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    Advice on concrete base for a self build shed please.

    Yup sloping lawn! Thanks Deluks, I think I will have to go for option one. Regards Jim
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    Advice on concrete base for a self build shed please.

    I have decided to build my own shed rather than pay £100's for a flimsy ready made affair. I want a concrete floor as it is for my motorbikes and have set out some gravel boards as shuttering. The problem is the height difference of ground level from one end to the other! It means that at the...
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    Crack Above Door Spells Disaster?

    Cheers guys! As I thought but my wife doesn't have enough faith in me! You're right Aqua about the price especially as I am keen to get my hands on the house we're after. Thanks, both of you.
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    Crack Above Door Spells Disaster?

    Hi Guys, Having just had a mortgage valuation survey on our property my wife is now a nervous wreck and needs someone with a little more know how than me to pacify her! So please help. There is a crack above the patio door that follows the mortar only (i.e. no cracked bricks) and goes up at an...
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    Rayburning question!

    Oilman, thanks for that, very useful! Exactly the type of answer I was after, simple, like me, and now I know a little bit more than I did yesterday! jph/01, God knows what a vapouriser or PJ is but I am sure I will find out! Mod9, I didn't want a quote with oilman coming around to do the...
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    Fireplaces and fire surrounds

    I did one recently (about 10 months ago) and used door frame fixing screws for the wooden surround and pink grip fill on the hearth and back plate, bloomin marvellous, I feel sorry for the poor sod who trys to remove it one day! Jim
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    Rayburning question!

    How difficult/expensive is it to convert a coal powered Rayburn to oil fuel? Thanks Jim
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    Black bricks, what does it all mean?? ooo er!

    I m new here and about to embark on a bit of a project so I thought it may be a good idea to join up! I have a house that I am buying but I have some discolouration on the external wall! the house is in a rural location, two, 2up 2down farm hands cottages in one, built from red brick, in a dry...
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