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    grinding area of concrete floor

    Hello, I'm laying a floating wood floor in a room I've knocked through, but my concrete (coated in bitumen) floor slopes up towards where the wall was knocked through by as much as 15mm in places. The rest is relatively flat. I'm looking into hiring a concrete grinder with vacuum...
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    Are these holes drilled in my floor joists OK?

    Hello, Having had a few bad experiences with holes drilled in things, I'm now paranoid about it. Are these holes drilled in my floor joists acceptable for building regs? I was under the impression that they had to be a certain distance apart - but my sparky has done good work everywhere...
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    about to get a new heating system - what am I missing

    Hello, I'm on my first house renovation and have had a few problems so far with tradesmen I've hired - basically because I've been unprepared! So wanted to ask for a bit of advice from the experts so that I can anticipate and avoid issues with the next bit. I'm getting a gas safe heating...
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    space between bath and toilet?

    Hello, Apologies if this question has been asked before, but I can't find the answer I'm looking for. What is the minimum distance between the side of a bath and a wall hung toilet? As the bath is fairly low and there would be room for shoulders and elbows, can this distance be less than...
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    help -holes in roof trusses

    Hello, My builder's apprentice at the start of my refurb project has just drilled 15-18mm holes in my 120mm roof trusses to run electric cables. They are in almost of the trusses. It is making me feel sick to read online that this may mean my whole roof is compromised. What should I do now?
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