"Douglas" wrote in message
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snip long reply

thank you for the long reply!
I am afraid I am wimping out and paying a man (men) to put in the base. My
back is not very strong and my housemate travels 4 out of 5 days. I just
took up his only day off building a bed for sweetcorn ;-) But thank you
again for the long reply and all the other answers that have given me much
info and things to consider.

thanks again
amber