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    Can anyone advise on this damp issue….

    Hi I blocked up a door into my daughters kitchen last year. The wall was thick, so built up two block walls with a 50mm air gap between the two block walls. The internal blocks were plastered, and the external blocks rendered. I fitted a tile sill and we had a new window which sits on the rear...
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    Day rate for a casual labourer

    i am doing a refurb on a bungalow, and need to strip out old flooring, wall tiles, skirting etc. Planned to do this myself, but a hand injury is slowing me down. Looking at advertising on a local buy/sell website for a casual labourer for a few days, cash in hand. What would be a reasonable...
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    How to get up stuck down cushion floor lino

    Can anyone suggest what type of tool I could use to get up this Lino that has been stuck down? May be easier to take up the green tiles under it at the same time as we can then put a latex screed over the concrete. Thinking of something like a long handled wallpaper scraper or similar
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    Property renovation and extension- worth getting trade account?

    i will be starting a refurbishment and extension to a bungalow in the next few weeks, costing around £80k. I will be running the project with a friend who is a builder and I am paying him a day rate. We will bring in other trades as required. Just wondered if there would be any benefit in...
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