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    Macallister 1400w slide saw, weird motor issue

    http://tinypic.com/r/21mhy86/9 ...was working fine then started doing this. Brushes? Anything more serious and I suspect it's for the bin. Cheers!
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    Loft office insulation

    Roof has wooden slats, no felt/membrane. For the new floor I was thinking of using 100mm celotex cut in between the new noggins. Partly because it's better then the blown fibre stuff I have and partly because I'm assuming this means I don't have to lay it over chicken wire. Whilst BCO aren't...
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    Loft to office 'conversion'

    ..following on from my thread //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/posh-loft-new-floor-questions.437380/ thought I'd start up a project progress thread with some pics. Have a pretty large loft space with good height to play with. It's hipped on all sides with a chalet style slope at the front (2...
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    Posh loft - new floor questions

    See attached pic .... Red = walls (all solid either steel supported on 1st floor or all the way to ground) Blue = Ceiling joists Green = Ceiling binders where the ceiling has a large span I've selected 8x2" C24 timber based upon the spans I need. 3 options as far as I see it. - Go 90 deg to...
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    New loft floor .. comments / suggestions please!

    Evening all, would REALLY appreciate some help on the following. First off, basic floor plan of the loft: Hard lines are the walls on the first floor underneath, joists on the first floor landing run left to right so does that mean the central wall running front to back is 'load...
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    Strengthen loft floor

    Hi all, Posted something similar before but this time I have pics and measurements!! Ceilings are cracking due to me storing too much stuff in the loft so I'd like to strengthen the loft floor by installing new joists to sit a floor onto, might end up using it as an occasional work space...
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    DIY conversion of loft into bonus room

    Hi all, I'm considering making the loft into a bonus room. It wont be built to regs or used for a bedroom. Nor will it have bathroom etc.. So basically I plan to put a couple of Velux windows up there and board/insulate the floor and roof. Few questions: - I've been quoted £1100...
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    Noisy Heatline C28 boiler

    Afternoon all! ...in DIY hell today, and this one is getting me grief! Boiler works fine, CH and HW both pretty good. However sometimes under heavy HW demand (CH seems OK) like when running a bath the thing wails like a banshee .. to the point of it sounding really bad :( Any ideas...
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