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    Swollen Timber Doors

    Both doors are hardwoods
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    Swollen Timber Doors

    both the internal door that is affected and the external door are hardwood. The external door it is painted with sikken cetol filter 7 plus and the internal door is appears to be stained. Neither door has had the top or bottom edges painted.
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    Bay window with lead roof leaking

    Hi, I have a bay window which appears to leak in heavy rain from the top frame - see pics which show droplets of water which have trickled down between the frame joint ( this joint is roughly where the mortar line is on the outside) and overnight it ends up leaving a huge pool of water on the...
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    Swollen Timber Doors

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    Swollen Timber Doors

    Hi have an internal and externak timber doors that keeps swelling especially during the rainy seasons and make it difficult to open or close. I planed the edge where it was sticking and it was fine for a while but appears to have swelled again due to all rainy weather. Whats the best way to...
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    How to replace condensate pipe on baxi duo tec

    Hi, I need to replace the condensate pipe on a baxi duo tech. The existing one is fitted inside what looks like a flexible black rubbery type pipe coming out of the boiler. Do I just pull it out of that and push the new one in? Just want to make sure before I yank it out.
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    Repair garage roof

    Don't really want to get on top of the roof. How about I paint the underside of the roof from inside the garage? Is Everycryl any good https://www.everbuild.co.uk/products/roofing/roof-repair/evercryl/
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    Repair garage roof

    I've got pre-fab concrete garage with a pitched roof that seems to be leaking in a few places. I've no idea if it is made from fibre cement or asbestos. Upon closer inspection the sheets appears to have developed cracks along the areas where its leaking. For one reason or another, I don't want...
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    Damp / wet concrete floor

    I have a utility room with a concrete floor. When it rains I've noticed the floor gets wet. Right outside this room are two drains - one is for the kitchen sink and boiler/washing machine waste trap and the other is for the guttering drain pipe from the utility room. There is also another hole...
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    Mortar mix for pointing and grinding depth

    What would be a good mortar mix ratio?
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    Mortar mix for pointing and grinding depth

    I have 1930-40 house with what I've been told is accrington brick. The mortar looks like a black ash mix which appears to be poorly pointed with some red dyed mortar which has blown out in multiple places. The full house need repointing and I wanted to ask what would be the best mortar mix for...
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    so do tongue and groove floor boards not require expansion gaps between them, The old boards all seem to have around 2mm gaps between them?
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    I've got some of that malaysian hardwood ply lying around. It's not the greatest stuff, has only 5 layers and the sheet is just about big enough to do the last 3 boards. Would this ply be adequate? I've also removed the next 3 boards and got some 20mm redwood tongue and groove boards to replace...
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    How to build a frame for hardboard bath panel

    Because its cheap and easy to replace. Had one in a house for 20 years without issues.
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    How to build a frame for hardboard bath panel

    How would you build a frame for a bath panel (both front and end) and fit a 3mm hardboard to it with some skirting at the bottom? I'd like to end up with something like the image in the last pic. I was thinking of using 2 x 1 battons secured to the floorboards around the bath and then on top of...
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    Just out of curiosity what type of wood are these old floorboards made from. Is it whitewood or redwood or something else? The floorboards you get these days is no where near as durable as these old boards.
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    I managed to cut back the floor boards by using a 3mm drill bit and drilling a series of holes in a straight line just short of the thickness of the floor boards and finish off with a saw and stanley knife. What size screws do I use fix the 2 x 1 softwood to the side of joists?
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    Don't know how I can cut the board back to the next joist as there are water pipes running under that board and through the joist? Also would you replace with tongue and groove boards (original boards are T&G) or just normal boards. If I use tongue and groove boards and screw them down I wont...
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    Repair rotted floorboard and joist in bathroom

    Do I need to cut back the floor board to the adjacent joist as that is the tricky bit due to pipes notched through it or can I get away with cutting back the rotted floor board up to the where its rotted just before where the pipes bend under it? Also should i do the same for the adjacent two...
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