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    Decking ledger over air brick

    I am looking to run a deck just under my bifold doors. There are several air bricks which I obviously don't want to cover. If I put a ledger on, how far should the ledger be from the air brick for it still to be effective. I've seen "space it 10mm" which doesn't seem a lot. I've seen people...
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    New doorway on DPM

    Hi, we're doing up an old cricket pavilion. Contractor employed by the council has removed a doorway sized chunk from the wall and installed a lintel, but has taken the wall down to the DPM which is currently across the threashold. I'm assuming there's no issue cutting the DPM away so we have...
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    Insulating single skin wall

    I have a garage with a fairly tall single skin standard brick wall on two external faces. A third shorter external face is single skin blockwork with a render. I'm looking to batten the wall with 2x2 and fill the voids with 50mm foil lined thermal sheets. After that I'll plasterboard the...
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    20A MCB on 32A EV Charger for 6.6kw car

    I've had a 32A charger installed under government funding for a 6.6kw electric car. My understanding is that the Nissan Leaf will pull around 27.5A. I'd want about 20-30% overhead on that to be safe, so a 40A MCB is required. On the day of install, they only had 20A MCBs so they fitted that...
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