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Looking good.

I glued mine to the base and to each other at the same time

i googled that and it seems to be people who design public spaces? my wife found an exterior design consultancy but they seem too high-end and all their examples are JUST RENDER THE FRONT OF YOUR MASSIVE HOUSE AND PUT GRAVEL ON THE DRIVE

Let’s crowd source it.
Post a picture and we’ll all chuck in our ‘expertise’

A ‘good’ builder should also be able to help you out. Getting a good builder may be an issue.

Too bad, out here they take on private jobs all the time, either with new construction or renovations.

I have a friend that has a company that does this type of thing your after but they aren't a landscape architect, more landscaping services.

This is his company, although they are based in Scotland they do work up and down the country. https://www.msquared.co.uk

Nah, plenty of landscape architects / landscape designers will do small gardens. It's like plenty of architects will do domestic renovations, but if you google you might just see the ones that do big office buildings and train stations. Ask around in your neighborhood, might be some local small practices.

might legitimately be a good idea

Should be @fizzy.bleach

see, it's tricky! i'm not necessarily looking for a landscaping firm or an architect. someone who can look at:

a: the physical front of the house, including cosmetic stuff like the window colours and front door, as well as more fundamental things like the design of the porch and bay window
b: the (small) garden, including the layout and planting
c: the drive – both where it is and what it's surfaced with
d: the low wall at the front of the house

all the above need attention, so we'd talk to this expert, tell them our ideas. they would add their expertise and come up with some drawings of what the whole front of the place should look like, and we can take that and work on implementing it over a few years.

I have a mate who's a garden guy - we talk/dream about working together but never do - point is - lots of Architects would be interested in garden/landscapes and should be able to cover this (with input from some form of horticulturalist on planting or by collaborating with a garden designer).

If it were me I'd get the house done, then do the garden/drive/wall done. Unless you're really into the idea of the 'design vision' and have your mood wall up and rocking, I'd be inclined to treat them as two separate but related projects.

As I mentioned earlier, all that could be done by a good builder. I have one but I’m not anywhere near London unfortunately.
Discuss with him what you would like. Let him tell you what is achievable and the cost and see where you go from there. If finance is an issue, work out a plan of what you want done and do it in stages. It is likely to be cheaper to do everything at once as you have the builder there for a period of time and not calling back etc.
Our builder removed interior walls and built an extension. We planned for him to come back and sort out paving and patio space - three stages. The paving and patio etc ended up done at one as he is busy and couldn’t guarantee when he could get back.
From your description, it’s all building work unless when you say ‘small garden’ isn’t not that small at all.

I'm steadily rebuilding a corner of a kitchen that got hacked apart to allow us to fit a cat flap.

I'm trying to turn what used to be an L-shaped corner unit into a single unit with shelves, with a wine rack to fill the space so I can fit a 40cm door.

First I need to support it from underneath, as the leg that would support the part nearest to the wall was on the part of the cupboard that was cut away.

Is there any potential problem with just cutting a piece of 45mm x 45mm timber and screwing into it through the bottom of the cupboard? I'm trying to make do with what I have, and the idea is that it would be covered by a plinth anyway.

Channeling method worked well, so thanks! Certainly should look a lot better than my attempt at scribing would have. The filler I had put in already was not all wasted, made it pretty easy to cut a straight-ish channel which should make the clean up easier

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I have a 7.2KW induction hob that's destined for a new kitchen.
Current oven/hob is gas so it's unlikely there'll be a 32A circuit sitting behind it.

The rings are 2.2KW, 2.2KW, 1.8KW, 1.4KW, 1.4KW
If I put a normal plug on it (with a 13A fuse) then could I safely use either one of the big rings, or two of the smaller ones at the same time without tripping anything?

Not ideal, I know, but the chances of me needing all 5 rings during lockdown are slim to none, so if I can get away with something temporary for a few months before the kitchen is replaced then great.

I can't 100% picture what you're describing but why don't you make a quick leg out of almost any object, a length of 2x3 or something?

We're looking at getting out kitchen re done. Definitely not going down the laminate/granite/wood wormhole but more interested if anyone has had good or bad experiences with Howdens Vs Wren. I think with Wren more about getting a decent fitter so this is a price and quality aimed question.

I couldn't take a picture as I had a sleeping baby on my lap, but I've just put some 2x3 down exactly as you said.

Next issue:
A 40cm door is the biggest that will fit in the gap.

To fill the space I've got a wine rack that I'm going to fit on the left hand side.

Two options now:

1. Sack off the space behind the wine rack, and then fit MDF next to it and simple rectangular shelves

2. Cut an L-shaped shelf or shelves and fit them in behind the wine rack

There are plenty of other problems I've decided I'll try and figure out as I go - how do I fit a plinth? What can I do to tidy up the messy cut on the chipboard at the front? Full height door with hard-to-reach handle or shorter door and then decor panel above? Why am I pretending any of this is within my skillset? - but I'll get to those later.

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Well 7kw is like 28a, I wouldnt risk. Cable wise I recon you'd need at least 8mm but im not spark and would get one in as a plug could go on fire.

Even with a 13a fuse...?
What'd be point of a fuse if that was the case

To my knowledge you don’t have a fuse in that type of thing. The board is the fuse!

Same as if your running a electric shower

If I wire it to a plug though then the plug will have the fuse.

If your doing it right from my understanding, the spark wires say 6 or 8mm from the board to the switch and then the switch to the cooker/shower in 6/8mm. There is no fuse used on the switch and the board is the fuse!

Really long draws with a gap at the bottom for the cat and then a matching panel covering the side facing us.

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