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    Moving heavy granite - 250kg

    Hi All, I'm having some granite installed in a couple of weeks time and the quote had the weight of each piece estimated next to it. One of the pieces is down as 270kg, although it is a curved piece so has corners cut off and wont utilise all of the slab it's cut from, so I'd estimate maybe...
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    Fixed door knobs - roller catch

    Hi all, I'm fitting new 1930's style doors (4 panels, 3 bottom 1 above) and because of the height of the knobs and little children we want to fit good quality roller catches so the doors are easy to open. My question relates to the type of door knobs to get. Can you get fixed knobs or do...
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    Shower drips after switching off at 2 way valve

    Hi All, I have just completed a wet room installation and have a two way diverter valve on the shower which switches between a large overhead drencher and a wall mounted shower head. When I switch off the shower the wall mounted shower head drips for about 5 minutes and dumps a considerable...
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    Cleaning black grout

    Hi All, I'm completing a house renovation and have a problem with discolouration of black grout on a wet room floor. I completed the wet room a couple of months ago and the floor got covered in dust with all of the rest of the work going on. I vacuumed and cleaned but the grout has gone...
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    Floor height decision

    Hi all, I am currently building an extension and need to decide what finished floor height I go for. The room is going to be an open plan kitchen/diner with suspended wooden floor in the original house and concrete slab in the extension. The dilemma I have is that I want to fit a solid...
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    Unvented "cold" flat roof insulation question.

    Hi All, I'm just completing a loft conversion and had to change the initial warm deck flat roof design of the dormer to a cold deck design at the last minute due to height issues. The building control officer and architect both said this would be fine and we'll sort out the insulation...
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    Hip to gable extension

    Hi All, Great forum :D I can see myself living here for the next year or so draining you all of advice! I do have some skills so will hopefully be able to contribute too! i'm embarking on a single story extension and loft conversion project and hope to do a fair bit of the work myself. I...
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