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    New front door frame - differnt questions?

    When you take the old frame out I would think that it would be fixed with achor ties bedded into the glass blockwork joints and screwed onto the back of the door frame and that is what gives it strength at present. If you use pre-made frame you still have to make up the top, this could look...
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    Airbrick in old terrace

    Ventilation dannyboy2k i think. if the room is ok for air and no probs with damp then yes cover them up but if you want air into the room why not put 2 plastic or metal hit and miss ( open or closed ) vent covers over
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    leveling floor in old outhouse

    Matt, this means a bit of graft if you want a proper job. Remove the 1" tiles and dig down to 7" or 180mm below the existing kitchen floor level, cover with a thin layer of sand and lay 1000 gauge polythene over the sand and up the wall to about 75mm above the old kitchen level, ( this will...
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    SPLIT: fixing skirting

    Fit your skirting before decorating then you can fill top of skirting. if your staining skirting then stain before fixing
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    Damp and flakey paintwork/plaster.

    Check the ventilation in the bathroom if this is not good then the prob you describe will happen, also are the gutters leaking forming a damp patch through the wall, watered down bleach will kill the fungus on the wall. As for the leak every thing should be ok if wall is just dry and flaky...
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    security post / bollard

    Depends what your fixing it to but Rawl Bolts would suit
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    Loft rafters cut and moved

    From the photo I presume you are going to install the loft hatch where the drill is. Where the top left circle is there is either a brick or timber stud wall below and this why the ceiling joist cross over at this point and are lapped side by side because the wall supports the ceiling joists.The...
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    Bathroom extract vent through roof; rain

    Try installing 2 bends on top of the existing pipe in an upside U shape and this will cure the problem
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