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    stacking appliances

    can you a=stack a drier over a washing machine in a built in 600 wide unit?
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    My house

    Have been working on my house for a while but not got round to taking pics. Today was quite productive so took a pick of what have done. Double boarded ceiling with 12.5mm standard plasterboard and then 15mm dB plasterboard. All screwed to resilient bars. About 15 square meters. Not bad...
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    Alternative to Hardibacker

    My local builders merchants no longer sell Hardibacke 500. The cheapest so far is 12 quid plus vat fo the 12mm 1200x800 boards. Is there an equivelent moisture resistant board that is more economical and just as dense, The others Ihave seen , such as the Brit gyp seem not so dense.
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    Timber sash windows

    What size/width timber is used to make a sash that can take a double glazed unit.The double glazed unit has to be up to current regs/uvalue. Is 44mm ok?
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    Vaillant or Viessnmann

    Hi I have narrowed my choice of combi boiler to the following 2. One is reccommended by the Plumber. The Vaillant ecotec plus 837 or Viessmann 200w 35kw HE. Its for a quite large 2 bed flat with a bathroom (with bath mixer/shower attachment) and an additoinal sep shower room. They both seem...
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    hallway lighting

    My hallway is a ground floor, half landing, first floor and one room on the top floor.I would like a light on the 1st floor, half landing and ground floor. the switches would be one on wach floor. So four switches and three lights. The plan is that the ground floor would be able to switch on...
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    Bathroom fan extractor

    I am rewiring my bathroom with l/v downlights. I am also installing a fan/extractor. The fan will need an isolator. The lights will be a loop in sytem with the last loop ending at the last light. I am planning of taking the live feed from the last light to an showerfan isolator and using three...
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    DPC of opening

    Should there be a course of bricks on the DPC and DPM in an opening of a cavity wall. I'm asking this as I will soon need to fit a double glazed upvc door and was wondering if the double glazed door can sit directly onto the dpc and dpm.
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