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    Insulated bootlace ferrule colours

    Be careful they are not always....remember there are double entry ones too which vary in colour take a look here http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAction.html?method=getProduct&R=3118019 I work in Railway signalling and these are used on EVERY multistrand wire, we also use...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    cheers terry i will do that when the weather picks up :-)
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    Cheers Terry much appreciated
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    no it was not specified exactly how it would be done. Unfortunately it was done by someone we know business partner of whom i trusted. He did tell me it would be 100+mm of compacted type 1 sub base(which it def is as i see before and after and have pictures of it). he also said the would...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    I did say that yes, but i then wrote under in in my next section which was the 4 slabs that were rocking, if you look at the picture of the pathway, it was the first for that moved,the picture i have put there is after the repair. he fixed the moving ones, but when i ask about the small...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    none of the slabs are rocking, not even when i jump on them? i got him back to lift the 4 moving ones and they were the ones bridging the gap from the steps to the path, there was def not enough much under them, these have been redone with a full bed and now seem better. only 2 from the...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    yes mine is 30mm ish mortar too, the guy who did the work was actually a trained bricklayer, they did point in with mortar exactly the same as the wall i have had built, so i am assuming a wet mix.......def was not semi dry as he put feb in it.
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    the type 1 is def 100mm + as i have before and after pictures. I have tapped them and most seem solid the ones that came lose had 5 big splodges under them, the blobs were big though, looked less like 5 blobs and more like a bed that had been made with 5 dollops of muck. Without lifting...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    cheers i was not sure if the pictures were showing as i used goggle instead of photo bucket. :-) the guy who done the work is being pretty good with it all and agreed to re-point any next year that get too bad. i just didn't want to phone him and complain about something that is normal...
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    Can people see the pictures ?
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    Patio Laid in Sep......cracks Picture Heavy

    Hi all, I had a large landscaping job done in Sep-Oct this involved removal of 10 skips of earth to move a retaining wall back from my house to build a patio. However the patio pointing has started to crack in some places, and the first 4 slabs in the path move so much they started...
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    brick above door frames ??

    cheers for the help guys :D
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    Door frames i am replacing

    the only reason im changin them is the people who lived here before, had a very naughty kid who baracaded him self in his room, they smashed the frame to get in to him, The other two have been badly buthched, they have been notched and cut have an extra set of hinge rebabtes along with a set...
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    brick above door frames ??

    http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1111301#1111301 i dont know which section is correct for this so i went for woodwork, i thought id come here and link to it as it is sort of structual. i hope im aloud to link to another part of the site
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    Door frames i am replacing

    I dont know if this is in the correct section as it could also be structural. i am having some door liners replaced tommorrow along with some new doors hung, i thought id help the guy out and remove the frames for him but upon doing so i found something i was not expecting. There are...
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    Cracking in walls

    Fixed the picture that was on its side All pictures now correct :D
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    Cracking in walls

    Hi , this is my first post here so ill try make it a good one :lol: I moved onto my house 18 months ago , its a 1950's built house, i have been decorating and getting the place into some sort of decent state, BUT i have found the following up stairs. The house is at the end of a terrace...
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