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    can topsoil be laid over hardcore an sand?

    I have a patio I'd like to remove in order to place decking. I don't want to lose out on height what with the 30cm limit, sO I'd like to replace the patio brick with top soil, I'd like to leave the patio bedding (hardcore and sand) where it is. Can I do this? Can around 6" of topsoil be laid on...
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    flush beam decking - joist spacing and post position

    So I'm going to be putting decking into the garden, attached to the house with a ledger board. 4x4 Posts concreted in, all softwood. I have a good handle on how everything will go in, I'm just not so clear on what joist size to use, how far apart to space the joists, and how many posts I will...
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    i have a stuck bushing

    i had some gym equipment delivered and had to dismantle some bits to get it in the house, now I'm trying to reattach it all but there are these 2 bushings that slot onto a long rod that are jammed on tight. what can i do to move them? i was thinking of a big wrench, maybe a pipe wrench? I'm sure...
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    screwing into ceiling joist

    I have a studfinder, a bosch gms120 but it's readout is inconsistent, the place I'd like to screw is about 1.5m from a light and it seems to think there is a livewire everywhere. Would I need to go into the loft to mark out where the joists are? can i just knock on the ceiling and accurately...
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    what is this?

    I just took delivery of a piece of gym equipment, I'm taking it apart to get it upstairs and I came across this, it makes no sense that I can't take it off, and yet there's no screw, and it looks like it's a designated space to collect oil from the moving parts. The assembly instructions just...
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    decking planning permission examples?

    Hi, probably a common problem. I am going to install decking, just over the 30cm threshold above the current level of the patio. I would have no problem keeping it just below 30cm to avoid PP but I will be removing the patio and it's sub base, about 20cm depth, so 30cm becomes 50. I have...
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    how hard to remove concrete flooring?

    I bought a house last year, the living room and dining room are connected into one room, the floor of the dining room is concrete and not very level, the living room is wooden floorboards, they don't match up. I would like to replace the concrete with wooden floorboards, so that it's level and...
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    booming noise in certain pipes

    i thought the gate outside was slamming but i went to the upstairs bathroom and realised it was the pipes. upon turning off the bathroom sink tap will produce kind of a slam in the pipes. the booming noise is random and will happen with no taps turned on. I checked the boiler and the pressure...
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