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    Squeezing 5 inch ducting out a 127mm cored hole

    Hi all, I have cut a hole with a 127mm diamond corer, in order to take what was advertised by TLC as 120mm solid pipe. This is to duct a cooker hood. The pipe is actually 125 ID and 127 OD nd the fit is extremely tight. I can only find 125mm pipe so far, not 120mm. Does anyone have experience...
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    Can you frame a partition wall on an uneven concrete floor?

    Hi All, I have a concrete floor which is pretty uneven, full of steep local dips and rises of more than 12mm, and far from level. I will be levelling it with latex or something, as it needs to be approaching SR1 for the floor covering. Some of the floor is newly laid (replacing excavated bit)...
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    Plugging hole before screeding floor

    Hi all, I am preparing to screed my concrete subfloor, having pulled out the old one which was uneven and full of redundant pipework. I am the top-floor flat and there is a riser for the soil pipe, mains water feed etc running inside the flats. There is a gap between the structural concrete...
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    Small flat upper storey concrete floor: DPM needed?

    Hi all, Any information or help with this would be really appreciated. My wife and I just bought an old council flat, 50s construction, on an upper storey. The floor is a concrete slab, there's another flat beneath it. Neighbour says that flats used to be floored with tiles throughout, is...
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    Small flat replumb, mains & cold water storage tank - which supplies to use?

    Hi All, I'd really appreciate some enlightenment with this. My wife and I bought a flat which is at the top of a council block and it's in a really bad way and was clearly plumbed and wired by cowboys, we are gutting it and will be re-plumbing it. I'm trying to picture the desired general...
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