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    B&Q 83mm Solid Oak Flooring on Chipboard

    I though that'd be the answer. Thanks for all the help I'll get better ones when I start downstairs.
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    B&Q 83mm Solid Oak Flooring on Chipboard

    Thanks - I'll go find some B92 As it happens the underfloor is very level. I spent four days making sure the joists were even. I believe there's no more than a 2mm difference across any room. All directions show completely flat with both spirit levels and lasers. Every joint is glued and...
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    B&Q 83mm Solid Oak Flooring on Chipboard

    Firstly a thankyou to WoodYouLike and the rest of you. Advice you've given to other posters has preventing me from ruining 70 sq meters of flooring. Earlier this year I bought (on impulse) a pallet of 83mm wide 18mm Solid Oak Flooring from B&Q intending to secret nail it to chipboard (PC was...
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    NO HDD?

    Could be motherboard is on the way out. I've seen a few older PCs this year where one (or both) of the IDE controllers have failed. Sometimes they've trashed the HDs when they've gone, so make sure you've backed up anything important.
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    BT broadband, savings to be made??

    I've helped maybe a dozen people get broadband this year. On every occasion the initial connection hasn't worked. Everytime the supplier says it's the users fault - every time I've proved it to be the suppliers fault. The worst was a seven month argument via indian call centers before I made...
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    Reusing joists (probable stupid questions)

    I've 22 joists (pine 200mm x 50mm x 3600mm) that I've just removed from their RSJ supports (trying to straighten everything up before I install new floors/ceilings/walls). Being tight with money I intend to reuse them. My question - is there any reason to replace them with new ones? I...
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    Stud wall construction

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    Stud wall construction

    Thanks for the quick reply. What should I use instead of chipboard? (Top layer will be thick wood laminate)
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    Stud wall construction

    My first post - probably obvious to you guys, but I'm looked for a few hours and can't find an answer. I'm planning to replace the all the ceilings, floors and stud walls in my house becasue I'm changing the layout. (there are no internal structural walls - all the joists are supported by...
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