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    ppaslode im250 2nd fix nail gun

    just bought a used 2nd fix gun but it wont fire the fan comes on when you squeeze the trigger the green light flashes like mad it will fire when it wants to now an then but nothing like it should Can you blank fire the im250 like the im350 1st fix to test it?? im really dont have a clue
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    builder's quote

    id say its not a bad price really but is your cal have you got 2 other quotes to compere your looking at best part of £300 on scaffold 200/250 on render mats alone lintals up to 100 pad stones mats ect 50 doors could be 300 to 2k your choice then paint is say 50 then upvc soffits gutter an...
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    Block paving on a sloping drive?

    as for better paving what about permeable block paving an good firm like Marshalls or brett make them? As for the groundwork's your looking at 150mm to even 250mm type 1 stone compacted in levels of 100mm with a min of 10 passes over the finished high an as for the sharp sand screed id say...
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    Tamping/screeding advice

    just hire a easy float or bullfloat to finish the top
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    Mixing Screed

    just add a retarder an fibers
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    Tamping/screeding advice

    soo the concrete is going level to the top of the block work on the right hand side???? but you cant get a level on the left?? could you not fix a length of batten to the wall? an use that as a screen hight? we use a laser level an a height stick
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    Trench digging ... should I give it a go myself?

    feccking hell how much??? i hire our own machines out with a operator an that job should only take a day to pull up the paving by hand pull the trench lay an back fill mite even get the paving down to id say max £800 im in kent wink wink nudge nude
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    Man with a mini digger - daily rate?

    i hire our own machines now only with a operator as to many wanner be (digger driver) about just dont care about machines london id say £220 is a good price for a 0.8 up to 1.5tonne anything over that then the price goes up a little then add attachments breaker normally £70 a day the first day...
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    Padstones aren't square

    no probs there mate just get them in the wall
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    RSJ install. Best way to go around it.

    sorry use props both sides of the wall to help pick up the load an span an lay boards down on the floor first an stand props on them to settle the load even if its a concrete floor dont matter you can even use box steel needles if you wanted to
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    RSJ install. Best way to go around it.

    right ok lets have a crack here first off you need more acros then that an scaff boards along the joists to help span the load. Whats the other side of the wall?? you can use steel needles throw the wall to help pick up the load or strongboys. as for the pad stones you need to get this...
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    Standing water on back garden slabs

    relift the patio an reset the slabs with the right fall away from the house. check the dpc on the house should be 150mm below? if it was my patio id dig it our an base it then sett the slabs on a wet mortar mix then install a aco drain along the wall or try to clean out the Weep holes
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    Jewson 10 tonne wagon cannot get up drive entrance ...

    buy a wheelbarrow an hump the gear from the road side or find a firm with a smaller tipper our local yard has big wagons an smaller tippers for smaller loads easy that wasnt hard was it
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    Resin wall ties

    ebay is a good place for bulk buy fast an cheaper or any good builders merchants like travis or jewsons try screwfix
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    trimming concrete block to 40mm

    Cut them down with a stihl saw wet cut tho dont want the dust or brick slips better to use whats to hand really save on costs
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    moving drains and pipes

    adding anther chamber isnt a big deal really or is it adding or moving a stack pipe some times its easier/better just to add anther manhole (branch off) the old one what has BC asked for or plans say we do this all the time not just for our own jobs but other builders ect. Drainage is abit of a...
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    service avoidance

    Hi guys hope you can help? I'm planning to buy a C.A.T mk1 pipe cable detector with out the genny. never used the mk1's with out a genny will it still pick up gas water sparks an drains? thanks in advance.
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    which hire tool to cut brick?

    Hello im not far from london an have a stihl saw i could run these cuts for you
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    Shed on existing concrete yard

    why cant you kist lay it on the floor? id use class b bricks an lay a thin bed on to of it an bed in a DPC Anyway back to the brick work best way will be to mark out the base on the floor with mark out all round it soo you got the footprint of it an the center of the runners. use a normal...
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    Which blocks for garage foundation?

    yep use 7n blocks below ground level then you can pick up the rest with class b or just run stright up with the block work from damp if you wanted
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