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    Maximum screed depth / ideas for building up ground floor height

    I think the answer is probably more insulation. I suppose a sleeper wall and lots of noggins would also make a suspended timber floor possible, but I'm just not sure about whether that can be built off the existing slab and so it may require calcs. We already had to cut a short channel into the...
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    Maximum screed depth / ideas for building up ground floor height

    I used to be a tiler so that's what I've got against suspended timber floors. Long span (5.1m clear) means joists would need to be pretty bulky, they are really expensive (at least comparable in cost to the other options) and we need to tile it for a wheelchair user so would just prefer it to be...
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    Maximum screed depth / ideas for building up ground floor height

    We are in the process of converting our attached garage, roughly 5.5 x 5.5m, into living accommodation (two floors). The ground floor level in the garage needs to be raised by 420mm to bring it in line with the house. The existing garage floor is a 200mm reinforced concrete slab. We intended...
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    Boiler casing screw missing for gas safety inspection

    I'm thinking of asking him for the certificate (sorry, partly my misunderstanding that it was pass/fail as he said he couldn't give me the certificate because the boiler wasn't safe, but I think I can ask for it from him as proof of inspection and then make sure the problem is rectified without...
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    Boiler casing screw missing for gas safety inspection

    Hi, I have been renting my flat out for a year and the gas safety inspection was due. I booked a registered engineer with good reviews to do a service and certificate for the boiler, which is a Sime Halstead Combi 30/90 (same as this diagram)...
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    Stupid grouting question

    It sounds like you are using too much water to wash the grout off, or you are mixing the grout up to a consistency which is too thin. It should be similar to toothpaste or peanut butter. When it comes to washing off, you should use a good grouting sponge and make sure you really ring it out so...
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    Plaster or Dry Lining?

    Hi everyone, We have just started trying to renovate an old 1910's terraced house. When we started to remove the wallpaper, the plaster on the wall was very old fashioned sandy/dusty stuff that just came loose with the paper. We have now removed all the old plaster from the walls and are left...
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