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    Problem with sloping glass roof, new pic inc, please help

    Thanks Any particular type of silicon ? A general purpose one http://www.screwfix.com/prods/35887/Sealants-Adhesives/Sealants/General-Purpose-Sealants/No-Nonsense-GP-Silicone-Clear-310ml Or a Glazing one ...
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    Problem with sloping glass roof, new pic inc, please help

    Hi The gap is about 1cm on the right of the picture, a bit less on the other side. The frame looks like it is metal with the white paint flaking off. There are also 2 strips of draught excluder tape which the previous residents applied at the bottom of the frame. Ignore the brown wood...
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    Problem with sloping glass roof, new pic inc, please help

    Thanks for the response, apologies for the poor picture, better one uploaded. The gap is biggest at the right hand side, you can probably see the warped part of the frame. Thanks Matt
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    Problem with sloping glass roof, new pic inc, please help

    Hello We have a small sloping glass roof in the utility which connects to a flat roof. The glass roof consists of 3 panes set in a metal frame. The roof is fairly old but mostly does the job. The issue that we have is that from the internal side there is a draught and small gap (about...
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    Fixing Radiator covers to the wall ??

    Hello I have a number of radiator covers and I am looking for the best way to fix them to the wall. I want to make sure they are secure but may want to remove them occasionally to clean behind them, bleed the radiator etc. Can you help ?? Thanks Matt
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    Best way to treat Internal Pine doors (already stained)

    thanks, no they aren't varnished so I will go with the Danish Oil. Matt
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    Best way to treat Internal Pine doors (already stained)

    Hello We have recently moved into a new house that has about 10 six panel internal pine doors. We are happy with the colour of the doors but I wanted to treat them, a couple are a little bit faded in places. I don't want to get into a big job of stripping them down so I wondered about Teak...
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    Best way to treat Internal Pine doors (already stained)

    Hello We have recently moved into a new house that has about 10 six panel internal pine doors. We are happy with the colour of the doors but I wanted to treat them, a couple are a little bit faded in places. I don't want to get into a big job of stripping them down so I wondered about Teak...
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    Experience of or altenative to Knauf Space Boards ??

    Hello I have recently moved into a new house (1950's) and the loft is already fully boarded with approx 70mm insulation under the boards. I did not want to remove the boards so I have placed an additional 200mm of loft insulation over most of the boards. I want to use a small area for...
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    Want Flexi taps tails (15mm x 10mm) with Isolation valve

    Hello I am after some help, I need to fit a new tap in the kitchen, we have purchased a new monobloc tap. I want to use flexible connectors in place of the existing copper connectors but am struggling to find one that is 10mm (to screw into tap) at one end and 15mm compression...
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    Adding extra insulation to boarded loft

    Thanks, the loft is already boarded so I was looking to put extra insulation on top of the existing boards.
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    Adding extra insulation to boarded loft

    Hello We have a fairly large loft that is already boarded with a small amount of insulation under the existing boards. Approximately 1/3 of the loft is used for storage and we also need access to the middle of the loft to access the header tank. I am trying to determine what options I...
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