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    Treating Bathroom Floor Joists from water

    Hi guys, I've just got a quick question about the best stuff to use on timber floor joists to protect from water in our bathroom. We are redoing the whole room from scratch (victorian semi) and are about to pull up the old floorboards which we will relay closer together to lose the gaps and...
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    DECKING against Victorian house with no/slate DPC

    Hi all, Just wondered if someone could give me some advice. I have built decking before in previous properties, but these have been modern houses with a visible and generally 'high' DPC. We are now in a Victorian semi and want to make the back kitchen window into french doors which will...
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    Chimney Breast removal

    We are looking at putting in an offer on a 2 Bed Victorian Semi and had now paid our 2nd visit to the property and have fallen in love with it. Before we put an offer in I thought I'd come on here and ask a few questions that are bugging us. I've had to split them into sections for different...
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    Victorian Semi - no DPC

    We are looking at putting in an offer on a 2 Bed Victorian Semi and had now paid our 2nd visit to the property and have fallen in love with it. Before we put an offer in I thought I'd come on here and ask a few questions that are bugging us. I've had to split them into sections for different...
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    Lath & Plaster - Victorian Semi - Bulging/Sag Bdr'm Ceil

    We are looking at putting in an offer on a 2 Bed Victorian Semi and had now paid our 2nd visit to the property and have fallen in love with it. Before we put an offer in I thought I'd come on here and ask a few questions that are bugging us. I've had to split them into sections for different...
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    Victorian Semi - Concrete Ground Floor, re-instate flrbds?

    We are looking at putting in an offer on a 2 Bed Victorian Semi and had now paid our 2nd visit to the property and have fallen in love with it. Before we put an offer in I thought I'd come on here and ask a few questions that are bugging us. I've had to split them into sections for different...
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    False Wall to cover damp up?

    We are looking at putting in an offer on a 2 Bed Victorian Semi and had now paid our 2nd visit to the property and have fallen in love with it. Before we put an offer in I thought I'd come on here and ask a few questions that are bugging us. I've had to split them into sections for different...
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    EMPTY MANHOLE - CAN I REMOVE????

    hi there i am about to lay a 2.4x3m deck in my front garden. I have a small problem; there is a manhole underneath where I plan to put the decking and it also is raised above ground level higher than required. After my neighbour and I lifted the cover, we were shocked to find that the...
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    WC pan water level keeps rising

    I have a problem with my new loo.. When I flush (i'm talking a No.1, or a light No.2! :oops: ) The water level in the pan rises considerably and is often not a 'sucessfull flush' if ya get what I mean... I have reduced the cistern's pan water-level control to minimum and the standing...
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    Cable Requirements to Garden Shed

    I know this question has been asked a million times and I have scoured the threads but just wondered whether anyone would be kind enough to offer a solution to my particular problem!! :D Here goes: At the mo there is: A 2.5mm TE cable running from a 5A breaker in the CU in the house...
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