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    Door Lifting equipment

    Hi all. Hope you can help! I've got to lift a french door off its hinges to replace the lock and do some major adjustments to the hinges themselves (hence the sheared lock bolt ;)). It is particulatly wide, probably a design flaw, which causes weight problems on the hinges. If we were staying in...
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    screw hole to allow for expansion in oak breakfast bar

    Hi - have built a steel pedestal for a high freestanding solid oak breakfast bar - kind of like a chunky poseur table. I am going to bolt the base to the floor, but the query is regarding fixing the 5mm steel plate to the underside of the oak. I understand that I need to allow for expansion -...
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    the right silicone for granite

    Hi all! hoping you lot might be able to save me from a dawn raid on builders centre tomorow... Granite worktop being delivered tomorow, we got to silicone quick before they lay it on the cabinets straight from the van for us (very nice blokes - as I couldn't manage manhandling over 100kg with...
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    heating aqua plank laminate floor

    Hi all - hope you can help. I keep getting conflicting opinion, and reckon some bods are just trying to get me to spend more money than i need to... Decided on 4mm thick aqua plank flooring, as need 100% waterproof click flooring system (without bevel). Floor will sit on thick concrete...
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    best way to make polystyrene thickness with concrete screed

    Hi all - hoping to get a little more help... Have established that we can use 120mm EPS with a compression strength of 70 kPa, to keep down cost of insulating the new kitchen extension floor, to obtain u-value required. This allows us space to put in 80mm floating concrete screed above. If...
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    concrete floor and cellotex thickness query

    Hi all - just a quickie - got a 200mm depth to make up to floor height of existing building in new extension, on top of concrete oversite. Would you (from a cost/ hand mixing cement issue) go for thicker cellotex, or thicker concrete (only needed 75mm of each to satisfy building regs). What...
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    removing large concrete lintel

    Hi all - in an old 1950's council house. Finally opening up external cavity wall to new kitchen extension. Existing old 700mm doorway being widened to 1.4m so I can have fancy french doors! Only prob is whopping great poured in situ concrete lintel over old door on internal wall. What do you...
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    between rafter insulation - use of sheeps wool or similar

    Hi - would appreiciate any advice on this one. Getting ready to insulate vaulted ceiling of kitchen extension. We are going to use multifoil on underside of rafters, but reluctant to use cellotex type board or rockwool type product between rafters (my dad reacts to them). I'm having...
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    sheeps wool between rafter insulation

    Hi - would appreiciate any advice on this one. Getting ready to insulate vaulted ceiling of kitchen extension. We are going to use multifoil on underside of rafters, but reluctant to use cellotex type board or rockwool type product between rafters (my dad reacts to them). I'm having...
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    edz flashing with ashmore tiles

    Hi all - in the process of fitting the flashing, have trimmed sponge so follows contours of underside of Marley ashmore tiles - we're not happy with the size of the gap from underside of tiles to flashing. as tile overlaps top of next tile down there is a good 20mm gap. Doesn't look brilliant...
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    cooker extractor vertical or horizontal

    Hi all! We have the choice to vent the cooker in our new one storey kitchen extension either vertically through the roof or horizontally through the wall (the room will have a vaulted ceiling). I am at the point in the build where I could do something preparatory depending which way we go (eg...
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    cavity trays

    Hi all! I am building our own extension with a gable end abutting the old house wall. We are starting to run out of cash for materials and are desperate to afford to get the roof on before the winter sets in ( I know its a long way off, but I'm only a feeble southern gal doing it all - so I'm a...
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