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    Engineered wood v. laminate question

    I would seriously consider a liquid DPM then
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    Quick question on Loads, Currents & Cabling

    they are one way, could use the kettle lead to power the PC but not the other way round
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    Nightmare with a builder and building regs!

    Just go to them with the beam and post sizes and pay them to design the found. Say something along the line that your builder says he has told it needs to be twice the size, but BC reckons it only needs to be x by y by z.(insert your measurements here) you could always ask him if you could pay...
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    Concrete advice

    Everyone's going soft in their old age. I've lost count of the amount of concrete and mortar I mixed by hand for my old man when I was a kid and you've got a wheelbarrow too you don't know you were born. the first load of concrete I mixed was to cast a slab to basically mix concrete and mortar...
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    Quick Bay window insulation question...

    long answer nooooooooooooooooo
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    making a door opening under the stairs

    either works just an idea to get access to both flats from the front
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    Knowing where the soffit stops and epdm

    yeah you've got it, looks fine.
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    Plastering over artex, is this the expected finish?

    I would always put a tight coat of bonding over artex before skimming regardless of how shallow the pattern might be, it sticks much better than skim alone.
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    making a door opening under the stairs

    both flats would essentially need to be compartmentalised from each other, locked doors probably wouldn't comply. I would block up the door that currently goes into reception 2 and make the one that goes to reception 1 the entrance. Bring a small kitchen into reception 1 and make that the living...
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    Cutting in, skirting boards, cupboards and radiators

    I emulsioned every radiator in our house about 10 years ago as a temporary tidy up, intending to replace them. Finally got around to doing it this year before selling the house and although a little grubby and a bit of rust grinning through. every single one was fine, no cracking, blistering or...
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    Dormer windows flashing for plain tiles

    Indeed, as per our conversation before "firstly tile up to the bottom of your window and take some lead and fold it from the sill of the opening down over so it forms a double lap cover over the tile hanging. fit your window with the sill overhanging by the required amount. what I normally do is...
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    Stanley screwdrivers

    same as!! Actually pressed mine back into action a couple of years ago. went to help a mate salvage tons of metal racking from Harwell, not sure why but we weren't allowed any brushed motor tools. so out came the yankee.
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    Have I messed up?

    if you can get it under the battens of the old roof all the better. If the verge caps are coming off, why not take off the barge board too and flash up behind that.
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    Ideas for kitchen ceiling

    yep find the joists and screw to them or if it's plasterboard just pull it down won't be too messy
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    The Best Boards for a Floating Floor?

    shouldn't matter, if glued properly, you won't break the joint in chipboard flooring without destroying it.
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    MK brand

    Have to agree recently completely renovated the house at home, so thought I would replace all the switch plates sockets etc. as I had some MK gear knocking around from ages ago(maybe 10 years) I got some more to match. the difference was noticeable. Terminal screws missing, most don't line up...
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    Cutting in, skirting boards, cupboards and radiators

    be careful even supposed low tack tape for fresh paint can pull the paint off, personally I would just cut it in and if necessary touch up the ceiling if you stray with the blue. Any minor stray white on the walls will show less than blue on the ceiling. As for the woodwork yep sand, undercoat...
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