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    disused mains smoke alarms wiring

    Hi My mum has 3 old mains base units, wired to mains. The tops (i.e. the detector parts) are long since gone having malfunctioned some years back. I have replaced with three FireAngel 10 yr LiIon alarms. thing is the old base units look ugly and are still screwed to the ceiling and connected (to...
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    laying chipboard on garage floor

    Can't find a thread that answers this. I am converting my garage into a workshop. The inside will be tanked (floor&walls). I intend laying T&G chipboard flooring over celotex on the sealed floor, for warmth and cost (yes walls & ceiling will be insulated too) Heaviest thing on the floor will be...
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    garage loft requires ventilation

    I am soon to embark on insulating my pitched roof garage. There is no overhang, the pre-formed wooden trusses sit on top of wooden beams sitting directly on top of the single skin brick walls I will be plasterboarding a ceiling and piling it with rockwool type insulation. As there is a lot of...
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    ventilating a garage roof void

    I am soon to embark on insulating my pitched roof garage. there is no overhang, the pre-formed trusses sit on top of wooden beams sitting directly on top of the single skin walls I will be plasterboarding a ceiling and piling it with rockwool type insulation. As there is a lot of wood being...
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    Studding out a garage

    I am going to turn my garage into a workshop. It's a brick single skin with pitched roof in very good nick, dry inside but very cold in winter. Plan is to put up a stud frame all round, insert celotex and cover with moisture resistant plasterboard. Not bothering to skim as it's a workshop not a...
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    making a cold garage usable in the winter ..

    Now I'm retired I have a lot of DIY projects that require me to spend time in my garage using a range of tools (from power tools down to electronics). The garage is about 20 years old, single skin house brick, concrete floor, dpm in good nick, pitched roof, usual swing up door, detached. I'm not...
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    Mix for first and second coat

    I am new to plastering but have taken steps to make a good job of it. Although my first two walls are looking pretty good (ah but when the paint goes on all may not be as it seems!) I had a panic on my second go as the plaster was starting to set on the spot board as I was finishing the first...
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    Plaster feather onto painted wall - dilemma

    Hi I am installing a new bathroom. Pretty much the whole room was tiled below half height but I am replacing with wetwall (around shower bath) and emulsion – no tiles. Stripping off the tiles was difficult; in some places tile+adhesive came off nicely but in others the adhesive was so strongly...
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    hole in the "wall" idea! - fixing a splashback on a bowed wall

    Hi guys I have a problem with the splashback behind my gas hob. The wall bows out so that the glass panel is raised (pushed away from the wall) by about 1cm all round the edges. This looks unsightly and reduces an already very small gap between back of hob and panel, making cleaning difficult...
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    retro fitted trickle vents - nightmare

    I have a condensation problem .. a builder advised me to fit trickle vents - he said it was a doddle of a diy job. I read online how to fit them and all seemed easy so ordered and got to work with my drill. Ah, but inside the (easy to drill) UPVC is a stainless steel frame - and now I'm stuffed...
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    Penetrating damp

    Lived here for 13 years - house is 23 y old. Extension done about 19 years ago .. by cowboys I suspect because I keep finding blunders! (e.g. roof had to be reinforced with steel when surveyor noticed that timbers were undersized! .. tried to trace them on another matter but the firm has...
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