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    new bunded oil tank location

    yes, that information is easily found on the internet. i need information on fire wall when those criteria cant be met.
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    new bunded oil tank location

    hi everyone. need help and guidance. i need to replace my oil tank with a new bunded oil tank. its currently located by my boundary wall and 1.1m from the garage wall and upvc door and the boiler flue. its a 6 inch solid block wall thats 300mm higher than the existing tank. can i locate the...
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    qualified vs"time served"

    i was just wondering if i was to go back to being self employed one day, would people talk "hes got no qualification". or would they see experience first. also if i was to apply for a job with you, would you look twice? or is it as you said
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    qualified vs"time served"

    hi everyone, iv been working with a builder joiner company for the last 3 and a half years full time on the cards and subbing for him for 3 years prior to that while i was self employed as a property maintenance service. i was asked to join the company full time years ago and decided it was...
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    auto locking doors

    no not really. its after the van has stopped and i get out of the van i want it to automaticly lock on its own.
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    auto locking doors

    its a 62 plate fiat doblo
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    auto locking doors

    hi, my old van had developed a fault on the locking side. once you closed the doors after turning the ignition off and getting out of the van, all the doors would lock. this was fantastic as all my tools were safe on site and none of the other workers could borrow anything without asking first...
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    trussed roof support for extension

    this photo is almost identical to what we have but without the uprights from the ceeling to the roof joists. the uprights that we have are put in afterwards and form no part of the integrity of the ceeling.
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    trussed roof support for extension

    hi. im gathering ideas for a extension were hoping to do. its on a dormer bunglo with attic trusses to the second floor. there at 600 centres with two areas doubled up for 1600 dormer windows at the front of the house. the plan is to extend the upstairs floor to the wall plate giving us roughly...
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    painting mdf kitchen unit doors

    the ones that are fitted have only one top coat on them and all need adjusting and need cornice and pelmet. but a huge improvement. im only doing it this way because we had to spend the money for a new kitchen on a new engine for our ford c max! so this will have to do far a few years now.
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    painting mdf kitchen unit doors

    thanks for the reply. this is my first time doing this so needed to be sure. iv used the recomended undercoat and primer that is mentioned on the top coat tin so hopefully it should be fine then. thanks for the help.
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    painting mdf kitchen unit doors

    Hi everyone. iv been doing new kitchen unit door for our kitchen with moisture resistant 18mm mdf. i have used mdf primer and then a water based undercoat. i now plan to paint them in cream thats oil based. i dont want these to expand with moisture from cooking, spillage ect so should i seal...
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    dormer bedroom wardrobe and drawrs

    hi. yes you can put your own facing on them. there baisicly like kitchen drawrs with soft close runners. i bought two pairs of the deep ones and two shallow ones. you then make the bottom and back piece out of 19mm laminate. you have up, down, left and right adjustment. verry handy when you only...
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    dormer bedroom wardrobe and drawrs

    thanks. they did turn out verry nice tbh and verry pleased with them.
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    Advice for applying Top coat render.

    hi. first of all, what are you plastering? House, garden wall, garage? Why is it being ree plastered? Tbh i plaster ocationaly but i wouldnt plaster my own house. Not because im not experienced. id get someone that dose it every day and then the buck falls on him at the end of the day...
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    dormer bedroom wardrobe and drawrs

    Here are some photos of some units i built last week to match the other bedroom units.
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    dormer bunglo insulation

    ah right. i glued 25mm boards with instastick for the part of the pitch that had plasterboard on and then topped it up with 150mm rockwool with roofing menbrain (tyvek) stapled to a piece of timbre at the bottom and then pulled it tight before stapeling it at the top in the attick area. this...
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    dormer bunglo insulation

    hi. what do you mean by PIR.?
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    dormer bunglo insulation

    hi. thanks for the advice. all insulation sorthe now with great results. I hav howeaver noticed that the walls and ceilings now develope a hairline crack along the edgrs and corners. All the finishing is artex and not smooth pink finish. would this be just shrincage in the plasterboard? I...
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    dormer bunglo insulation

    hi. thanks for the response. its plasterboard so i was hoping to slide the boards down. its the old non breathable type with no ridge vent, just a sofit vent strip at the flatboard undearneath the facier. what bit is meant to be vented. between the slate and the felt, or between the felt and...
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