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    Confused about mortar mix for fireplace

    Hello, Im making our builders opening smaller in order to install a gas fireplace, by installing a steel lintel (as concrete will crack) and bricking up the hole above. However Im confused about what mortar to use! The DIY store sold me a bag of "Natural Mortar" which apparently contains lime...
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    Eeeeek! UFH grooved chipboard -tile on top?

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me? There's so much conflicting advice online that I'm proper confused! We have laid a pre-grooved chipboard floor and want to Tile it but don't know what to put inbetween. It's a suspended timber floor. The grooved chipboard is secured directly onto the...
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    Have we accidentally removed a load bearing wall?

    We had 2x builders say the wall wasn't load bearing, so we removed it ourselves today. However when quoting there was a lot of head scratching as there is a brick wall upstairs, but not directly above it -about 2ft away running parallel, with a gap underneath so it appears to be resting on the...
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    What are HQR brackets? (removing an internal wall)

    Hi, Im new in here... Does anyone know what HQR brackets are please? Ive tried googling and asking friends but no-one knows. We had builders in to quote to remove what we thought was a load bearing wall... they informed us it wasnt load bearing and so after a second opinion we have...
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