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    Couple of questions about joist repair/strengthening

    Currently contemplating bathroom refurbishment and have taken a look under the bath. There has been a fair bit of water leaking round the perimeter due to poor sealing, probably for some time, as you can see below! Top bit of the joists looks a bit rotten, though the bulk of it still seems...
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    Chipboard floor repair

    I'm going to replace the chipboards on my landing as they are a complete mess after being taken up twice and a bodge repair by the previous owner. As you can see in the photo below, there's a piece of 22mm stuck in there when the rest seems to be 18mm around it (400mm centres on the joists...
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    Bathroom design in a tight space

    I want/have to update our bathroom (since moving in we've discovered the floor is wrecked due to water and bodged installations). Due to budget I want to do most of it myself. Most of it I'm fairly clear about after doing some research but I'm a bit stumped about how to put the sink and...
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    Where to vent cooker hood ducting

    I'm not yet onto doing our kitchen, however I will have the floors in the bathroom above the kitchen up for replacement before then, and so I want to take the opportunity to get some ducting put there while I can for the eventual cooker hood. I had in mind to take the hood outlet up, 90 turn...
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    Replace floor

    Hi, I'd like to lay some decent laminate downstairs. Currently there is a suspended chipboard subfloor which is not in a good way with water damage, sagging etc. I need to repair the water damaged patches for sure, but I figured while everything was up why not replace the whole lot with tongue...
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    New linings and doors in paramount partitions

    Hi, I want to replace the linings and doors in our house as the doors themselves are beaten up and were very badly hung, not to mention the linings are fire damaged (previously painted over at some point). When I went to measure up I realised these are between 'paramount' partition walls -...
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