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    23vc replied to the thread Solid Base for Sliding Doors.
    Can they just over sail into the cavity a bit? Or has someone specifically said the whole 125mm needs a solid base. I’d think given the...
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    23vc replied to the thread Verge retrofit.
    2 sounds sensible, could roofer hack off just enough to fit the battens beforehand? Or he may be able to pop over and do it fairly...
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    23vc replied to the thread Bought car, can’t tax it.
    The AI bots need to add a date check, or preferably an exclude rule for diynot ;)
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    23vc replied to the thread Installing concrete floor.
    Agree on the screed, but having done both over the years the slab finishing method I described above I’d say is DIY’able, a decent S&C...
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    23vc replied to the thread Installing concrete floor.
    As long as the main ground bearing slab is done right, then you can make up whatever on top of it. The dpm would need to fully enclose...
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    23vc replied to the thread Garden room lintel.
    The chunkier lintels in garden rooms tend to be for top hung heavy bifold doors, which would have a span much wider than yours and would...
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    23vc replied to the thread Garden room lintel.
    picture might help, but trying to visualise why you wouldn’t just span the whole thing anyway, and have that as part of the wall top...
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    23vc replied to the thread Water Main Conduit.
    I wouldn’t worry or attempt to fix the other end, unless you reckon it’s a leak which you might be able to check if the water meter’s...
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    23vc replied to the thread Lintel replacement required.
    Can you tell me more about concrete cavity lintels?
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    23vc replied to the thread Lintel replacement required.
    I wouldn’t bother, unless there’s evidence of thermal/moisture bridging
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    23vc replied to the thread Lintel replacement required.
    Cavity closer (bought in lengths), which includes the vertical (or horizontal in the case of the underside of the window) dpc and foam...
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    23vc replied to the thread Lintel replacement required.
    That’d be more involved as you’d have to support both skins of masonry while doing it. Fair bit of redoing brickwork above afterwards...
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    23vc replied to the thread Caulking Stone Tiles to Wall - Large Gap.
    Expanding foam
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    23vc replied to the thread Lintel replacement required.
    Outer skin may have no lintel at all, and have always been supported by being sat on the window and tied to the inner skin. Belt and...
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    23vc replied to the thread Quick fix suggestions for external rendering coming away from wall.
    Fwiw, looks like due to yours not being properly detailed at the top, water has just got behind it over time and blown it. Pretty sure...
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