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james clarke brown ??? " Joseph Cyril Bamford launched the construction and agricultural equipment manufacturing company that bears his initials, in 1945. He began his business in a garage that measured 12 feet by 15 feet. Today, JCB’s world headquarters is one of the finest engineering...

if the house was mine, the first task would be to ensure the external fabric is sound and watertight. check for blocked/leaking gutters. closed fireplaces without appropriate airbricks. missing roof tiles/slates broken glass and or leaking windows/doors. if you do this and are happy then...

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House has no DPC, walls are granite and 500-600mm thick. I have just completed a french drain at the back of my own house. the existing patio had been laid to a fall, unfortunately the fall was directed at the house not away. I have stripped the patio, dug a trench 2 feet deep and filled...

no, in the shwashank redemption andy used a geologists axe. the geoligsts axe is very similar to a bricklayers hammer, chisel one end and heavy lump the other

an elfin pick axe is a wee tiny pick axe. looks just like a normal pick axe but is only a foot or so handle length with equally scaled down point and chisel ends on the head. see this

it is possible to stop the joint slipping by inserting a star dowel ( an extruded metal star) through the rails where they are jointed. this effectively pegs the joint in place.

the panels in cupboard doors should be floating i.e. unfixed, to allow for expansion/contraction. commonly the easiest means of achieving this is to create a slot in the top and bottom rails and the stiles ( side rails) Additionally, natural wood should be stored in the environment in...

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the tool for safe removal of mortar is called a mortar pick, looks like an elfin pickaxe. Power tools do work but introduce a potential to damage the mortar joint through the entire wall thickness and additionally damage the brick/stone surface.

it is possible to replace the rotten ends of joists. the new would should be pre-treated, tanalised or the like, and cut ends retreated. ensure the ends into the wall are wrapped in mositure resistant membrane. the joints between the new joist and old joist should be glued. additionally...

Commonly a thin glass sliver such as a microscope slide is epoxy glued either end to bridge the gap. being brittle it will indicate quite clearly both the magnitude and direction of any movement.

Insurers commonly gauge risk related to expected occupancy. More bedrooms often infers more occupants which implies higher risk. with regard to bedrooms/bathrooms. 4 beds implies, 2 parents and 3 kids = 5 people occupancy. 1 bathroom among 5 people could be a tight squeeze in the morning...

softwood floorboards will mark easily and may be more prone to splinter. also they will stain easily unless sufficiently varnished.

fully prime the mdf with MDF Primer

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a saucerful of bicarbonate of soda together with a fresh cut lemon in another. give it a try.

update. during the last week I have hired a Boss Aluminum Access tower. 1.8m * 1.45m base, platform height 3.5 metres, effective working height 5.x metres. 4 stabilising outriggers were supplied. I used it to strip the harl (wetdash in aberdeen) from a granite wall and raking pointing in...

in addition to breezer's comments. if you remove the textured paper, fill any voids and repaint the wall. The whole room will appear larger as the removal of texture tends to visually push the wall away as there are no details for your eye to focus on. Basically, excluding unframed...

Cascamite, the very word drives fear into a friend of mine. Whilst at Art college in 1981 we designed and built chairs. During an evening class some "real joiners" took exception to his dreadlocks, gaffer taped him to his own chair and cascamited his hair. As you will appreciate, he was...