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  1. mrrusty

    Looking for a sanity check from anyone who has bought a 70s house with drainage issues

    If it's shared, it's down to the utility company to repair. It's not your pipe. You are only responsible for sewer pipes that solely serve your property and are within your boundary. e.g. https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/household/your-services/your-wastewater/sewer-responsibility Is chester...
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    Is this quote expensive?

    Sounds right to me.
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    Hole bush/ liner

    I like these for cables https://www.cwberry.com/lga-sq7-1g-media-plate-white-cw-white-brush
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    Fitting Doors

    If you are serious at DIY, a very worthwhile investment that opens the door to working much more easily with e.g. melamine faced chip
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    Fitting Doors

    or use a track saw which I find is a much easier and better tool for trimming doors.
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    Decking product Q

    I'm not sure any composites are 100% UV stable. I have used dino decking and they advise to allow for a certain amount of fading. TBH, the deck on our garden room (classic ash) looks just as good as it did when installed a couple or so years ago, but if compared to a new piece I expect it has...
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    Mystery Timber (to me anyway)

    show off :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: (y)
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    Question about enforcement

    You've got an extension that no-one is bothered about. It sounds like you want to take the roof off, make some minor tweaks to the gradient of the roof and recover it (If you are going to lift the roof a metre or so, then maybe that's different, but I'm presuming you need another 2-300mm at the...
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    Katsu Router...newbie question

    That router bit is not suitable for that router. A trim router is designed to be used with small diameter bits for trimming and other lightweight jobs. For a 1/4" wide slot you need a 1/4" wide cutter. Never take a cut that is deeper than the diameter of the cutter, and a bit less is safe, so...
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    Mystery Timber (to me anyway)

    looks like a bit of oak to me with that radial grain
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    Question about enforcement

    Not what I would do. Why voluntarily open a potential can of worms. Your extension has been there for years so looks like no-one is bothered except you. I would just crack on and do it, unless you have unfriendly neighbours who you know will cause trouble. Sounds like just a roof repair to me....
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    Dry ridge system (Manthorpe) installed - will it leak?

    not gazillions, but a few and no problem. It was recommended as the best system to me by the local roofing supplier
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    Old Metal Garage or Dunster House Type Build for Office Man Cave.

    Ha! yes - I missed it, and I usually pick up thread archaeology!
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    Old Metal Garage or Dunster House Type Build for Office Man Cave.

    If you want to use it all year round, it needs insulation - including the floor. As @noseall suggests perhaps use the timbers you have to build an insulated suspended floor using the existing pad as the foundation, but my suggestion is to then build a SIPs building on top - fast, virtually the...
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    Building Safety Act Principle Designer - what to do if DIY build?

    Not being funny, but are you seeking an SE for your own peace of mind? or because you need it for building regs? Is it an exempt building? If it is exempt and this is just to check your design, I'd try sticking the dimensions and construction in to AI and see what it comes up with.
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    Where can I buy melamine/laminate sheet ?

    google HPL sheets and you'll find loads of suppliers
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    Composite decking

    :ROFLMAO:
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    Floating shelves: Install noggin around pipework?

    Personally I would rethink that. Heavy books on a floating shelf with cantilever fixings! It can be done but you have to have a lot of faith in the tension strength of the fixings because of the of the leverage
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    Cutting a kitchen worktop to fit between two wall

    This is always a challenge. The chances of the two end walls being perfectly square is close to zero, if only by a few mm. That few mm can be a PITA if you are trying to fit a heavy worktop. I wouldn't bother trying to measure angles. with a wall to wall WT there is no jiggle room. The best way...
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    Log Cabin on sloping garden - Height & Boundry Rules

    I can't find the link quickly, but there are definitely cases on this forum somewhere where the council took enforcement action for some decking in a similar situation - and lost on appeal. My opinion is exactly the same as @freddiemercurystwin
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