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    Acoustic Insulation under bedroom floor - suggestions?

    I've used rockwool sound insulation slabs with great results, really dense slabs.
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    Help: cleaning, refinishing brushed & oiled oak flooring

    Hi, our hallway flooring is brushed and oiled oak flooring, it's looking dirty and sorry for itself, I'm after some help in cleaning and lifting the dirt out of it, then how to refinish it, any tips on method and products, thanks
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    Advice supporting chimney breast

    We moved into big old house the back kitchen goes off down the yard like it's been extended but it's actually original, there are rooms above it, the old fireplace and breast had been removed from the kitchen, but upstairs the breast is still inflate, so wondering how it had been supported I...
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    Dusty concrete floor, help

    Hi, we had our garage floor poured a few weeks ago , concrete came really stiff so the guy added some water to pour it easier and to work it to the back of the garage, but hee added to much water, went in easy, levelled and smoothed nice, but I knew not to over work it because it was very wet...
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    Brick Acid question

    Cheers lads
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    Brick Acid question

    Hi, I'm finishing off my selfbuild and I'm wanting to remove light cement marks from the brickwork, some of the marks are light stuff around the edges of the bricks and some of it is where I got caught out in sudden real heavy downpours and after throwing the hessian on the wind smudged it a...
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    which sand for dpc render

    Hi, which sand is best for rendering after dpc, washed plastering sand or a normal building sand, its onto a normal brick cavity wall, thanks
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    Cleaning sandstone

    Cheers for that I'll look into them, thanks
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    Cleaning sandstone

    Hi there, I've had some large sandstone coping stones stored for a few years, and finally getting put on my extension, they are dirty and covered in green mold, what is the best way to clean them, what products are best used, and Is there anything that can be used to seal them to stop...
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    Waterproofing thermalites advice

    Hi, the existing finish on existing house is staying on and I'm wanting to match it on the new extension, the existing is a coloured base coat of around 10mm and is finished with what looks like tiny little chippings that have been sprayed on, it's not monocouche coz I've done a couple of...
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    Waterproofing thermalites advice

    Don't know m8, this is why I'm asking, what would you recommend
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    Waterproofing thermalites advice

    Hi, I'm building our garage/ bedroom extension, ground floor is brick first floor is in thermalites as existing first floor is an acrylic render, it's going to be a while before it is rendered and with the weather where having the blocks are getting saturated, is there anything I can put on...
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    Garage radiator install help

    Yeah it's a combi, shall I keep the lockshield on the entry or exit end of the rad, or both, would it still be OK to use a trv on such a short circuit
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    Garage radiator install help

    Hi all, just finishing up self building our garage and bedroom extension, well shall I say man cave /gym not a garage, our boiler is on what was the exterior wall before garage went up, my question is, putting the radiator on the opposite side of the wall to the boiler, can I just thought...
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