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    Garage Foundations

    I'm thinking of building a brick block garage 6.5m length x 4m width with apex tiled roof and 2.5m roller shutter door. It will be an artist studio so will be double skinned with insulated cavity (50mm?), door and couple of windows, electrics etc. As photos show , the back alley road level is...
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    Water / Electric / Gas supply to Garage.

    I'm flagging the patio at the back of house and need to think about water, electric and gas feeds to the garage (not built yet) 20m away at end of garden. I'm digging a trench to lay pipes before i flag over, and laying 25mm blue mdpe (water), 6mm 3core armoured (electric) + mdpe yellow (gas) or...
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    Belle minimix 150 drum dropped

    Had my Belle minimix 150 for 2.5 yrs now. Been used fairly regularly since on home use only. Been mixing large quantities cement whilst doing flagging lately. Today whilst in use the drum dropped with a load 12 shovels sand, 1/2 bag cement. Was pretty full at this but surely this shouldn't have...
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    Flagged path and drainage channels?

    I've pulled up all block paving and am in process of lowering the front in order to lay a flagged path 20/30mm slate with 2 areas of gravel with some edging. Side path will also be lowered and flagged. Pic 1. Proposed intentions Pic 2. DPC Levels The previous block paving level...
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    RSJ - remove or leave it?

    I intend to brick up between my two lounges downstairs. The rsj shown is 2500mmx150mmx150mm and is supporting a main structural wall. It appears to be oversized and thicker than i would like in comparison to the thickness of the wall; hence plaster work has been plastered over the rsj creating a...
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    New door way - Is it safe?

    This is the original kitchen doorway. The small wall (butress wall?) sits beneath the floor on a honeycombe foundation. wall The small wall originally connected at right angles to the longer side kitchen main supporting wall as shown here: I've cut through and knocked down the brickwork...
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    Gap size between worktop and Belfast sink?

    I've installed a belfast sink base and sink, and added end support panels either side of base (all b&q). At present, the worktop would sit on the end support panels and be 2-3mm above the ceramic belfast sink (and not actually sitting on it). Is this a sufficient enough gap between sink and...
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    skim behind kitchen units/splashback?

    I'm in the process of dot dabbin kitchen walls. I've used standard grey 12.5mm plasterboard. 1.Can i continue to use standard plasterboard for the whole kitchen even behind where the sink/washing machine will be or is moisture resistant more advisable in this area? - window cill above sink...
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    hardibacker joints and screws?

    I've studded one wall of my bathroom with a combination of moisture resistant plasterboard and hardibacker (shower area). Other wall of shower is solid brick and i've screwed hardibacker to this using zinc woodscrews/plugs - Will this be ok or should i have used aquapanel screws (would be a pain...
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    Suspended ceiling flush with window top? or not?

    I'm going to make a suspended ceiling in the 2nd half of my kitchen in line with the underside of the rsj, meeting the pitched roof where it then goes downwards. If i decide to carry on the suspended ceiling into the 1st half of my kitchen (pic below) also in line with underside of the...
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    Gap between plasterboard and floor?

    If i dot dab plasterboard in my bathroom ready for tiling over (full top toe tiling-no skirting), does the plasterboard sit flat on my new ply floor or is it best to raise it slightly so it dosent touch the floor. Floor will also be tiled. Also same question for behind bath area where i intend...
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    cement render or hardwall?

    My kitchen is a mix of block and normal house brick with soft lime mortar joints. I'd prefer all walls to be solid rendered rather than dot dat especially on wall unit side. As i'm no expert but have reasonably adequate plastering skill (with sand/cement only) i was going to go for the battens...
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    Waste to which external pipe?

    I shortly need to plumb in the whole bathroom and kitchen area. Is it ok to send shower/sink waste into soil stack(will be new stack)) and bath waste into normal downpipe (as before)? Similarly the washing machine/kitchen sink waste into soil pipe. Does it really matter which waste goes to which...
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    insulation between floor joists

    My kitchen floor joists are 100mmx75mm.I'm in process of putting 25mm ply down as it will be tiled over...Is it worth me putting insulation between joists as now would be easy to do? I was thinking rigid foil backed same depth size (100mm) with nails tapped below sideways into joist to keep them...
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    semi pedestal waste pipe

    I'm thinking of putting up a sink with semi pedestal and hiding the copper water pipes and plastic waste pipe. The wall is an old style partition wall(between bathroom and bedroom) where the bricks are built resting on their sides therefore about 3in thick + plaster. I will probably dot/dab...
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    to level joists or not bother

    My upstairs bathroom floor joists slope downwards about 15mm across a 6ft span. As ive taken off floor boards ready for new ply, is it worth me bothering to level the joists. I say this as i will be putting in a shower tray which i thought was supposed to be placed on a level surface for water...
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    noggins for floor joists

    I'm replacing bathroom floor and putting down 25mm WBP ply 8x4ft sheets for tiling on. Bathroom size going across the joists is 10ft, going with joists 6ft. Is it best to lay ply across the joists (stronger) hence noggins where the sheets meet or can i get away going with the joist and no...
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    which way for ply?

    My kitchen is 6.7m long x 1.9m wide and i'm replacing tongue/groove flooring with 25mm ply. Can i fix the long edge of the ply in the same direction as the floor joist and so on meeting half on joist, or is it best to go across ways to the floor joist which will mean adding noggins where ply...
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    wbp ply over tongue/groove

    What's the minimum thickness WBP ply i can use over the existing 22mm tongue/groove? I need to tile bathroom floor but not have too big a step-up into it from the landing.
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    £400 boiler scrappage + How to get it

    I've recently bought a house and taken out the old boiler/radiators(already thrown out). I've had a quote £3500 for new A rated boiler/rads etc. Is it possible for me to receive the £400 government scrappage?. Do i simply fill out the online application form saying i have a G rated 'working'...
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