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    Sikkens or mastic first?

    Hi - Help. I am building a residential log cabin and need advice for the gaps between logs and timber uprights/ window frames etc.. Do I use the Sikkens first brushing into the gaps and then fill with the mastic .... or do I fill the gaps then use the Sikkens? Very grateful for all opinions and...
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    Window fastening mechanism ex Magnet

    Hi - I have fitted double glazed windows to my log cabin. They were bought secondhand and had never been fitted. A local builder had stored them from a cancelled job. The fastening mechanism of one of them is broken. They were originally from Magnet and first they said they would find out if...
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    Log cabin builder needs advice on base covering.

    Hi - a bit complicated but here goes. I am building a log cabin not subject to Building reguilations. It is 16 metres by 5.5 metres supported on God knows how many block pillars --- like roman columns - as the ground slopes and I wasn't allowed proper foundations. I need advice on what to...
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    Screw size help

    Hi - fitting as new but second hand Ledbury doorframe into log cabin. It was still in packaging with all screws in packets EXCEPT the ones for holding the frame together! They seem to have been misplaced before I received it. Could someone PLEASE help by explaining in simple B and Q type terms...
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    Log Cabin Ring beam base joining.

    :lol: Hi - Help please. I am building a log cabin from scratch (with temporary planning permission). Base has to be free standing so am using block pillars. On top of these pillars strategically placed I am putting a ring beam (so I am told!) of timber 8" x 2" on edge. As the total length of one...
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