can be scratched off easily! They spent hundreds, scaffolding was required , incr... |
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Polystrine insulation Am in a house that has poltstrine insulation under the floor,was wondering if there should also be a covering of some type of building paper over it If so what type. |
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Painting treated timber I have just rebuilt some steps that were rotting, and the sides (stringers) were painted white on the outside, but just left to weather on the inside, as were the treads. I want to do the same with the new timber, but it is still exuding quite a bit of gr... |
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Concrete block wall inside wardrobe with mould Hi I need to treat and maybe paint this before i move in. It's white painted concrete block borderinhg my cold neighbours flat. It's got residual mould from years gone by and maybe some new. I want to refresh to start back again best I can s |
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Spa people Hi guys,We purchased a house in November which has come with a small triangular spa pool which we want to get up and running. We have all the chemicals etc but we have no idea how many litres our spa is, how could we work this out ! |
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Grass seeds Hi there! Can anyone please tell me, when is a good time to sow grass seeds and does anyone have any good advice about how to do it! Cheers |
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Concrete vs timber deck cost We want to build a large deck along one side of our house. Because we intend to live here for a long time, we were looking at kwila rather than pine, but the cost is astronomical by the time we take bearers, posts etc into account. The other option seems ... |
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Chain saw fault. I've been a husqvarna diehard for many years from weed wackers,hedge trimmers and chainsaws but never in my experience have i had a fuel line perish until recently when i purchased a late model 460 chain saw. Thank goodness the warranty covered |
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Trade card Mitre10 I have a trade card for mitre10 in takanini , I have learn't there are 4 levels of trade discount . they don't actually need to see the card, just account name and password to give discount. The more i spend P.A the better the discount. So now all... |
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Can you get roses like this? I think this is yet another photoshopped creation. They come in various colours. I'm looking forward to the polka dot version. I could be wrong. But I'd put money on it never having grown like that. |
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Who to contact to dig holes Who would be the people to contact if we want a few holes dug! We just want the holes dug so we can build the fence and retaining wall ourselves |
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New house paint bubbling and cracking I had my weather board house painted mid last year by proffesional painters. By November I was noticing bubbling on the flat face of the boards and the paint pulling away from the part where the boards fit together. the paint between the boards has |
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Solid plaster on front step can some one tell me is there special cement and sand that i need to use. Also do i need an additive of any kind! Or do i just mix the sand, cement and water! Thanks |
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Sandpit Question Building a sandpit out of treated pine, is it ok to leave in it's natural treated state or does it need to be sealed for toxicity purposes! |
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Ultimate Ant Killer - what is it! Ive tried just about eveything. Rip cord, Blitzem, the little trays that you put next to the trails, Ant sand, etc. They still come back. Who has used what - that works. |
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Mice or Rats in the Ceiling We have people staying at our bach and they have mentioned they have heard mice or rats in the ceiling. I have one day between the next lot of guests staying and wondered what I can do! There is no roof space as in is a mono pitch roof with the ceilings d... |
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White Ceiling Paint Can it be used for any other purpose other than ceilings, such as doors, skirting, walls or window sills ! |
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Suggestions for plants to grow on concrete wall? Hi all, I'm in Welli and have several small West facing 'step'/planter box areas created by a series of contrete retaining walls. I'd like to plant something that either tumbles down the walls or climbs up it to cover up the ug |
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What are you planting in your vege garden March? im thinking broccolli, maybe onions!, spinach, lettuce. |
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Insert T into existing downpipe? I need to insert a T into an existing (well-secured) downpipe, so I can add a dropper to a gutter to handle excess water. It looks like it can be done with the various sliding fit joiners Marley makes, but I'm sure there's a right way and wr |
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