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    old concrete slab foundations query

    fairly unlikely that building control will let you.Give them a ring or visit them they are usually very helpful
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    Air bubbles in plaster

    Did you pva the wall first before overskimmimg?
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    Wet or Dry rot?

    looks like dry rot to me with the brittle dried out timber and the spore growths. whats under the tiles?
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    Lapping conservatory dpm into house dpc?

    doesnt need to be lapped in. if you try you will ruin the existing d.p.c. just run the dpm up the wall so it finishes above your conservatory floor then trim off when its set.
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    Removing paint from brickwork

    sandblasting
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    printing red

    protection slips from both cartridges were removed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Removed colour cartridge but it wont allow you print anything with only one cartridge in ++++++++++++++++++ Now printing in black only after ive swore,shook and faffed with it.If i try a colour print...
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    printing red

    Cant do otherwise,ones a fat un others a slim un.just checked anyway :wink:
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    printing red

    just changed both ink cartridges in my h.p.deskjet3820 and all im getting is red printing. Ive set the printer to print only black but still it comes out red.Running windows xp home edition.Any ideas anyone?
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    Concrete gutter leaking

    these type of gutters are cast concrete and built into the walls spaning both the inner and outer skin of the wall -hence the damp problems. it would be a major task to remove them involving much building and roofing work although this would be the ideal solution. ______________________...
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    2 rads cold at the bottom

    >>you have air in the system.it needs bled.<< must be heavy air!
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    Concrete gutter leaking

    theres are a few ex council houses round here with the same problem.some have had the gutter lined with something-not sure what.this could be worth a look http://www.angliaindustrialroofing.co.uk/services/plygenegutterlining/
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    Replacing a section of Plain Tiles...Help Please!

    Sounds like the type of tile you've got is a hardrow. To replace one you have to put the nails through the tile and they are then hooked over the lath after wedging the two adjacent tiles up a bit to allow access. The tile will sit slightly higher than its neighbours because it is hooked rather...
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    repointing redge tiles - advice required

    if you point over existing pointing its gonna fail and fall out eventually,probably next winter. take the ridge tiles off and re-bed them on a bed of 4 to 1 mortar mix.
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    How to Calculate roofing tiles needed?

    if you look here i think they do an estimating service. http://www.marleyroofing.co.uk/default.aspx you may have to register though. alternativly ask your local friendly roofing merchants who will tell you how many tiles you will need if you give them the roof measurments.
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    Brick Matching

    if you lay a brick frog down, water will penetrate the brick,settle in the void and in winter freeze and blow the face of the brick.
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    UC Suppliers

    the prices you've been quoted are on par with the price ive just paid for similar size steel.
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    Concrete floor

    your gonna need a dpm laying first then either concrete or screed over it
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    Concrete cast insitu Stairway?

    cast insitu means the stairs will be formed by shuttering up and pouring concrete into the shuttering so that stairs are cast as one concrete mass. sounds expensive.
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    fencing with metposts

    met posts are rubbish.they either rot away where the top joins the spike or snap with the wind catching the fence and causing movement in the posts. dig a hole 600mm deep by about a 300mm square and sit your post in and fill it with concrete.
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    cordless drill question..

    ive had a wickes 16.8v cordless for 18 months, used it almost everyday, never broken down and i cant fault it it all, all for £45.00.
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