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    Am I getting ripped off?

    It is unusual for a builder to send their you cost breakdown like that, but mine accidently sent me their internal spreadsheet for our loft conversion. From memory it had about 10% overheads (project management, QS, skip hire etc) and a 15% profit margin.
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    Boiler gas consumption

    No, you are mixing up kW and kWh (a kW per hour doesn't make sense). Your boiler will, presumably, modulate somewhat too. What are you hoping to achieve with these calculations?
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    Damsel in Distress! Elec sockets under sink?

    It's normal and nothing to worry about
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    Cutting Gloss White Cupboard End Panels

    Multitool with oscillating blade?
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    Internal Ethernet cables after Openreach gigabit FTTH install

    What is the purpose of a krone strip? The ethernet cables can just be plugged directly into the switch and run to wall sockets?
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    Internal Ethernet cables after Openreach gigabit FTTH install

    The homehub (router) needs to be between the ONT and other devices, so option 2 doesn't work, unless I misunderstand what you are talking about.
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    Opinions on switching from gas boiler to electric

    You're going wrong by assuming the boiler is outputting 24kWs. To produce the same amount of heat (assuming 90% efficiency) it would be using 5kW/0.9 * 10p = 55.5p/hr
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    Opinions on switching from gas boiler to electric

    I can 100% guarantee it will not be cheaper for the tenant... And if you are changing rads every 5 years there are some other problems!
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    Have we lost a phase? EV charging point.

    11kW would be 3-phase, almost all car's on board chargers are limited to ~3.6kW per phase (7kW single phase EVSE will make use of two of the charger phases). If the car was truly capable of 22kW charging (very few are), one phase going down would have dropped the charge rate to 14.4kW, not 11kW.
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    How to Trim 20mm off the top off a brick?

    Cutting with an angle grinder as described above would be the way to reduce the height, but this will be very dusty. I would whack them with a bolster to loosen then and then fill with screed or something.
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    Rolling pool cover

    Your bending in the long direction will be entirely dependent on the long beam cross section. If you're determined to keep the design you need to stiffen those members. Could you replace the long edges of the frame with a box section of thicker aluminium or even steel?
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    Insulating new loft space

    Small gaps shouldn't really matter much if they are sealed against drafts. Insulation works based on square meters
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    Light switch position

    Lock
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    plate compactor: petrol or electric to vibrate dried sand between block pavers

    Is it newly laid? If you're just refreshing it normally you would just sweep kiln dried sand in with a broom.
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    RSJ Help

    You ripped down your ceilings because of some hairline cracks???
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    Large crack is loft chimney stack

    If you think it's possible that is leaking and you intend to use the fire you need to get it professionally checked, and possibly have a liner fitted
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    Sorting drill holes in wall - suitable filler?

    Easifill. Apply it with a spatula and squish it into the hole.
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    Tiling around or to a basin/unit

    Tile first
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    Socket under sink

    Yes, sockets can be in the cupboard under the sink
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    VR headsets

    The headset contains lenses.
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