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[Retired]

Hi,

We don't have a hosepipe ban Alan but usually with two days of sunshine around here they immediately start bleating about stand pipes.

Thanks for the additional information on timber Lawrence; it's all useful. I enjoy playing around with timber and get high on the smell of it when it's fresh cut. I wish hardwood wasn't so expensive as I would love to have a go at making some top end furniture from solid oak.

A number of our neighbours are just not worth bothering with Paula. One neighbour will blank me when he sees me in the garden but is quick to ring our bell to borrow something; it's funny though because if ever I need a lift with anything there is never anyone around. A couple of years ago whilst I was felling a large Scots Pine a neighbour let his four year old daughter constantly run much too near for her safety and I had to keep stopping ; this kept breaking my concentration and was dangerous to me. Whilst I was pressure washing the front of the roof this same neighbour did six trips nearby with the same daughter on a three wheeled cycle; what's the point trying to communicate with such people.

Thanks for the preservative details Gary; I took your advice but bought the dearer 170-763 today from Wickes; I hope to treat the decking tomorrow. You are so right about there being a warning of impending hosepipe ban; this is sure to generate a water shortage even if there wasn't one in the first place.

Thank you David for your detailed information into tanalizing and decking planning restrictions. The main decking was built at the same time as the bungalow in the sixties; I replaced it but also extended it so that we could gain access to the front bedroom window; the garage is below this so the window was always difficult to clean. I think the deck is around three feet high and I store things beneath it.

Every year I think I've finally done all the big jobs around home but they keep cropping up; I don't think I'll ever get on top of everything; the gardens will soon be demanding some of my time and I also plan to do some decorating this year; before I know it Santa will be here again as the years just fly by.

Kind regards, Col.