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    Where to buy double glazed glass only?

    Hi all, I'm looking to replace the single pane glass in my front door and side windows either side of door. The front door enters into a porch which has UPVc double glazing to the exterior. The existing wood frame is really thick, like over 2'' so I've plenty of space for a thicker double...
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    Gap repair in LVT glue down tile

    Hi all, The other week I installed my LVT oak effect tiles into my kitchen diner extension. The job mostly went ok but i ran into trouble on one of the last sections. I'd had to go around a kitchen island and when the planks came back together on the other side I'd somehow lost the alignment and...
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    Fire line in new vaulted roof extension

    Hi, I've a new ground floor extension and i'm ready to board underside of roof. It's a vaulted warm roof with velux windows. I've 100mm insulation between rafters and was told to add 27mm thermo board to underside of roof. Does this 27mm themo board also need to be fire lined? Rest of...
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    Conflict between wiring centre diagram and wireless receiver diagram

    Hi all, I'm yet another poor sole trying to get their heads around central heating wiring. I've currently got a Salus IT500 configured to run just central heating. Boiler is a Worcester 34CDI. Now i've added UFH to downstairs I want to be able to control 2 zones, upstairs rads and downstairs...
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    Under floor heating - upgrade to controller?

    Hi all, I've had a scout around for an existing thread which might cover this but can't find anything so apologies if one does exist. In the process of planning my wet UFH. I want wet UFH to whole downstairs and rads on first floor. I've currently got a Salus IT500 wireless controller and have...
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    Crabtree MCB Tab vs no tab?

    Hi all, I bought an extra mcb for my consumer unit to add an electric oven in kitchen. (Old one was gas). I’d noted that the make of existing mcbs were Crabtree and when I googled was pleased to see that screwfix sold them. Problem is the one I’ve bought has a metal tab sticking out the back...
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    Liquid Screed Max thickness

    Hi everyone, I was planning on having a liquid screed over my underfloor heating pipes and had in my head a nice 75mm thick design (to retain plenty of heat). My design is 110mm concrete, 100mm insulation, 75mm screed. This was to create a fairly level threshold through rear bifold doors...
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    Laying ready mix concrete slab

    Hi all, I've ordered some ready mix concrete for a ground floor slab in my renovated house. It's about 75m2 (9m3) and is mostly open plan apart from the living room. I'm having it pumped in due to access and my question is how many people should I get round to help level it off? The concrete...
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    Supporting stairs base

    Hi everyone, I'm in the process of replacing my old suspended timber floor down stairs with a solid, insulated one. Whilst ripping up the hallway i discovered that the stairs posts don't penetrate into the ground but are nailed straight onto the floor boards themselves. The stairs are the...
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    Laying concrete floor to entire ground floor of house

    Hi everyone, As part of my refurb project to my 1935 house I've decided to replace the entire ground floor suspended timber floor with a solid floor. I'll have 100mm concrete then 100mm insulation with 50/60mm screed to encase wet UFH pipes. This will of course be on MOT, sand, DPM. I've built...
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    Building above rsj and eaves roof line

    Hi everyone, I’m close to finishing the roof of my ground floor extension. It’s a mono pitched roof. Across the back of the extension I’ll be installing long bi fold doors. Steel is already in which has an 8mm thick x 280mm base plate welded to it which sits the width of the cavity wall...
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    Re-bricking between floor joists

    Hi all, Firstly happy new year! well in a few hours at least. My issue is that i've just installed an RSJ downstairs in a supporting wall. The first floor joists run perpendicular to the said wall. To support i've a scaff board with acrows on one side of wall. Scaff board is pretty close to...
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    Counter batten or not?

    I'm trying to determine if i need to add counter battens to my roof build (new build ground floor extension). I've looked through older posts and on the net but can't seem to get a conclusive answer? Roof is mono pitched @ 21 degress approx, vaulted ceiling, insulated. Rafters are 150mm deep x...
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    Creating verge on mono pitched roof

    Hi everyone, I'm in the middle of a self build rear extension. It's a single storey 2.6 x 7.3m ground floor kitchen extension which is the same width as existing detached property. I've built up as far as wall plate height and almost ready to set wall plate (100mm x 75mm) as recommended by BCO...
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