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    mix for garden wall footings

    Hi all Im sure this is a quick question for you. What mix of ballast and cement should I use for the footings of a garden wall? From looking around on the net I seem to be getting a 4 to 1 ratio. would you say this is correct?
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    Laminate flooring

    I do. Other people have said this to me as well so in my paranoia I took for the skirting boards and checked again.
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    Laminate flooring

    Hello everybody I recently laid a laminate flooring all throughout my lounge kitchen and hallway. However I separated all three rooms. What I'm finding is my laminate flooring is Starting to lift at some of the joints. I've taken the skirting boards back up to confirm that I still have my...
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    notched trowel size and type

    thank you.
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    notched trowel size and type

    I did. It says 6mm is standard for wall tiling however it makes no mention of wet areas. I've since found the bal manual which says use 10mm. Thanks for your reply.
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    notched trowel size and type

    I'm tiling my shower with 200 x 100 tiles. Read lots of documentation and info on websites and I've now firmly confused myself. I'm thinking that a 10mm notched trowel is the way to go but what do you guys think? Something like this...
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    grout or silicone around shower copper pipes?

    Hi All I am fitting a mixer shower so I now have two copper pipes pertruding my plasterboard. When I have tiled around them should I be using silicone or grout around them?
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    Removing emulsion from wall before tiling

    really appreciate all the replys. I will indeed tile over - you've saved me a load of work and hassle. :D
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    Removing emulsion from wall before tiling

    I thought tile adhesive pulls paint off though?
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    Removing emulsion from wall before tiling

    Hello All I have a recently plastered wall which has a couple of coats of dulux matt on it. This wall now has a bath on it and so I will be tiling parts of this wall. My question - is there another way of removing emulsion paint from the wall without having to sand it off. I could sand...
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    door no longer closes

    do you think it will return to its normal size? then I could paint?
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    door no longer closes

    Hi all I fitted a door in my bathroom about 3 months ago. I've not got round to priming or painting this door yet so its still a natural pine door. It has closed really nice (really good fit and was very proud) however a could of days ago I noticed it was starting slighly catch and today...
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    What's the tool called

    So it is. Thank you so much!
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