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    Solo DIY plumbing

    Makes for a better seal!!!! Way better than a botched compression thats for sure.
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    Loft floor supporting beam

    The dividing wall on the floor below seems to be mainly hollow, plaster & lathe. The beam in question seems original part of that wall. There might be structural vertical support to the beam hidden in the wall, its edwardian I dont know if they did that. But basically I think the front and back...
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    Loft floor supporting beam

    I found the sites detailing required sizes of floor joists for MxM size of rooms; but is there similar for supporting these beams in the middle, as in front to back of house is 7m, floor joists are each 4m and meet across a central beam in the middle where the width is 4m. So width 4m, length...
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    Solo DIY plumbing

    Kids away, wife out, what better time to re plumb a bathroom? All done, just needing to test when the phone rings to pick her up. Just time to earn max brownie points by turning the water on before her return......Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it! Turn on gently, no problems, turn...
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    When is an existing loft extension not an extension

    I bought an Edwardian house that had a 1974 loft extension. Planning Permission from 1973 details kitchen & bathroom with front and back dormers. Now its old and badly needs some updating. Every loft type builder I offer it to declares it wouldn't meet modern building regs and needs to be...
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