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    Stainless steel sink rusting!????

    So long story short, i bought a stainless steel sink off ebay (yes i know, ok i shouldnt have!!) sink 1 faulty, started to rust badly, seller sent another but denied refund i took a while to fit the second due to cost of emplying someone else! anyway, got rounf to doing it and the...
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    Pipe vibration - is this water hammer?

    thanks for the replies, if i wanted to replace the ball vale can anyone reccomend one based on my system as photographed below? i presume i can buy one from screwfix or toolstation
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    Pipe vibration - is this water hammer?

    Is this water hammer? So when we flush the upstairs toilet the floor vibrates and a loudish humming noise occurs, and if we open the cold water it quietens down (until the cistern is full again) IF we flush it 5 minutes later there isn’t much sound/vibration. the main is a blue mdpe...
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    Flat Modifications - Help Needed Please

    the thickness of the door is a give away sometimes (44mm), and it may be written on the top of the door, alternatively the door seals and overhead closure may give it away o and with your new layout, you may need to alter your alarm system, EG replace the smoke detector heads in the...
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    Structural engineering quotes per beam

    thats a fair point i suppose, but if the customer has plans in hand and is looking for a structural engineer, it may be worth the customer finding one as opposed to the Architect/technicnian who may charge slightly more
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    Buying Site and Location Plans

    ive used land registry documents in the past. my local council seem to be ok with it online pdf is £4 i think,print it and draw a red line around it if there isnt one there already
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    Structural engineering quotes per beam

    for my clients i use a firm who i found online to do my calcs and whatever else is needed to satisfy the building control officer. They normally take my drawings and or photographs i think his charge is around £60 per beam fully insured structural engineer
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    Floor Layout

    to be honest, a good set of drawings would be good, the one you provided isnt scaled and therfore we cant see the proportions etc.. have you employed an architect/technician/surveyor?
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    Any architects/ATs here got beam calculating software?

    i am a technician by trade, but its not worth the hassle of me doing the calcs just to save the client £50-100 for a steal beam calc.. i have a couple of structural engineers who i know will do calcs at a decent price
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    external wall insulatin - DIY detail

    ok so, i have at the moment a single story lean to, which is a bit chilly at times. its currently made up of single skin, with plaster and plastboard on battens. what i want to do is externally add battens and clad over the render. (see detail) since i am doing this i would like to add some...
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    wall detail

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    chimney/roof quote help needed

    if someone can have a look at these photos and give me a rough estimate on how much its likely to cost, (based in south wales) both chimneys are leaking and unfortunately ive had someone "fix it" at a cost of £250 last year, but it seems to be still leaking, so ive decided that im gonna cap...
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    kitchen wall units

    I have 1x double 1000mm wall unit and 2 x 400mm glass fronted wall units (from wickes). I need to fix them to the wall to replace older ones. I would like the two glass fronted 400m either side of the double one, and have a few questions: Do I fix them separately to the wall as three...
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    advice, my bedroom

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    advice, my bedroom

    this is my room (see images), i am starting to think about redecorating it/plastering etc currently i have two simple pendant lights, both work off separate pullcord switches... now i want to just have the one fitting but just wondering on where to put it, the problem is that in the...
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    bedroom

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