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    Attaching ledger board with Through Bolts?

    Hi I have been given quite a few steel M12 x 125 mm through bolts. I need to attached a decking ledger board to my house to partly hang decking from. Is a through bolt going to be strong enough to hold the board tight to the wall in the brick? I presume, even though its called a Through...
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    Help with large decking area

    Hi guys (and girls) I've got a pretty large deck to hang off my house 1/2 m off the ground at one end, running to 1/2ft at the other. OK so the span is 9130 mm (attached to the house) x 3600 mm moving away from the house. I'm looking at beam spans and need a little guidance please. I...
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    What sleeper treatment to use?

    Hi Just a quick one. I've used treated sleepers to edge path and steps and stupidly have jet washed the treatment off. What would be the best product to waterproof and protect my sleepers? Would this do the job...
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    What fittings to use for a Juliet balcony?

    Hi We have a Juliet balcony we need to fit, very similar to; http://www.ironworks-crawley.co.uk/extra/juliet_balcony_surrey1/juliet_balcony_surrey1a.jpg I will be fixing into brick, and would really appreciate some thoughts on what type of bolts would be best, and frankly simplest to...
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    Struggling to find a replacement drain cover?

    Hi We have what look to me like standard drain covers and sleeves from around 30 years ago. They are concrete and the cover part is roughly 540mm x 695mm in size, I've attached an image. I need to replace the cover part only as we are building decking over both drains, but can't seem to...
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    Attaching a decking ledger to the brick wall of my house.

    Hi I'm looking to construct a 9.1m (along the width of the house) x 3.65m decking raised 480mm from the ground. I plan to hang this, if that's the right word, off the house. My question is, what would be the most secure method, sleeve anchors and so on, to secure the ledger timber to...
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    What type of based for my sleeper edged path?

    Hi I am using Sleepers to edge my path, and to build a step. I want to know the best way to attached, secure the sleepers to the ground. So do I use a mortar mix, like I will be with the paving that sits inside the sleepers (on compacted Type 1), or do I use a 'concrete' type mix with...
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    What cement mix to use?

    Hi I am looking to bed in sleepers, with cement, for the edge of a paved path and to edge some steps, the sleepers will be walked on. I think I need them to be secure like a brick wall would be at the bottom, so that I can fill the space between them with Type 1, compact and then lay my...
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    Can you please check I've included everything on these plans

    Hi I've draw up some plans for 2 semis in our garden, can you please have a check and make sure they are ready to be put into the council to get outline planning. these are not meant as building drawing we will get someone to do this for us at the next stage, fingers crossed. I've left...
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    How deep to put decking supports into the ground?

    Hi Hopefully a quick one guys. I am constructing a slightly raised decking area around 500mm off the ground. Its 9100 by 3600 and I am planning 7 support down the long side and 2 along the short which attaches to the wall. How deep should I set the posts into the ground?
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    Sprusing up previously stained doors

    Hi We have several stained doors in our flat, and they have faded in places, and look a bit naff, can I use a polish or something similar to even up the colour over the whole door in each case? I really don't want to sand them down and restain and can't afford to buy and hang new doors...
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    Extension finished months ago and no plumbing cert?

    Hi Our extension finished months ago and we have continuously asked for out plumbing certificate, we got the electrical one immediately. We are planning to sell the property spring next year and really don't no what to do here. Please help.
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    Dulux matt wall paint not taking around the edges?

    Hi Hopefully someone can help. Please see pictures. I am painting over a wall papered wall that had been painted some time ago. Most of it has taken just fine, but patches took the first coat but wont take another, and the edges that I'm trying to do with a brush will take a thick...
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    A gaps has developed where our extension meets the house?

    Hi Please take a look at the images below. We had a 2 story extension done 5 months ago. I would expect some cracking inside with the change of season etc, however vertically where 2 walls meet inside the plaster upstairs and downstairs has cracked right the way down. This on its own is...
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    Electricity not working in flat?

    Hi We have just bought a flat which has a key meter by its front door. There appears to be credit of £4 on it and the switches on the electrical box inside the door are all to 'on', but no power is in the property. There was a tenant that literally moved out last week, and as far as I'm...
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    How to turn the water off?

    Hi We have just bought a flat and I'm trying to turn the water off to the kitchen so that I can remove everything. The issue is that there are no Isolator valves on the hot and cold water pipes going to the sink taps. There is a a stop tap under the sink that needed quite alot of brute...
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    My toliet has a leak?

    Hi Please see attached images where the very bottom of where the extendable waste pipe attaches there is a dribble, but enough that its a problem. On the pics the area I mean is in red. The seal on the pipe seems good and its tightly attached to the toliet. in the second...
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    How to fit a wrought iron juliette balcony?

    I need to fit something very similar to www.ironworks-crawley.co.uk/images/jul… to the brick work at the back of my house. I really don't know what type and type of the 6 Rawl bolts I need. Does it need to sit in the brick or past it and open between the 2 rows of bricks? or would say...
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    Do i tile upto the lip or over the lip of my shower door?

    Hi The shower door I have has a lip that points inwards and is flush with the wall (well its around 2mm thick but sits against the wall) that has screw holes in. The instruction are not clear at all, and don't show tiles. To me it looks like you would fit the door securely then tile so...
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    Using Dulux Satin but unhappy with finish?

    Hi I am using Dulux Professional Undercoat on MDF skirting and architrave, then 2 coats of Dulux Satinwood, Quick Dry, brilliant white. For some reason the finish just isn't very good. It looks fine when painted, a decent covering, but once in place the paint has very quickly discoloured...
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