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In the living room I have a pair of curtains on a track in a bay window with a 30deg bend in them ... the one of the left keeps breaking. It's really annoying. Anyone have any ideas? Almost immediately I put it up, the cord seems to get wrapped round one of the sliders and becomes very...

Hi, I need to sand down the top of one of those Ikea tables which are made of 1" cubes of wood glued together. What kind of varnish is good to use that doesn't look like a thick shiny glaze? I did try using linseed but ... over time it dissipates and staining occurs, so I would prefer a...

Yeah it was air in the system not bled through, seemed to resolve on its own after a day's use

Got a one year old Glowworm Ultimate. Just had a radiator installed today with a drain down, now the boiler is making roaring sounds with the HW on. Sounds like it doesn't attenuate (is that the right word) and goes high flame then low flame cyclically and each time makes a new roar, then when...

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Hi, I was looking at lifting the floorboards in a room and putting rockwool down under for sound insulation from the flat underneath. Do I need to be worried about the downstairs neighbours lighting circuits that might be found under the floorboards, if the rockwool is laid ontop of them is...

Is that right? Why would that be, doesn't it mean it is more likely ?

Why is that ?

I saw this wall was built with doubled up bricks, is this just a trick to save time? Is it dodgy?

Thanks. Is sanding really necessary, I'm a bit worried about inhaling the glass dust. Can I get away with giving it a wash and then mopping with acetone. It's only about 9 months old. ??

Hi, got a GRP flatroof with a few flaky patches of the topcoat. Is it easy to re-coat in a TopCoat,diy? What prep do I need to do? Clean off the birdshit and rub down the flaky bits? Anything else? Also regarding the weather, it's pretty hot at the moment ... when's the best time to do it ...

DPC is total b******* apparently, here is the UK history of DPCs: https://1stassociated.co.uk/damp-proof-olderproperties.asp

Perhaps you know or can find out what their solution to damp is?

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No it's a victorian conversion so that pipe would run along the ceiling of a bedroom before it reaches the outside wall. I just don't know what to expect if the pipe is put in there attached to the wall (looking at a low profile rectangular section one) ... and a mdf box put over it, is it...

Was looking at attaching a rectangular section duct to a bathroom extractor about 3m to get it to an external wall. Is it likely it will make noise fluting or anything? Any good solutions like rubber sleeve or inserting rubber sections to break it up? Anyone ever done anything like this? Yes it...

They are locked the wheel protrudes either side of the rail. Well call be crazy but the need for a water tight seal does not inviolate the need for horizontal locking even if the building is heavy, but I have not studied the types of failures that occur ... it seems that sometimes the do occur...

Hi .. a friend is looking at buying a place but I noticed that out back the neighbours dormer is sloping down at a serious angle? Is this structural failure or something? Or is this normal? Thanks for any help

Yes 100 tonnes vertical, but horizontally the upper structure has little resistance, like with Earthquakes. I am not a builder but I am surprised there isn't a different solution, like using special lapping bricks over the DPC at intervals (using the cavity in cavity walls) with the DPC wrapping...

Thanks ... but masonry to plastic is not a good bond, it's not like plastic to plastic or mortar to mortar. Is there no technique to interlock the DPC through alternate bricks or courses so that there is a continuous concrete bond interwoven in it? Couldn't you just heave on the brick structure...