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    Cladding Log Cabin

    Hi all Last year I built a log cabin as a garden office from one of these kits that is all the rage. It has 45mm thick wooden walls, and as 3 sides of it are not seen due to its location, I plan to insulate the outside of it with 50mm polystyrene on those 3 sides, and then clad over that...
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    Advice / Help needed on fireplace project

    Hi Please can anybody help me with some advice? It will be most appreciated. I am slowly modernising a victorian house (circa 1910) and am working on the fireplace. I have removed the gas fireplace that previous owners had used, and have opened up the chimney to its original size, see...
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    Log cabin wet under floor

    I am building a log cabin from a kit. I have put down 4 inches of concrete and the base, which is a framework of 70mm pressure treated wooden posts. The cabin floor which is tongue and groove boards, sits on top of this frame. In my wisdom I decided to put down a layer of the silver...
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    Wet floor - Condensation?

    I am building a log cabin from a kit. I have put down 4 inches of concrete and the base, which is a framework of 70mm pressure treated wooden posts. The cabin floor which is tongue and groove boards, sits on top of this frame. In my wisdom I decided to put down a layer of the silver backed...
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    Shed / Garden Electrics

    Hi, I am after some advice about the shed electrics in the house I moved into about a year ago. I have the following: A double socket on a post halfway down the garden. This is clearly built to be outside and is all in a waterproof type housing with a rubber sealing front flap on it. A...
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    Log Cabin Project

    Hi all Been a long time since I used this forum, I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice: I am in the process of building a log cabin, see the link for details http://dhlogcabins.co.uk/uk/product/78/297/4m-x-4m-carsare-45-log-cabin It is half built and I expect to finish it this...
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    Blocked Drain

    Hi I am new on here. I have an old (ish) house, about 1920 build. There is a drain on the pavement outside our front wall, I am in the process of establishing from the council if it is mine or their resposibility, hopefully the latter, but in any case it is blocked with general sludge from...
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