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    Skirting

    I did some skirting last year and I glued & screwed
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    Chasing for sockets and switches for rewire later

    Does anyone ever use 25mm round and 47mm box for deep chases
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    Cinder/breeze block repair

    What mortar/sand-cement mix or powders should I do on these cracks and too deep electrical chases. House build 1935. The room is having all the old plaster, hacked off and re plastered with hardwall plaster. Ideas? Edit: I have some sharp sand and cement knocking about. Also I was thinking...
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    Looking for a 12" mitre saw

    https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dws780-gb-305mm-electric-double-bevel-sliding-compound-mitre-saw-240v/62072 https://www.toolstation.com/sip-01504-2000w-12-dual-bevel-mitre-saw/p33485
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    Looking for a 12" mitre saw

    I'm looking for a new mitre to replace my 210mm (8") one. I'm after a 305mm (12") double bevel saw only. Gotta be 240v. It's one of these https://www.toolstation.com/sip-01504-2000w-12-dual-bevel-mitre-saw/p33485...
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    Chasing Electric Cables into Breeze-block Wall

    My 1938 house has 75mm breeze/cinder block internal walls and I need to chase in a metal box for the 10mm t&e cable shower switch. Could I use a 35mm box or would I need a 47mm box.
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    Plastering over chase ( electrical sockets )

    I'm gonna bump this to ask: Why when plastering over electrical chases into brick/block do people use bonding coat then mulit finish and not hardwall then multi finish. Also what's the max depth you can chase a metel box into.
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    Removing feather-edge panels without damage to arris rails

    I want to ask this in a different way. How to remove feather edge boards nailed in without out splitting, as to re-afix with screws
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    Cinder Block Corner Broken Off

    Concrete or cement it
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    Outside tap replacement HELP!! newbie

    I like Gas PTFE its much thicker
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    Fencing (Feather Edge)

    Timber Gravel board? Look in toolstation for there green/organic timber deck screws, there cheap for a box of 200, used them on my fencing.
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    Size of shed base joists

    Couldn't you use blue/heavy duty wood pallets as a base
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    Decking Query

    I have a different question. When screwing the frame into a brick wall, what fixings should you use, I was thinking 10x100mm frame fixings
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    Timber Gate Build

    I've never tried a mortise/tenon join, I'm not a very good at sawing and chiseling but I do have a sliding mitre saw, plunge router & track Plunge saw
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    Timber Gate Build

    Its treated timber. http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Treated-Kiln-Dried-C16-Regularised-45x70x2400mm-Single/p/166401
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    Timber Gate Build

    I want to build a garden gate for a double gate opening. The gate I already have is a 1800x915 feather edge board gate that is strong as hell and I want to reuse. The said opening is 2450mm from wall to wall, so with 2 100mm on the ends and a gate of 915mm that means I need to build a gate of...
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    Garden Gate Build

    Not alot of responce, maybe i sould of posted in carpentry. How should I join the timbers, mortice/tenon or 6 x 150mm single thread screws. Joined like a stud frame.
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    Garden Gate Build

    I've bought wickes treated kiln dried C16 timber 45x70mm & 45x95mm lengths. My existing gate, that I want to fabricate a new larger one to match.
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    Garden Gate Build

    Any ideas
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