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    How can i get the colour out of the motar

    Hi.. we used 5:1 mix with lighter cement... and added a bit of colour to get the correct shade... all I want to do it try remove some of the colour from the surface layer... It must be possable to wash a bit out ??
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    How can i get the colour out of the motar

    Hi All.. my new shell's up and I'm fitting out the inside.. but I need to reduce the colour in the motar on the outside... I'd put use 0.7% colour to cement... but for some reason they used 1-0.9%... result.. pink mortar... having realised their mistake 1/2 way up the wall, they changed to 0.7%...
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    9448 alarm problem

    cheers guy's.. will check... I've put my motorbike battery on charge last night so I can use that and see if it works. Batteries do appear to cause all sort of issues? What am I checking on the RT?..... The garage door thing... Mmmmm.. well I guess its me being a bit lazy... there is a...
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    9448 alarm problem

    Hi All I have a issue setting the alarm.. when I key in the code it flashes any open zones (as it would) but also flashes the anti-tamper?.... I've linked it out and it still does it... so when the alarm sets, it instantly goes off on the internal sounder?.. any ideas... I disconected the...
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    Frame seal.. is it just Silicon?

    okay.. thanks.. no just outside so not painted... I've used calc before on the inside... appears to be fine :)
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    Frame seal.. is it just Silicon?

    indeed.. thats what I thought... okay, thanks... obviously the 'frame seal' is much more expensive than the std silicone ;)
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    Frame seal.. is it just Silicon?

    I've just fitted my new UPVC windows and will be doin gthe door in the next few days, and was wondering what the seal is thats sold as 'Frame seal'? is it something special or just standard white silicon seal?.. as well as adding the new windows I'm moving two existing ones that have been...
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    zoom in... for some reason I have pink cement??... cast ends showing.... sills out of centre and out of square.... blocks not covered and hit by frost that I'm taking down... etc etc... no, it's not the best..... and communication with them is imposable.. I think it's this that gets me more...
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    IYKWIM... If you know what I mean Just thought 1 brick,stone,block every 7.5 mins was a long time... I was watching the guys at work building our new factory. They are on 80p a stone and they fire them in 😉
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    The stone comes in 3 sizes. 65,100 and 140 and I bought 3 lengths in each. So not a lot of cutting On the fill, its 100mm gap with insulation? Isn't that standard? So your thinking they are on the money? IYKWIM ;)
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    Partial fill system??? What's that? Its Costone. Is it that hard? The problem with how long its taking is they are on a day rate and not a price for the job
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    well.. the situation is as followes:- they were meant to do the full job, but never got started... so I dug out and put in the foundations myself.. they turned up and did the blocks that got the foundations out of the ground (ive included these in the count BTW)... I then did the oversite...
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    How long should 2 brickies take to build a 3.5m x 3.5m L ?

    well they started in October.. the odd day here and there... so far they have done 640 blocks.. and have a total time of 80 hours on the job.. thats 7.5 mins per block on average... okay, they may have to cut a few and measure up for 1 door / 2 windows... and mix cement.. .but even if that took...
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    Good Roofer in Bradford / Leeds area... anyone recommend any

    Did you come and look ? No feedback from you ? Thanks
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    How cold can you go?

    well, was out there yesterday and managed to pull the top row of blocks off!!... the cement on the blocks showed signs to frost damage (had kind of bubbled up in the joints).... does this mean all the rest are questionable?... The blocks didn't get covered the day before.. just the stones which...
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    Good Roofer in Bradford / Leeds area... anyone recommend any

    Msg sent to your leeco address... cheers.. John
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