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    Cold attic bedroom

    Hi, We have 2 attic bedrooms in our house and they both are quite cold. We have invested in additional 50mm insulation, new velux blinds and this has only made a minor difference. When i took up the floor recently i noticed that under the floor there was a load of rockwool insulation between...
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    Cold attic bedroom

    Hi, We have 2 attic bedrooms in our house and they both are quite cold. We have invested in additional 50mm insulation, new velux blinds and this has only made a minor difference. When i took up the floor recently i noticed that under the floor there was a load of rockwool insulation between...
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    EDPM roofing questions

    Hi, I am going to put EDPM on an almost flat workshop roof, just have a few questions: - Do you need to use the edging trims? Was planning to use one on the gutter side but can you just use contact adhesive on the other edges? - For upstand onto a brick wall, do you need to use the wall trim...
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    Super shed felt vs polyester cap sheet

    Hi, What is the difference between polyester reinforced shed felt (sometimes called super shed felt) and polyester cap sheet? I am re-roofing some garden buildings and wondered if they are really the same thing? Plan is to : - nail 1st layer - stick the 2nd layer with cold bitumen adhesive...
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    shed with a single low pitch roof

    I have a large workshop shed which was roofed with felt nailed in place by the previous owner of the house. It is now leaking and i am consider what to replace the roof with. The shed is 3m x 7m, fully boarded roof with a roof pitch of 1-2 degrees. As i see it my options are: - replace the...
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    Re-roofing large shed with low pitch

    I have a large workshop shed which was roofed with felt nailed in place by the previous owner of the house. It is now leaking and i am consider what to replace the roof with. The shed is 3m x 7m, fully boarded roof with a roof pitch of 1-2 degrees. As i see it my options are: - replace...
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    accessing pipes on back to wall toilet

    Hi, I need to replace the bottom entry filler on a toilet in my new house. However the toilet goes right to the back hiding all the pipes (see picture).This is annoying as i cannot see how i can easily replace filler with no access to the pipes. How do you access the pipes? Do I need...
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    ecotec boiler high retun temp

    Hi, I have a ecotec 837 and i have noticed when being nosy in the parameters that the boiler return temp (d41 i think) is about the same as the flow temp. I understand that the return temp should ideally be below 55C. Or at least i would expect it to be good bit lower than the flow temp...
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    Gurgling downstairs toilet

    Hi. Moved into a new house and the downstairs toilet when flushed gurgles, water is sucked down then rises back to the normal level at the end. The upstairs toilets flush fine and checked the man hole and water running fine. What could cause this? Thanks
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    corrugated metal roofing over 'flat' shed roof

    Hi, I have a large shed (about the size of a garage) with a leaky flat roof. I have a couple of options, i could either re-felt it or use some metal corrugated roofing that will be removed from another garden building which will be taken down soon. I was wondering what the minimum pitch would be...
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    Earth continuity fault

    Hi All, Recently had a new CU installed and as part of the inspection the electrician noticed that one of the two spotlight bar fittings in the kitchen, although it has an earth wire present and connected, it is not connected to earth when tested. This light is on a separate switch to the other...
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    replacing damaged wood floor board with chipboard

    Hi All, I have had to remove 2 floorboards next to each other that are 18mm thick and 170mm wide from the bedroom as they have been damaged and are now uneven. The usual suspects (DIY stores) only stock wood up to 140ish mm wide. What is the best option for replacement? Can I fill the narrow gap...
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    single skin out kitchen insualtion

    Hi All, Our 1900ish house had the kitchen extended into the old coal house (according to the survey) many many years ago. That part of the kitchen only has a single skin of bricks on the outside with an air brick and on the inside a timber stud wall with some sort of plasterboard. It gets cold...
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    Tongue and Groove Door

    Hi Everyone, I would like to build a tongue and groove door for our bathroom tank cupboard. B&Q and Wickes only seem to stock the 8mm thick boards, is this too thin to make a standard tongue and groove door with "z" shaped backing supports? I would like to use the 8mm thick stuff as that is what...
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    HEP2O spigot elbow

    Hi All, I am fitting a shower and the supply to the mixer valve has compression fittings. I amusing HEP2O pipe in the wall then they need to turn through 90 degrees into the compression fittings. HEP2O sell a "Spigot Elbow"...
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    shower and flexihose fittings

    Hi, I am replacing my old electric shower, there is no isolation valve currently present so i want to add one. To install the new electric shower i will have to change the pipework and move the electric supply cable (chopping out tiles and plaster etc). I was thinking that i could use a...
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    electric shower replacement

    From what i can gather from info on this site, as a compitent person with electrics (but not Part P certified) I am allowed to replace my now nackered electric shower with a new one. Is this correct? The existing circuit is not RCD protected (old fuse box), when we had a cooker circuit...
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    soundproofing stripped floorboards

    we live in a 1900s terrace house and both us, and now our neighbours have bare floorboards in the adjacent bedrooms. I have read the other posts on here and have come up with a plan to minimise the transmitted sound, but was hoping for some advice from some wiser souls. The wall itself...
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    making plaster even before glueing skirting

    Hi, we had our room replastered and now want to put the skirting on (Pine), the problem is the bottom of the wall is uneven, thicker than above. What is the best way to even it out? Have used an old chisel to remove the lumps of plaster at the bottom but to remove the general thickness could i...
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    identifying type of mortar

    Hi, I have to re-point a section of our kitchen wall. However im not sure if it is lime mortar or cement mortar. See pic The house was built in about 1900. The mix has much larger grains of sand in it than modern cement mortar. I want to make sure i use the right stuff to re-point the...
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