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    Porcelain or Sandstone Pavibg?

    Hi All. We’re about to have our garden relaid and I can choose porcelain or sandstone. My heart says sandstone the sawn and honed type, because of the multi colour choices, my head, in terms of maintenance, says porcelain, but there’s not so many choices of colours. . So my question is how...
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    Demolish Retaining Wall and Replace/ Fence

    Hi All. I realise there will be various factors that may alter price etc. I have a 7x1.8m brick retaining garden wall. It has gaps made to look decorative but actually function to allow wind through as we’re on a corner. It is starting to lean and brickwork is becoming loose as a result...
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    Basin/Bath Blockage Conundrum

    Hi All. Sorry this is long. Just wanted some suggestions/ideas about a problem we have. So from time to time I have had problems with either, a slow draining bath after pulling the plug out (and sometimes when the plug is pulled out water is drawn up into the basin sink, before then flowing...
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    Gap around DIY Window Seat Lid. And Number of Hinges?

    Hi All. I am making a window seat with some concealed storage and having fitted and made the frame I am now looking at the top and lid(door) for the storage compartment. Never done it before so have a couple of questions. First. How much of a gap should I leave around the lid and it’s frame...
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    Lining a Fireplace and covering the adjacent walls.

    Hi All. Sorry to resurrect an often repeated question and that it's long, but as I'll be having my woodburner installed next week, I wanted some quick answers. Even though I'm having a Hetas Installer to install my woodburner,I still like to research around a subject for myself. We had a small...
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    Offsetting in a Flue for Multi Fuel Burning Stove

    Hi Everyone. Hopefully this is the correct place to ask this. I'm going to be having a Multifuel burner installed. At present with the fireplace opening we have, the flue will be able to go straight up from the top of the stove with no offset. The place that the fire is, sits mainly to the...
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    Can't fit the door back on new Integrated Dishwasher!!

    I've fitted a replacement integrated dishwasher in my kitchen, but I can not fit the door back on - possibly because its a different make. I have a B and Q door an old Whirlpool and a Bosch dishwasher just fitted. There's nowhere obvious where the door would slot in to the metal door of the...
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    Converting a garage and a flat roof to pitched

    HI am new to the Forum so hope I'm in the right place. We are looking to convert a single garage with flat roof, to a an additional rooom and a pitched roof with sky light. One, is anyone have a ball park figure for this. The garage is only one brick thick so would need additional skin, we'd...
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