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    Cheapest Option...

    Hi All, About to get a DPC treatment done on the house to the whole property. I'll be knocking the plaster off the walls to 1000mm as required, but I was wondering what the cheapest way to remedy would be from the following; -I fix plasterboard to the walls myself and pay a plasterer to...
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    Bi-Folding Exterior Doors and Lintels

    Not calculated yet, but it's not much because it's a single storey extension and there'll only be a few courses above the lintel.
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    Bi-Folding Exterior Doors and Lintels

    [/url] Aha! That's exactly what I'm after...perhaps it's just not standard stock for most builders merchants in these lengths.
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    Bi-Folding Exterior Doors and Lintels

    Trying to put a detailed design together for an extension I'm planning in the near future and I've come unstuck on finding a suitable lintel to support the opening for our desired door set. We want bi-folding doors, nice set in B&Q that's 4205mm, but I cannot find any lintels long enough...
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    Help with my tiling schedule

    Hi, My girlfriend and I are in the process of buying our first house which needs a lot of work doing to it. I'm trying to build up some sort of informal specification/bill of quants. to act as a shopping list for us and would appreciate a some suggestions on tiling. There will be two main...
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    Underground Drainage

    It's difficult to know until I excavate all of the drainage and see where it's going, as it won't be mapped anywhere. At a guess, because it's a semi; it'll be connected to next-doors drainage (within 3m) somehow and then run out to the sewer in the road, but I'm not sure where the lateral...
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    Underground Drainage

    Apologies if I should be posting this in the 'Plumbing' section.... My girlfriend and I will soon be completing the purchase of our first house, which we'll be doing a lot of work to. Fortunately, it has new double glazing, GFCH system and has recently been rewired - however, almost...
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