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    Fitting a bath spout - not enough thread!

    Hi everyone, hopefully a very simple one but can not get my head around it. I'm mounting a wall mounted bath spout and separate taps, by Hudson reed. http://www.homesupply.co.uk/hudson-reed-topaz-hexagonal-wall-mounted-bath-spout-tap-bc309hx=BC309HX.htm The 3/4" thread on the spout is not...
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    Replacing soil pipe stack and vent (plus running from new toilet location)

    Hello, Can someone please confirm the below as I can not seem to find the right section and my local Building control officer department seems all on holiday. **This is not a thread about adding a toilet, it covers only moving the existing one from outrigger wall to ide return wall.**...
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    What internal return do I need?

    At the back of our Kitchen the return is 280cm wide - we have a small window only at present on this wall, with a door to the side to exit into the garden. (its a two storey wall with a bedroom above it) We are looking to install as wide as possible French windows or bi fold doors into the end...
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    Ground floor suspended floor joists into solid brick wall

    Hi all, So the concrete floor (50mm thick) in the kitchen area of my victorian mid terrace house that is damp needs to come up along with the back fill soil underneath. The whole kitchen area is at least 300mm higher than it should be from previous occupants of the house. The outside has been...
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    Aco Drains - and connection to guttering/soil pipes

    Hi there, Have a question about Aco drains and connections. Have a Victorian terrace whereby I want to place Aco drains against the property perimeter (3M at rear, 6M at side then 1 M across rear living room door. We have old drains whereby soil/guttering/baths/showers/sinks etc all go down...
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    Lime create/something similar or suspended wooden floor in kitchen thats currently damp

    Hi all, We have a Victorian mid terrace that we are trying to sort out. It has suspended wooden floors in the hallway, and 2 downstairs reception rooms. It has an original 'extention' (the bit that sticks out the back of the terrace) which is currently concrete floor with no signs of a DPC...
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    How can you tell if you've got breathable pait/lead paint etc in Victorian house?

    Hi all, Trying to sort out an old Victorian property, whereby trying to make it breathable again to help with damp etc. Things like concrete walls are obvious to spot, but a lot of the property (upstairs) have original lime plaster walls, with only new bts (like window openings/sockets etc)...
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    Replacing concrete roof tiles with slate ones

    Hi people, I have a Victorian mid-terrace, that shares a ground floor bay window porch with next door. They have nice slate roof tiles, mine are the ugly concrete version. I'm therefore looking at if I could easily replace or swap out the concrete ones I have for slate ones. The 'porch' is...
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    Existing old telephone cable, from where I can change it?

    Hi there, We have an old victorian property whereby the telephone exchange line comes across from the street hooks onto the building just under the eaves and then follows the brickline down the wall, over the bay window canopy and then enters the house through a hole drilled into the wooden...
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    Solid wood flooring, what are my options without raising the height?

    Hi there, We have a 1900 Victorian terrace whereby the floorboards are not in good condition (we sanded them when we moved in and they are structurely sound) but a mixture of 1900/1950 and a few chop outs from previous owners etc. We like the exposed flooring and therefore would either like to...
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