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  1. buildersbutt

    Water Pipes.

    Hi all, is it ok to hide water pipes behind dry lining, if so should it be in any sort of conduit, thanks for your time!!
  2. buildersbutt

    Uneven floor.

    Have laid insulating backing boards onto concrete floor to take electric under floor heating with tiles on top, unfortunately there are some areas that are not flat, my question is, is it better to lay self leveller straight onto boards or lay electric matting first and then the self leveller...
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    Engine Oil

    Have a 1994 Honda Accord 2.2 petrol that has two hundred thousand plus on the clock and still running well, what would be the best type of engine oil for a car of this age and mileage, thanks for your time!
  4. buildersbutt

    Rubber Grommets.

    The sparky has drilled a hole through a catnick lintel, and has not put a rubber grommet in, can you confirm if he should, what he has done is wrapped a couple of layers of insulation tape around cable where a grommet would be, thanks for your time!!
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    U F Heating

    Hi, have dinning room and kitchen in one, want to put electric matting under tiles with one stat to control all, there will be a large radiator in the dinning room only. The area to cover is 3.6 x 3.6 and 2.7 x 5.0 mtrs. Will be putting insulation boards down first. So questions are, can I tile...
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    Best self leveler

    Hi all, what's the best self leveller, and what is the most thickness you can lay at one time, thanks.
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    Self leveller

    Have a kitchen floor all out of true and vinyl tiles will these have to come up before we put self leveller down, thanks for your time!!
  8. buildersbutt

    Screeding floor

    Taken up 1" wooden block flooring, can I put a 1" screed on top and what mix, also the screed will be on top of old bitumen which appears to be the only DPM, thanks for your time!!
  9. buildersbutt

    Dot and Dab

    As above is it best to pva wall first, thanks for your time!!
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    Dot and Dab

    ! Oops wrong place!!
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    Best Fireproofing

    Hi all, have to fireproof a catnic and the drawing is asking for 15mm plasterboard or gyprock ten, would the 15mm plasterboard be standard board or a fire board, in our house thanks for your time!
  12. buildersbutt

    Tiling over wood block floor and UFH.

    Hi all, as above, they are pine wood blocks about 150mm x 50mm, would it be best to lay sheets of ply over would have to be thin because of levels with adjoining room as wall has been removed. Would it be best to glue the sheets to the floor, if so what adhesive would you recommend. Also what...
  13. buildersbutt

    BASIN WASTE PIPE

    Have a downstairs toilet and want to put in a basin, no where to run waste pipe, is there anyway we can connect basin waste to the short piece of 100mm pipe out the floor to the toilet, or similar, thanks for your time!!
  14. buildersbutt

    Is this over kill.

    Filling in an internal opening 900w x 2.3h, 100x50 concrete lintel or catnic over floor on pad stones with 100mm thermalite above bonded into existing, not load bearing, architect and BC agreed, as said is this over kill??
  15. buildersbutt

    Catnic

    What's the best way to attach a 4" x 2" timber on top of a catnic so can then build a stud wall above, thanks for your time.
  16. buildersbutt

    Pad Stones.

    [/url] Thanks for your reply to pad stones, but re:- plaster boarding, I was asking how to clad a Catnic mate!!
  17. buildersbutt

    Pad Stones.

    Hi, can I use a 6" x 4" concrete lintels cut to lengths of 300mm as pad stones, thanks for your time!! Also best way to clad a catnic with plasterboard, thanks for your time!!
  18. buildersbutt

    Fireproofing Catnic.

    Hi, what's the best way to fix plasterboard to a Catnic for fireproofing, thanks for your time.
  19. buildersbutt

    Injected D.P.C.

    If anyone could answer above question would be appreciated, following on from this, no one was at home when the silicone injection was done. The holes have been drilled but how do we know they have injected the silicone, reason for asking is that there is a few other issues we have with their...
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    Injected D.P.C.

    Yes we do as internal wall is damp and yes we have checked the cavity's.
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