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    (tricky one)Mitering concrete kerbs around a curved driveway

    Need advice on how they get around a curved driveway. It's on a slope and curve's on both sides to the parking area right outside the house. It's the bullnose concrete thin curbs getting installed as edging beside 60mm paving blocks. I want to come around the 2 curves with nice mitred cuts...
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    Any caulk for this skirting haha

    Put my digital angle finder on this corner and it's reading 89.1 degrees. Set my DeWalt saw to 44.5cut then used the other side 44.5. went to set in place but still have this gap. I squared of my saw before use so the saw isn't off.
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    triton t90 sr dripping

    I have installed a new triton t90sr into my bathroom however its taking quite long to stop dripping from the showerhead. Ive only noticed this a few days after installing it and this morning when i woke up, there was no drips from the shower head at all. Took a shower halfhour ago and the...
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    Cold feed pipe blocked with fibre glass

    Was in the attic earlier attending to a separate issue and noticed the thin ply cover was resting on the water top of the water in my main tank. It was covered with the ply and a black bag type fibre glass insulation over this. The timber was starting to rot so I removed it hoping to get a new...
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    Heater tank expanding

    My overflow has been dripping out water when the heating us on. It's a duel system, oil burner plus multi fuel stove. I was wanting to know if I bend the ball cock in the tank so when the water expands, it isn't going to overflow. Or will this cause the system to have to much pressure in it as...
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    Sealing air leaks around sockets/switches

    I have purchased 5 tubes of silicone for sealing all air gaps in my home around light fittings, socket's and switches. Is it just a case of filling all small gaps with silicone making sure to keep well away from the actual connection points of Earth,live and nutral.
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    Access to above ceiling for cables, pipe

    Doing some works in home and there was no access to above the ceiling for putting new spots, shower feed pipe and to bore out a new hole for the extractor through the cavity wall. Had to pull ceiling for these works then re-skim. Agreed with client about putting a small opening in for future...
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    10mm Flexis on double tap, plus cistern handle!

    Edit post. Got answered offline.
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    Raised shower tray kit

    I have a 900x900 quadrent showertray and just noticed where I'm installing it there's pipes in the way. I know there is raised tray kits available however are they universe or made for certain shower trays. Will I be able to buy the kit and install it onto my flat(underside) tray.
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    3 foundations poured last week. Timber rising

    Any tips on concreting large bases. I would do a few a year however 3 last week, 1 my own, gave an uncle a hand with his own plus seen one other get done the same. We shutter all sides in 7x2 timber, install the radon barrier on top of the radon barrier, plastic risers for holding the steel mesh...
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    Distressed white timber.

    I've been asked to do a 100sq meter ceiling in white distressed old look in like a T&G timber. I have a very short window of opportunity to do this and trying to work out how long it should take me. There ceiling has spot lights and heat recovery vents. When doing this, I'm thinking me and a...
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    Ridge slates. Silicone?

    I'll be closing in my roof tomorrow and have used fibre slates 600x300 and closed of with a ridge slate with nails with rubber washers. When I install the ridge tiles at the gables, do I deal in silicone where the slate meets the ridge slate.
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    Working out starter course with slates. Stuck!!

    I'm using 600x300 fibre slates on my roof and the measurements from one side of my roof to the other is coming out at 10180mm. That is from outer dry verges to outer dry verge on the other side. The dry verge is nailed onto the battens. I'm trying to work out the measurements so I'm not...
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    new stove installed. Overflow leaking

    I recently had a back boiler solid fuel stove installed in my home. Its been tied into my oil heating system to a new twin coil cylinder. Since this new stove has been installed, anytime the heating is on , theres dripping from my overflow pipe. Its only happening when either the stove is lite...
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    Slate set out.

    Say the rafter length is 5m, the board behind the fascia board is 3/4 ply with fiscia is normal thickness. What would the headlap and batten guage I need. Slates 600x300mm .
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    Roof trusses, bracing, regs, plumb, bowrd

    Just looking online about bowed and out of plumb trusses. Am I ready this right it's saying a roof truss can be 2 inch out if plumb and it'll still be acceptable. I can't fantom a truss being out by so much. Maybe half inch max at a guess but 50mm, surely there will be issues if it's out by that...
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    Sand for rendering

    If one has 105sq meters of rendering to do, how much sand would one need. Would 10ton plastering sand be enough for scratch coat & final coat with some reveals on 4 openings.
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    Truss glide shoes for raised tie trusses

    Looking up information on the truss glide shoes used for when using raised tie trusses its saying it can be used on one side or both side of the trusses. HAs anyone any information on why it would only be used on one side. Ill be using these type trusses in my garage so would want to be certain...
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    rsj on large opening

    i have a large opening in a garage thats 5m wide. Just an hour ago i got a phone call that theres 3 rsjs that where cut wrong that i can get for half price. They are 5.5m long. They are 100mm wide x 254mm high. They would support the small gable on top however would the 250mm each side be enough...
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    truss spacing 600mm but wheres

    The length of my roof will be 9.4m with a 100mm cavity between 2 100mm blocks. I will be using 600mm spacing on my trusses and from the both ends of the gable the trusses will be 50mm from the gable. When i take away the 600mm for my 2 cavity walls both sides then take away 50mm each end of my...
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