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    floor already laid up to skirting boadr

    You say the skirting board has a trim attached. If that is the case then it is probably covering an expansion gap. Remove the trim and the skirting should come away clean? I agree with ladylola. Find a way to remove the old skirting. It shouldn't be that difficult to do and leave the flooring...
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    Marking and cutting hips :)

    Try this site. http://www.blocklayer.com/Roof/default.aspx
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    oak threshold strip.

    You sure you mean threshold?
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    Cutting and joining worktop

    Most Siverline stuff is terrible. I'd probably look for a decent second hand one on ebay.
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    Can someone please tell me what these are?

    I was doing some work in my garden last week digging some footings and noticed a lot of bees about. I thought i may have dug up a nest or something but couldn't find anything obvious. Later on i was watching the local news and there was a report about lots of bees around and apparently they were...
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    Cutting and joining worktop

    That router is not suitable for the task. I got my last 1/2" router from an auction when a local joinery company went t*ts up. Decent 1/2" routers aint cheap.
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    diy-kitchens.com any good?

    I fitted a kitchen last year for someone who had got it off the net because it was cheaper than Howdens. Never again. Customer was ringing them every 10 mins to request missing or damaged parts. It took forever to complete. Can't comment on the company you are naming but at least Howdens...
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    Cutting upstands lengthways

    If you buy a track saw, familiarise yourself with the correct way to use them. I have a Makita one and it has no riving knife attached. Work needs to be supported properly and care taken or the saw can jump out of the track if the blade binds as mine did the first time i used it, despite using...
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    Cutting and joining worktop

    Make sure you cut away from the bullnose edge and not toward it or it will shatter the laminate. You could use biscuits as well as the bolts to align the tops when joining. This is what i do on a straight cut, but it isn't absolutely necessary.
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    Cutting architrave lengthways

    Hardpoint saw. Workbench. Sharp plane to finish.
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    Workbench Clamp with Rounded Jaws

    Would a fly tying vice do the job? Not sure what size of jaws you need.
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    planning permission

    If you look closely, the balcony windows have a barrier at roughly waist height to stop you falling, which is broadly the same height as the bottom of a standard velux is allowed to be. Velux windows do have a trickle setting. You simply pull the handle down, but don't open the window. As...
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    Outbuilding

    Can you not just raise the floor level?
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    bath surround

    A bodger is someone who works with "green" wood, so perhaps i am onto something. :lol: No, MDF is not the ideal material, but it is widely used rightly or wrongly by many people and many manufacturers. If it is well painted and edges sealed, then it shouldn't present too many problems.
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    bath surround

    Big risk and a risk too far? He isn't using Semtex. I had a Green MDF bath panel in my previous house for years with no problems at all and fitted a shop bought one recently for a customer that had doors in it for storage. It was painted MDF.
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    Do they check planning permission?

    I have had the council turn up at my house twice. Both times i was building workshops (at different houses) which needed no planning or building regs and both times they went away happy. I can only presume that neighbours had complained in both instances. They get enquiries all the time and...
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    planning permission

    Roof windows have to be a certain height for safety. Basically to stop you falling out of them. If you cannot have dormers, have a look at Velux Cabrio balcony system. http://www.velux.co.uk/private/products/velux_roof_windows/roof-balcony_and_-terrace/cabrio_balcony_gdl
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    router help

    Markerpen is correct. You need a 1/2" router to do masons mitres.
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    Garage Building Regs Requirements

    In my experience, if you do anything on regs, they will insist on footings of a certain depth and width, regardless.
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