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  1. Tigercubrider

    Installing a salvaged double doorset in an internal opening

    I don’t have any experience myself, but I’d suggest asking the neighbours for contacts, ideally someone that did theirs. Depending on the build, you might not need to much engineering done, probably just a small beam.
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    Installing a salvaged double doorset in an internal opening

    Do any neighbours have a similar door opening? Checking that it isn’t a load bearing wall is necessary. So long as there is a reasonable amount of wall left in place it isn’t too complicated. You might need to make/modify a door casing to fit the doors as they could be a specialised size..
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    Barraby Bucknell 1960s TV.

    That’s been my moto. From the age of about 18 I wore jeans and a black T shirt. Close to 66, Still the same. I have about 25 T shirts, all black. I buy packs of sock that are all black and the same. Getting dressed involves zero thought, other than which leg goes into which hole in my jeans...
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    Barraby Bucknell 1960s TV.

    A mate bought a house and had a housewarming. One of our friends realised that they had known the son of the previous (maybe previous previous) owners. The whole house had been Bucknalled. The staircase, fireplaces, all the doors were hard boarded. The house was 1850’s and eventually my mate...
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    Small Fence in Front Garden

    Do you live in a side street or a busier road? Some houses near me that have higher walls also have their driveways pulled back from the road. By that I mean that the owner’s frontage curves to provide better sight lines. Effectively recessed gates. But you might need planning - it’s worth asking
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    Small Fence in Front Garden

    In that case, high railings might help? A few houses near me have walls and railings. The trick would be to get the “lift” of rubbish too high to bother. It was a long time ago, but my family home was built in the original kitchen garden of a Victorian house and so our front and back walls were...
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    Rockwool slabs for 4x2 CLS

    In an ideal world, you don’t want the rockwool touching the plasterboard. Also, ideally, double skin the plasterboard with staggered joints. Use filler when the first layer is done, so you have two distinct layers
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    Small Fence in Front Garden

    I tend to agree that any “preventative “ will simply provide a more convenient place to dump stuff. However the idea of trellis is good. You could use posts screwed to the rear of the wall to support trellis - be aware that vandals could use it as a lever (but unlikely) A local fence supplier...
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    Base for garden room

    There are companies that do really big ground screws and the installation. The screws for a garden type building are about a metre long. I saw them on YouTube.
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    Car reg after a private plate?

    Yes, although at the time I didn’t have it.
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    Draught proofing timber sash windows

    A friend lived in a grade 2:house with sash windows. He was pretty handy, having converted it back from three flats to a single home. His windows were draughty. He used a company who used routers to create a rebate in each sash, then filled the rebate with a brush like excluder. It worked...
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    Car reg after a private plate?

    Thanks To be clear I did mean that I wondered if the plate would have influenced any search for crash damage under its original / now plate. I did a check and it picked up the plates changes and indicated that it searches for both. So no (reported) damage in it’s life either on issued or private...
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    Car reg after a private plate?

    Thanks Any idea if the private plate would “hide” any damage repair under that plate?
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    Car reg after a private plate?

    I am looking at a car tomorrow, a dealer (small one) It was a single owner and had been on a private plate, they are refitting a normal plate It has a FSH Obviously I will ask when I see it but one question would be Is it normal that a car owner would hold a new car’s original registration...
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    Repair Options for a Rotten Wooden Door

    Your postman must hate you
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    Securing new spindles in an old bannister rail

    Possible nailed at an angle and filled? Drill a hole first.
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    Insulate garage door and fill gaps at side

    That’s what my concerns were when I did mine. Mine is ok I believe that you can increase the tension by rotating a spring using a rod to rotate something. That’s outside of my experience Be warned that they have a lot of stored energy - I’d be very wary of DIY At least check out some YouTube...
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    Malmaison Oxford

    Hired
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    Malmaison Oxford

    If it helps, my family home was used in a Morse? The one where Keith Allen is the villain And my old school was in an Endeavour where Morse was undercover as a teacher
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