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    Decking, damp proof course and air vents

    Hi, I am planning to install a free-standing deck next to my house on top of some existing gravel. There are three layers of red engineering bricks that form the DPC showing above the level of the gravel. There are little plastic air vents between some of the bricks on the second layer. I...
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    Nuisance tripping when neighbour strims grass

    Hi, I have a problem with nuisance tripping where my consumer unit trips when my neighbour strims her lawn. It doesn't happen every time and doesn't happen when she mows the lawn - only when she uses the strimmer. This has been going on (and off!) for the entire time I've been in the house -...
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    Wallpaper stripping damaged skim-layer, what now?

    Hi, I have had something of a (common?) disaster when stripping wallpaper - the skim layer of plaster also came off. :oops: Everything was fine on the walls. The problems started when I came to the bay window which is of wood construction. Here the skim layer came away easier than the paper...
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