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    Painting an asbestos roof

    I recently took a good look at our shed roof and found the old asbestos corrugated roofing to be in a very poor state of repair. It's chipped and damaged in places with moss embedded in it and loads of nasty looking fibres sticking out (see pic below). Moreover, because the moss has eaten into...
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    Two part varnish

    Does anyone know where I can get good old fashioned toe-curling 2-part varnish these days? I've been using this stuff below (that I found hidden in my Dad's garage) and it's great. It's a bit on the strong side in terms of solvent content - and it's a bit hard on brushes - but once it's...
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    Warm Front Heating install, Fenhams & a junction box

    Hi All, A couple of years back Grandad had central heating installed under the Warm Front scheme. Sadly, Grandad has passed on and we are now doing some renovations on the house. However, the whole project seems blighted by the central heating installation work done by a company called...
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    Rebuilding a Bay Window

    Hi, Would I need to inform LABC if rebuilding a bay wall base?
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    Electric underfloor heating and foil insulation

    I am currently fitting an electric underfloor heating kit on to a concrete floor (then tiling on top). There is 6mm of insulation board going down, followed by the matt, followed by a self-levelling screed and finally the tiles. All is going well. I just put the insulation board down when I...
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