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    Repairing rot in sill under sliding doors

    I have sliding French doors with an external timber sill that was damp at one end last year due to surface varnish having worn away. I repaired with filler & repainted with gloss. However, rot seems to have got in and the internal sill is rotten. Is it possible damp is coming up from the ground...
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    Mystery wood blocks

    My house (built 1997) has strange little blocks of wood in the corner of soom rooms - pic below. I'd like to remove them but not sure what they are for or whether they are doing something important. Anyone know what they are?
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    Strengthening tongue & groove chipboard floor

    I'm in the process of having a loft conversion done by one of the big loft companies, who have laid standard tongue-and-groove chipboard floors. These are used throughout the rest of my 20-year-old house and have lost strength and become squeaky and bouncy in lots of places. I'd like to prevent...
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    Moving drains running near boundary

    I'm planning a rear extension to a modern (1990s) terraced house in South London. I want to build a new wall along or close to the boundary with my neighbour, but the drains from both our houses run under the boundary. I've been told by an Anglian conservatory salesman that it won't be possible...
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