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    Staircase into Cellar Advice

    Hi, My cellar is about 10 feet high and 6 feet is under ground level. It is uninhabited and on the ground is a few york stones and earth. The house was constructed in approx. 1810. I am going to put a staircase in but wasn't sure what to do about the bottom of the staircase. Should I just...
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    Wood Burner Clearance Question

    Hi, Just wondering what do the building regs say about vertical clearances from the top of your stove? I saw on a website that it said: "You must have 225mm above the stove to non combustible materials."...
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    Open up the fireplace

    Hi, I have exposed the fireplace by removing the plaster which was covering it. However, I am a complete building and DIY novice, and dont know how to go about opening the fireplace and securing it properly. If you look at the uploaded images (in the album - FirePlace 2) you will see that...
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    Down Spout - Leak in to basement

    Hi, The downspout that collects the water from my roof runs down the side of my house and disappears through a stone slab. The water collected on the roof eventually passes down a further meter or so underground and then moves underground away from the house approx. 2 meters and out of the...
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    HOW TO FIND CABLE BEHIND WALLS (Non-destructive!!)

    Hi, I am new on the forum. Hope you can help me out. Here's the situation. I know there are 2 TV aerial cables running down through my bedroom wall. (How? Because I have seen them run down in to the wall from within the loft space). One of them clearly goes to the TV aerial output...
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