If you can find for sale in your area, a good sandy loam topsoil, which is not on the too sandy scale, That should mix well with the topsoil dug out of your previous project. I did the same thing with a friend when their Maple broke off in a storm, and after they wenched out the stump. The native soil there is clay, and we planted a a 20 gallon potted, 3 trunked 'Tuscarora' crape myrtle in the middle, four White New Dawn roses around the tree which are pruned and wrapped to encircle the trunks. Then we planted a hedge of Dwarf yaupon 'nana' around the roses with hostas at their base. That was three years ago, and it has surprised me to discover that friend has not encountered any drainage problems. Everything planted in the new bed has abundantly thrived. Maybe the lack of drainage problems is due to the voids left in the soil when the Maple tree's remaining roots decayed. Anyway, We used a full cubic yard of the best quality sandy loam topsoil we could find. First though we mixed gysumn into the clay around the hole. and then we layered the Sandy loam and more native soil into the hole. Near the top, we ran out of native soil so finished of the mounded bed with the sandy loam. The bed is watered with a soaking hose which circles around the tree and beneath the roses. Neighbors often praise the way the landscaping in that bed appears, compared to when the Maple tree grew there with hostas beneath it.

If the gap is not more than 1-2 inches I would install the new cabinet and fill the gap with Easysand. If you need some backer, strips of foam insulation can be wedged in the gap. I had a renovation on an old house that had a medicine cabinet mounted on the wall surface. I decided to simply recess the existing cabinet (why spnd money on a new one, the old one was in good shape). After removing it and cutting through some plaster, I found the original recess had been filled with bricks (on edge) and plastered over long ago. It took about an hour to clean everything up and put the old cabinet in the recess. Some Easysand20 filled the perimeter gaps.

All of the answers are wrong. I recently went through this and hired a pro to fix it. For $1400 he shoved some weather stripping in my 4 sets of french doors. This is a garbage fix. Finally I fixed all 4 doors myself. What you need is a bump threshold. M-D Building Products 69709 1-Inch by 3-1/4-Inch by 73-1/8-Inch TH153 Bumper Threshold, Bronze https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YUGSCC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_6VAqMTR5lSupb The bump threshold provides a solid aluminum bottom edge for the doors to seal against, with a silicon gasket. I used an oscillating saw to cut the bottom of the astragal so the astragal won’t hit the bump threshold. In my last house I had Anderson Architectural French doors. What I loved is that it was a single unit that included a gasketted seal on the bottom. Essentially a jam, just like on the top and sides. You could turn a hose on for an hour and you would not get a drop of water inside. They key is that the bottom has a jam too. So when I searched for a fix for my shitty-installed french doors on my new house, I wanted to reproduce this solid edge seal on the bottom. And after much searching I found the MD bump threshold. In addition I replaced the door shoes with M-D Building Products 43337 M-D... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PKSFEAI?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share And I replaced the drip caps: M-D Building Products 68734 1-7/8-Inch Vinyl - 36-Inch DB037 Door Sweep with Drip Cap, Bronze https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001M58S8I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_pKixN4pHg3L89 I also recommend this adjustable stripe plate which helps make sure your door latch engages at the right place so you get that satisfying “thunk” when you close the door and feel it latch into place at exactly the right place for the door bottom to seal tightly against the bump seal. Defender Security U 9488... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D2K39BM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share Overall, fixing a shitty French door installation isn’t easy. But if you are weekend warrior, then installing a bump seal might be for you!

My groundhogs come out in late afternoon and early morning..no problem seeing them. I have shot them, trapped them with conibear traps, and used gopher smoke bombs. All 3 work,,depends on the circumstances what and when you use them. I prefer the smoke bombs because then I don't have to handle a corpse...you just have to seal their other entrances, light the stick, put it in the hole and cover that hole with a garbage can lid. They come in "herds" here...they are a constant problem and can wipe out a garden very quickly. I am always on watch for them and get them before they get my food.