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There's a slight slope on that paving away from the wall, plus I've treated the wood, and I will also be putting another batten of pressure treated timber under the front edge to offset the sloping patio.

Progress update. Frame with sides built, still need to do doors lid and shelves.

Why can't you treat the cat? If he's in your house just put a dose of that liquid flea treatment on his neck.

Social housing is different though, that is part of a council's core remit and so they should have held onto those properties. Renting out office blocks isn't part of a council's core remit. Only if they are revenue positive. Do things like an 800 year old manor house earn enough to cover...

From the bbc article. Personally don't think councils should own these assets in the first place. Why should a council own and operate a stately home garden or a museum or be a business/office property landlord? A council's job is to run local services - waste collection, road maintenance...

Update I pulled up all the polythene sheeting. Waste of time it's so thin it was full of holes almost as soon as the dog walked on it. Plus it was meaning standing water on the surface as it couldn't soak away. I did flatten, again, the area where a hole had been dug and two nights later it was...

Its magnetic, so not a bone. Unless the dead cat had a metal leg its not a buried animal.

And I've exposed it! I've released the evil. The evil of the universe buried under a paving slab in Birmingham...who would have thought it.

Ok the rain let up for a bit, so I went out and dug down in that hole (what was under the lone slab). I dug down around 1 foot square and 1 foot deep. Found nothing but a few tree roots. As I was backfilling I found this in the soil: I dont know what it is. Its very straight, and the mud on...

Dont have any cameras that could do that.

There was a slab in this exact spot, to the inch almost. I took that slab up on Saturday, and Saturday night it got dug. Packed down the topsoil again, but some extra seed on, covered it with polythene, and Sunday night it gets dug again in the exact same spot, to the inch. There has to be a...

Not sure what is happening here, something wants to dig and I don't think it's my dog as this has happened overnight. That patch has been dug twice now, two consecutive nights. It was where there was a slab seemingly randomly placed on the lawn. I thought it hid a drain inspection chamber but...

Its clear polythene. I looked for fleece initially but couldn't get any locally for a reasonable price and I needed it today. Then found this article which said polythene is fine. https://www.lawnsmith.co.uk/kbase/article/view/id/869/

Toolstation 2x50m roll just over a fiver. It's very thin though, you'll need a lot of pegs or bricks to hold it down.

Done one side. It's slow going as I'm being careful being the first time routering. But it's working nicely.

He can get down there. Don't have enough material to try and fence off the lawn though. No I bought them off Facebook marketplace. Some I got for 20p a brick some were 40p.

Three big fat pigeons eating my grass seed this morning, going to have to cover it. And the dog has already dug a hole.

Optical illusion, I made it square to the wall on the right. Still need to do a lot of work on the borders.

Just about to. Had to go buy a hosepipe.