House fixy-uppy shit

[stringvest]

Why don't you have a wavy border?  That way you can have both.  Come on Stu.  Give and take.

[Champ]

Why don't you have a wavy border?  That way you can have both.  Come on Stu.  Give and take.

Strictly a clean lines woman, me

[stringvest]

Mine are wavy.  It makes sense as you can have a mix of plants.

[Champ]

Mine are wavy.  It makes sense as you can have a mix of plants.

I know they are. Thats why I avoided calling them 'suburban'

[stringvest]

I know they are. Thats why I avoided calling them 'suburban'

 

suburban?  Is that a good thing?  I'm afraid I don't live in a 'burb.

[Champ]

suburban?  Is that a good thing?  I'm afraid I don't live in a 'burb.

You know its not. And now I wish I'd never said it. Each to their own, as they say

[stringvest]

Well, we can't all be gardening hipsters.  I'm afraid mine isn't a statement, it's just somewhere nice to sit/socialise/play and be happy. Oh, and dry the washing.  

[Champ]

Well, we can't all be gardening hipsters.  I'm afraid mine isn't a statement, it's just somewhere nice to sit/socialise/play and be happy. Oh, and dry the washing.

 

Mine neither...and all of the above

[Stu Monty]

What is the best way to replace fence panels? Is there some really simple way to put them in if I get them from B&Q because I remember helping a mate put one in ages ago and slotting it in was a fucking nightmare. 

 

I ask as I've had people come round to do some quotes for sorting some landscaping and it seems dear. £600 for putting in 13 panels with two of them needing cutting to size on site? That cost is almost enough to get me off my arse and into the garden.

 

Also had one that came in at just under £2k for the above plus a 3.6m2 patio, a leveled area for a shed to go on, a path back to the house (6m) and a raised bed to run alongside it all. Again. Sounds costly to me. Not gone back to try and knock them down yet as I've got more people coming to quote but what do you reckon comrades; expensive?

[TheBitch]

£600 for 13 panels. No. Absolutely no.

[A Red]

For 13 panels, posts and installation £600 sounds reasonable to me. Its one of those jobs you only want to do every 15 years, fuck it up and you'll be replacing panels or worse posts every time the wind blows

[TheBitch]

I read it as just replacing panels. Not posts.

[A Red]

Ah right, in that case £600 for the panels and slotting them in is not so appealing

[Liverpool lad]

Be careful

[Tyler Durden]

Ah right, in that case £600 for the panels and slotting them in is not so appealing

The only way I'd pay £600 for that is if I was crippled. Funny enough my brother in law recently got a quote for 14 panels with posts and I think concrete bases and that was £1300, bearing in mind id say slotting the panels in was probably about 10% of the job I think £600 sounds steep

[stringvest]

If it's to slot them in, £600 is taking the piss. If you're needing the posts done too, £600 is probably ok. It's a 2-3 man day job if you have to concrete the posts in.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Got this for a quid from the charity shop today. I'm sorted

 

[Champ]

What is the best way to replace fence panels? Is there some really simple way to put them in if I get them from B&Q because I remember helping a mate put one in ages ago and slotting it in was a fucking nightmare. 

 

I ask as I've had people come round to do some quotes for sorting some landscaping and it seems dear. £600 for putting in 13 panels with two of them needing cutting to size on site? That cost is almost enough to get me off my arse and into the garden.

 

Also had one that came in at just under £2k for the above plus a 3.6m2 patio, a leveled area for a shed to go on, a path back to the house (6m) and a raised bed to run alongside it all. Again. Sounds costly to me. Not gone back to try and knock them down yet as I've got more people coming to quote but what do you reckon comrades; expensive?

 

There are more decisions and choices than you ever thought possible when you're considering even the tiniest bit of fixy uppy shit.

 

You see, there in you first sentence you mention fence 'panels'. Now, is it even panels you want/need?

 

Our garden is quite exposed to the wind and after replacing fence panels battered by the wind on a number of occasions we have recently replaced them on one side with thicker and stronger vertical wooden 'planks', if that's the right word. We were also told that the posts which the panels had previously been attached to werent big enough and these were replaced too. 

 

If you are satified that your posts are ok £600 for 'slotting in' fence panels sounds a lot to me. Are they providing the panels for that price?

 

And the 2k for the other jobs, does that include materials? 

[lifetime fan]

I had 13 6ft fence panels, and one 3ft fence panel done last summer Stu.

 

Make sure you pay the extra and have gravel boards put in, B&Q guarantee even their shittest fence panels for 15 years if you have gravel boards.

 

I can't remember what I paid for parts (gravel boards from Wickes & panels from B&Q) but I already had concrete posts in place. Paid a mate of my brothers to put in the concrete gravel boards and fence panels £125, took him half a Saturday.

[Champ]

Got this for a quid from the charity shop today. I'm sorted

 

 

Birthday present for Mrs Dangerously?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Naw that's some graph paper and a ruler

[Champ]

Currently having a lot of fun watching the Bodge-Its next door building some decking at the bottom of their garden. The decking arrived last Bank Holiday courtesy of some dodgy sounding arrangement at their local pub. And then this weekend the construction began with ?breize blocks being buried in the grass at the 4 corners. Good knows what they're planning next

[Mook]

Currently having a lot of fun watching the Bodge-Its next door building some decking at the bottom of their garden. The decking arrived last Bank Holiday courtesy of some dodgy sounding arrangement at their local pub. And then this weekend the construction began with ?breize blocks being buried in the grass at the 4 corners. Good knows what they're planning next

 

I'm thinking Edinburgh's answer to the Hollywood Bowl, better get saving up your egg cartons.

[Champ]

I'm thinking Edinburgh's answer to the Hollywood Bowl, better get saving up your egg cartons.

I'm thinking, that new fence can't go up quick enough

 

Erm, egg cartons?

[Mook]

I'm thinking, that new fence can't go up quick enough

 

Erm, egg cartons?

Old fashioned sound proofing.