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    Selling yourself for work- hanging doors

    yes you know that ive had times where i didnt want the job and charged 80 so not to get it and got the job so had to be polite and say no thanks:whistle:
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    Selling yourself for work- hanging doors

    not sure where your based but that is cheap so its not the pricing the kitchen fitter might of been slack for a couple of days and under cut you or client just thought easier to get both jobs done by same tradesman i normally charge £55 for light weight doors or 65 for fire doors
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    Insulating between floors.

    a word of advice if thinking of removing chipboard from i joists if they are tji's built around 10 years ago they would have been fitted using a mastic type PU adhesive and sealant. so removing floor with make a hell of a mess maybe even laminate the top of the joists also your walls will be...
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    Damp proofing single brick Victorian coal shed

    that sound quite a good price we used to put corragated sheets under the ceilings with internal gutters same as a lot of old underground sheds and tube stations and that wasnt cheap is this under the pavement
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    Multi Trade/Carpentry?

    another way 45.0 cos 1'x = 1.414 (secant) then just times by the half span so if 3.550 =5.020 works the same with all angles you can do hips this way too just got to remember rafters run 12" but hips and valleys run 16.97" or sometime i just get the old roofing square out as for tools it all...
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    CSCS card with no NVQ or G&G???

    there is a big shortage of skilled workers half of our jobs dont need cscs cards we pay good day rates and all we get is the floaters that are no good kids are not interested in carpentry or construction anymore its a good trade now we keep going to jobs done by unskilled people that are just...
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    Getting rafters past the purlins

    ignore the architect for the moment and wait an see what the s.e comes up with if your having steels for the new floor and ashlar wall it will all come down to the span of rafter from ashlar to ridge
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    CSCS card with no NVQ or G&G???

    Yeah they just a money making outfit now like with my lift superviser card they removed banks man slinger from it so you now have to a 2 cards at more expense Plus all this other smsts rubbish it's getting to the point no one wants too come sites anymore And they wonder why there is a skill shortage
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    CSCS card with no NVQ or G&G???

    with city and guilds you should have been given the gold card when cscs first came out gotta be 10years or more my city and guilds over road the nvq as it was a better qualification but they must of changed it now
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    Pallet of plasterboard price

    wickes comes in at 397 if you have trade and use the monday 15 percent off
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    Insulating dormer window

    also if that is the only access to eaves void might be worth topping up the insulation in there too
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    CSCS card with no NVQ or G&G???

    shouldnt have any problem getting the green or red card
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    Romoving roof trusses.

    thats making my eyes bleed they have cut them trusses out without even being fully supported right under the valley set it can be done but quicker to just take of and start again proberley cheaper too
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    Driveway Questions

    yes it can be done that way with no problem just scrape back some of the type 1 where its bieng bedded take a look here http://www.pavingexpert.com/blocks.htm but dont query everything he does as most people have there own ways with same good results and it is adviserble to add a textile below...
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    Roof aerial outlet?

    now tv box works on wifi or ethernet cable no arial freeview box needs and arial i tink
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    Another Loft condensation problem

    have you got downlights
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    HELP! Fitting Wood flooring at Entrance‽

    no matt well normally same thinkness as floor so cut around or starts 600 or so away from door that door looks composite but can still be cut and raise threshold
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    Creaking Stairs Repair Advice

    biggest problem as above make sure they screw the grippers too no nailing
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    transformer switch 230v-24v

    not push in but screw terminals
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    Question about steel beam

    what does the engineers drawing show
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