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    retaining wall advice, materials and joints

    I plan to build a retaining wall, about 24 m long with three corners. Approximately 3m + 9m + 10m + 3m. The ground is very stable chalk and there would be no significant loads on the retained soil. Options I am considering are 100 mm x 215mm x 440 blocks laid on their flats (belly down) The...
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    Type 1F roofing felt or...?

    House will be scaffolded later this week and I should make a start fixing the rotten/shrunken felt at the eaves and verges. I plan to strip back about a metre or so and replace the felt, etc. The house is about 25 years old and has a ventilated cold roof with traditional roofing felt. I don't...
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    Bedding verge tiles (Marley Modern)

    I have a bungalow with a roof of Marley Modern interlocking plain tiles. The roofing felt has rotted back at the verges and eaves and needs replacing this year. My plan is to do the verges and eaves only (will also fit support trays on the eaves) and feel reasonably confident to do so, but I...
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    Adding drainage holes above catnic lintel

    I have a 21-year-old bungalow of timber frame construction with brick skin. Condition is generally good all round but on one catnic lintel there are some early signs of corrosion on the outside edge; at present this is very minimal and you'd have to look hard to see it, but it was noted in the...
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    Worktop joining strips for roll edge (top and bottom)

    I need to make a simple 90 degree butt joint between two lengths of laminate worktop. The worktop is 38 mm thick and has a roll edge (top and bottom edge). I've found worktop joining strip, but it seems most suited to worktop with only the top edge rounded over. Is a suitable joining strip...
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    Your personal opinion on a tiled lounge + kitchen, please

    I'd like to know what people think of a tiled floor (compared to a carpet) in a modern two bedroom house. I'm considering tiling downstairs, from the lounge straight through into the kitchen. My colour scheme is very neutral (almond white walls, and brilliant white woodwork), and upstairs I have...
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