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    Why are so many pubs closing?

    Oh
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    Floor Levels in En-Suite with Wetroom former

    Yes, I would get rid of the chipboard and replace with ply. Do your ply infills In between the joists underneath where the former will go. You will need minimum of 18mm ply fixed to the joists over the remaining floor area (extra noggins between joists if required). You will then have a...
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    Floor Levels in En-Suite with Wetroom former

    Need a thicker former, or build it up
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    How do I clean up plaster dust from wooden floorboards

    :ROFLMAO:
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    Tiling on first floor wooden floor. What the best way?

    Ok well make sure the floorboards are well screwed down, obviously being careful of pipes/ cables. I would apply some sbr primer was to the floorboards first, then use tile adhesive to bed the boards down with (full bed) using a 6/8mm trowel. These then need to be screwed at 150 centres to the...
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    How do I clean up plaster dust from wooden floorboards

    Scraper, brush, hoover
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    Tiling on first floor wooden floor. What the best way?

    What’s the substrate? Are you going on floorboards or have you ripped it back to joists and fitted ply? Either way you want to make sure your joists are solid, and fit noggins if necessary. I would usually then overboard in at least 18mm ply, fixed at 150mm centres. Then glue and screw 6mm...
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    Stud frame on wall around bath and sink for recessed alcove

    Not a problem doing what you suggest. When I build stud walls for niches and services I usually use 4x2 which gives a nice depth to the niche. Have used 3x2cls in the past but sometimes they can be a bit shallow. That backer board is fine to use, however at 10mm you want fairly close stud...
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    Large format tiling

    Ideally you want to use a self levelling compound over the whole lot, then ditra on top of that when it’s flat. If you have some noticeably high spots you can grind them down first. You don’t want to be messing around building up loads of areas etc with adhesive - waste of time and money. No...
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    Dewalt Laser Level - stand

    Fair enough. My dewalt sticks to it like **** to a blanket. Hasn’t been knocked/fallen off in the 6 or so years I’ve been using it
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    Dewalt Laser Level - stand

    Does your dewalt laser have magnets on the swivel bracket? Mine does, and I have always used it in conjunction with a cheap extendable plasterboard prop - £20ish from Screwfix. You can then mount/slide the laser wherever you want along the pole, very simple
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    Toilet seat hidden fixings

    2 small tabs at rear of base where it meets pan, slide these across a few mm then you should be able to slide whole thing forward
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    Advice for my first tiling job, small bathroom

    Make sure you back butter your tiles before laying them on your combed adhesive bed as well
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    Basin splash back tiling question

    Leave a 2mm spacer gap from bottom of tile to top of basin, don’t grout this, just silicone it
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    Gaps behind kitchen base cabinet

    I don’t mean the worktop, I mean the base units themselves. Very common practice
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