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    Building concrete plinth for aga - self levelling problem!

    :lol: That did make me chuckle! Cheers for your help ... can't wait to tell them to do as they're told.
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    Building concrete plinth for aga - self levelling problem!

    Thanks for that :) The only thought about the self levelling is that apparently I need to make the base completely flat. What aga say in their installation instructions So as we are getting the electric one, I was thinking of finishing with self levelling as with ballast in the concrete...
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    Building concrete plinth for aga - self levelling problem!

    Anyone?? Please :)
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    Building concrete plinth for aga - self levelling problem!

    Hey all, I am in the middle of building a concrete plinth to carry an Aga (~800kg over 1.5 x 0.7m. Took floorboards up, built a frame under the floor boards and poured a soild concrete base (1+4) around 350mm high. Yesterday I poured around 3-5mm self leveling compound to get a perfectly...
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    SDS drill

    Many thanks for the advice - looks like a cheap SDS drill will at find some use and be worth a try. But .... really stupid question time ... how do I know if it is a steel lintel or concrete I am drilling into (without making a hole large enough to physically visualise what is lurking below?)...
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    SDS drill

    Right I am new here ... and looking for a cheap SDS drill. Have a 18v battery drill, and an old old Bosh 500W corded drill - but need to drill a little deeper into an external wall, as the curtain rail keeps falling. I think the drill hits concrete as it just swtops penetrating. So returning...
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