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    Fitting/sealing surround, backing and hearth?

    Thanks gasbanni, What do you think I should do about the wood floor?
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    Fitting/sealing surround, backing and hearth?

    Hi, Bought new gas fire + mdf surround, granite backing and hearth. Local Gas Safe guy has quoted £350 to take out old gas fire (B&Q jobby), replace the flue, put new gas fire in and bury a Gas pipe that is coming out of the side of the chimney. Thought this was a fair price but not really...
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    What do you think of these for drilling concrete lintels?

    Actually, I can now answer my own question. I looked at the instructions for a Bosch SDS + drill and that had a similar warning.
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    What do you think of these for drilling concrete lintels?

    Cheers for not telling me i'm being stupid and I don't need a drill like this! ...That's what my old man said lol. I'm gonna ask a dumb question now though. I hope you can help because I'm not finding that much information about this. I was looking at the Makita HR2470/2 240V 2kg SDS Plus...
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    What do you think of these for drilling concrete lintels?

    Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie at all this. I borrowed my dads drill which was a bosch 500 watt hammer drill and tried drilling a hole in the concrete lintel for a curtain pole. I just about got through it but it barely barely moved and I had to really force it. Basically I f*cked up the hole. It...
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