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    Building near utility pole

    We built the gables up on this. 4 board scaffold was touching the pole. We had the line shrouded free of charge. We about 800mm
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    B&Q - How much compensation?

    I've never seen a joiner fit a kitchen especially for b +q. Jobbing chippies maybe. A Joiner makes something in a workshop and a carpenter fits it out on site, customers house.
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    Allotments

    I put this up in the garden last year.
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    Loft storage weight question

    BTW that boiler flue isn't correctly clipped should have a bracket on every joint.
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    Double socket boiler fuse help?

    The load side had been used to feed the switched spur. If the spur was taken from the ring side the switch was work as normal as would the spur. I guess the combi slinger was scared of the mains.
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    Limestone help /artificial grass

    Just use sharp sand screeded flat with a straight edge and a float. We did a 4mtr by 11mtr with concrete 2"kerb sets. About 6 ton of type1 and 4 tons of sharp. Stuck the edges of the grass down with special grass glue.
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    Can I power an electric shower from my solar batteries?

    Why our solar thermal provides all our hot water needs for most of the year. On the 6th December outside temp was only 6c although I got a full tank of hot and my panels hit 135c!!
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    Older underfloor heating and new bi-folds.

    The foam was put in as perimeter protection to stop the heat leaching out the side and travelling up the wall. Should also stop the plaster cracking. I would remove as much as you can then use 2 part self leveller. But remember to not come up too high as you need say 5/8mm for adhesive and then...
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    Tumble dryer efficiency.

    Pity you can't get the gas dryers any more!!
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    Insulating roof - am I missing something??

    Current insulation requirements are 130mm celotex between the rafters 25mm over the top.
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    Gas fire service

    The closure plate is supposed to be fixed with closure plate tape. It's a special gas fire specific gorilla type duct tape. It's not supposed to be fitted with sealant. Yes the gas isolator looks banshee. I guess the guy was having a busy day and couldn't be assed with your shoddy...
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    Window sills.

    Use Rock wool cavity slab to bridge the cavity
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    Lead on sloping chimney sections?

    The abutment of the wall is normally weathered in with a few tiles or piece of lead. But as others have said looks like guttering/downpipe pouring water onto the brickwork.
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    Waste pipe leaking HELP

    The snap on ring holding the rubber seal has snapped. You can replace that but it's all got to be taken apart. Just get the person back who did the work.
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    How to insulate walls of converted outbuilding

    Mine vapour barrier than more celotex then plasterboard. I'm 20mm monocouche render, 4" dense concrete blocks, 4" cavity, tyvek, 12.5mm osb on 4x2 studwork with 100mm celotex in the wall, another layer of 12.5mm osb then vapour barrier, then 25mm celotex then 12.5mm plasterboard then skimmed.
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    Garden fence height on top of retaining wall

    Interesting as our house/bungalow had a planning constraint of 6.25mtr. But we on a hill front to back and left to right. To the extent the front brickwork below dp is 5 courses out the ground the back is recessed into a sunken patio. My planning consultant told me ground level is taken at the...
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    Garage 30M2 building regs

    With a mixer by hand I guess he means. I've done several slabs on my own in a day of 2 ton. But that doesn't go far a strip foundation for a 20x 10 greenhouse or half a garage slab.
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    Oversized notching

    Some of the things you see in real world. Downlight notched into a 100mm joist only 25mm left of the joist! Soilpipe bend notched into 9 " joist not much left of joist. Many of these new linear shower wastes require carving the joists up. Never seen a structural failure though.
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    Easifill - want to check my method

    My decorator recommends priming any large areas of easy fill with zinzer 123 before emulsion
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    Is it possible to turn this house front into brick?

    We took it all off then meshed it and monocouche render back on.
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