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    breathable membrane over or under roof battens

    hi all, can anyone please advise me if this the correct way or whether this will cause problems later. i am making a pithed roof and have got to the part where i need to lay the breathable membrane, only thing is i have already fixed the roof battens and now want to lay the membrane over the...
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    Which bracket to use.

    Hi all, Hope you are all well. I just needed song advise about what type of bracket OR connection I can use to connect a strut to a rafter. I've attached the picture and as you can see that is a rafter coming down and there is a strut sitting directly below it in line with it and I want to...
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    Using a 260mm cavity lintel over a 300mm wall space

    Hi all, Just want to check something. Im building extension wall which is the standard makeup of 100mm block 100mm cavity 100mm brick. S0 300mm in total. so the builder has got to the point where he's made the space for one door and two windows and has bought 3 cavity lintels. Lenght is...
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    Damp proof membrane as Waterproof membrane

    Hi all, I have an upstairs bathroom and it been leaking sometimes. I wish to lay some type of sheeting down to stop water passing through the cracks and into the downstairs ceiling. So i have some dcm 1200 gauge. Can i cut this to size and place it down on floor to act as a waterproof...
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    How do i change the colour of my wooden dado rails?

    hi all, i have wooden dado rails going around my room they are mahogany in colour but i want to change their colour to match my fireplace my wooden fireplace is like a light brown oak or pine type colour with a shine on it. so i wanted to know can i buy some sort of paint to...
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    Pleasr Help - cracks in loft room wall

    Hi all please can someone help me, my son has just bought a house which was built in 1900, and has two loft rooms as standard, the house was survey and all was mentioned was the electrics may need updating, small damp issue and house suffered from subsidence in the past but this has...
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