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    be careful if your fridge or freezer has an eco setting on it to think twice before using it

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    110mm AAV with wrongly sloped horizontal pipe or 40mm AAV

    I've got one of these with two x 40mm.
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    Poor hot water system.

    An update on this. Their water kept going on and off, they got Scottish Water out and traced the supply back to the farm where they found that the farmer was turning the stop tap down, then on and off?? I believe he thought that someone was "stealing" his water. Maybe he forgot about the...
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    Name for a tanning shop

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    Braced and ledged doors - do they settle?

    I'm going to build the frame a bit higher on the latch side, mount it and hang something off it to see what happens! I'm having to use parliament hinges because of the cladding and they have a bit of movement/bend in them when closed which doesn't help the situation. As the cladding is more...
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    Braced and ledged doors - do they settle?

    I'm building a wall and door at the end of my new caravan house. It will be composite cladding on a timber frame. The wonderful AI has made me a nice representation of what I want - a simple "frameless design. My question is, will my door sag? It will be a braced and ledged 3x2 flat frame...
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    Outbuilding roof beams

    If they're not rotten I'd just fix some angle iron under the ends, cut them flush with the wall, treat with wood preservative and stick half a brick in the hole.
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    roof fall on a garden room

    Here's the span tables: Make of it what you will. I'm not an engineer but that's based on a dead load (what's permanently sat on it) of about 50kg a square meter and I think a live load of 75kg. My garage is way over spanned (45x95's at 2.8m, 400 centres) but the dead load is about 7kg/m² -...
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    13,466 kitchen floor quote - is this reasonable.

    That's not the floor, it's a few m² of crumbling screed. The first step to resolving this is admitting to yourself that you are being criminally ripped off. Then there's a few people on here who are familiar with contracts for building work who might be able to help you with some damage...
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    What "glue" to repair pot

    I doubt you'd recognise those areas now! My sons go to Blue Coat, still a very good school.
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    What "glue" to repair pot

    £25-50 for a second hand chimney pot and a bag of cement.
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    How much concrete do I need?

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    Office within garage - Insulation in regards to home insurance

    Not sure you need building regs for a "garden shed" in your garage. I think the cheapest way to insulate would be using mineral loft insulation, while it's not technically designed to be used vertically it could be literally rolled round the outside of the shed and held in place by an outer...
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    How do I pull these wires out?

    They're just (heavily corroded) lugs:
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    How do I pull these wires out?

    WD-40 then waggle up and down and pull back from the glass.
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