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    The Best Boards for a Floating Floor?

    I'm seeing quite a lot of quite strong opinions regarding the possibly less-than-usefulness of chipboard as the top surface for a floating floor. I'm just at the stage of ordering the flooring I'm going to use and want to find the best option. It's a new-build sun room, cavity wall, very well...
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    3 phase conundrum

    The property we are renovating has a 3 phase-fed, off peak, ducted, warm air heating system - and it works surprisingly well. It has a single phase immersion on the off peak as well and a normal tariff daytime top up. That's the easy bit. The house is a being extended and completely rewired...
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    The dreaded Hotpoint WD440

    Hi all. I've (SWMBO has) got the dreaded Hotpoint WD440 flashing light syndrome. I've isolated it to F08, which comes out at something like "Heater Relay Stuck' Tried the heater itself, which has no problems, checked all the contacts and the 'ECU' board for problems and can't see anything, no...
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    Boarding and bracing?

    Morning all. My question is: Do I need the lateral and diagonal/chervon bracing on a roof that is fully boarded with OSB? The new bits being built are a free-standing garage with attic trusses and a sun lounge with raised ties. Just coming to the bit where we have the trusses up and we are...
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    Re-pointing Thermalite

    The house we've just bought was built in the early 70s and I guess they didn't know about the problems with render not bonding to Thermalite. Almost all the plaster is blown. If you push against it, it moves and 'crunches':cry: :cry: I've just knocked the render and skim coats off the...
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    Sharp edges and EPDM

    Hi Folks Does anyone know the recommended radius to have on the edge of a roof deck in order to prevent an EPDM covering getting punctured, or damaged? There are no projections/slivers of wood sticking up, just quite sharp, square corners and edges. PatsPatter ;-)
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    Minimum OSB3 thickness

    Hi all Could any of the Flat Roof Society out there advise me on the following: I'm building a 5m x 4m log cabin and don't want to use felt/felt tiles on the roof. Having read quite a lot on here about EPDM, I'm very much inclined down that route - no pun intended. The thing comes...
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