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    New Internal wall (non loadbearing) - Block straight onto slab?

    I am building a single storey extension, which is currently a single concrete slab (150mm thick), I will have 2 internal dividing walls - non loadbearing. I was going to do the internal walls in timber and plasterboard, but I have a feeling ive over ordered on the celcon blocks, and like the...
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    Install stainless flue liner from bottom up?

    I wasn't thinking of pushing it up, I was thinking of using the nosecone/rope to pull up from the top of the stack, or even a simple a-frame/pulley. Unroll the liner straight along the floor, nice large controlled bend radius with someone on the ground easing it round the corner. Its going into...
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    Clay chimney liner support?

    Ill get some photos tonight. I dont have dimensions of the burner, I was trying to work the other way and see what maximum size I can have with the width of opening I have.
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    Install stainless flue liner from bottom up?

    Could you name me a few? (not being awkward, just struggling to see the benefit as ive never tried it before)
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    Convert Suspended floor to solid concrete

    Ive only so far taken up a section in the corner that was rotten, it was about 1 foot below joist - but it did look like they had just piled up all the scrap rubble/timber/tiles under the house before boarding over it. Not sure the nominal depth. What is the actual construction of the suspended...
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    Safestyle Windows

    I had 3 companies quote on 2 doors a while back - I included safestyle in the list. The safestyle guy came round and was extremely shifty, wouldn't even let us hold the brochures on our own. He started with a mental price of about £4000 but said if I agreed to go ahead that day he could do a lot...
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    Convert Suspended floor to solid concrete

    Downstairs we have a suspended chipboard floor (floating) on top of polystyrene (above and between) concrete joists. (1987 build). Even though we have concrete joists, I do not like the feel of the floor. Still very bouncy - always been used to solid concrete downstairs. We will extend out the...
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    Install stainless flue liner from bottom up?

    I've seen multiple instructions that show the liner being lowered from above, always looks pretty awkward! Can they also be installed by pulling them up through the chimney using a small A-frame bridge on the stack? Is it just the weight that may make it difficult? Seems like a safer way of...
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    Clay chimney liner support?

    Thanks, that sounds like a good way to support the flue. Ive drilled through the blockwork to expose some of the liner at the breast, the void between the liner and blockwork is empty so I can only imagine its supported only by the firebrick structure. The gap in the loft was only in the...
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    Clay chimney liner support?

    Hi I have a 30yr old house with an open fireplace and a clay lining (within a brick cavity). In the loft I can see through a gap in the brick through to the lining so I am pretty sure there is no filler between the 2 – certainly not all the way up.. Anyway, I wish to remove the open fire and...
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    Combi boilers without a diverter valve

    I made the jump from WBosch to intergas 5 years ago, not had a single issue. moving house and will put another intergas in as soon as we can. still not that well known, but installers are beginning to specify them. i really cannot see the downside. they used to be a lot cheaper too, but less so...
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    Help fitting bar shower - shower pl8

    At what stage is the backplate installed to (i.e. has the copper tube already been cut to size?) If the copper has been cut an the connector compression fittings tightened then the depth is already set. How many FULL turns can you get on the nut? I believe the nut you are referring to on the...
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    Kitchen unit hinge screws

    Do you have an image of the screw you are referring to? I have a bag of 'spare' screws from a B and Q kitchen
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    routing a rounded edge

    If you get a router bit with a guide bearing on the end, this is very simple to achieve. Something like in the image. Just run it around the edge and its done. The only issue with MDF, once you open the edge, it will be very rough once painted because the fibres come out, it will need a loat of...
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    Concrete slab floor - Insulation under slab. Do I need a screed?

    I am working out the details of a floor construction for a single storey extension. Each guide I look at asks for a different thickness of screed, some don't reference at all. I am trying to keep the overall thickness of the non-hardcore layers down due to shallow drains running under the floor...
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