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    Window Board Covering

    Hi all, I was gutting my house and thought I would save a job by leaving the old window boards in and just imagined I'd get a pvc cover fitted on top of it. Having just had one of the rooms plastered and looking online for something that I can cut down to cover it, I'm finding nothing. It seems...
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    Building Control Company Lost Licence

    Hi all, I found out from a builder that my Building Control company had lost their licence and were due to cease trading so rang up for a partial completion certificate. No other company will touch it now and say it must go through the local council. I spoke to the council and they said make...
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    Popping noise on chipboard flooring

    Hi all I posted about my issue a while back but the thread went dead before I managed to update it. I'm having a popping/crackling sound when walking on my new floor and its driving me crazy. Just wondering the best way to attack it from below in order to fix it. The noise isn't that loud and...
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    Chipboard flooring cracking noise

    Hi to all, I've had a renovation done on my bungalow that has all sorts of problems. Todays issue is chipboard flooring making a cracking or maybe crackling noise when walked on. Its 22mm tongue and grove flooring that has been nail gunned in as far as I can tell. The carpet has just gone in...
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    Dormer cladded without battens

    Hi all, I am 8 months into what I was told was a 2 month bungalow attic conversion. To cut a long story short (cause is builder half arsing before walking off) I'm in a situation with my dormers whereby the roof tiles and dry verge went on prior to fascias and cladding. So my new builder has...
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    New dormers are wet

    Hi to all, I'm having a complete renovation of my bungalow and converting the attic. As part of this a new roof and dormers. Long storey short it started in July and had dormers built but not sealed tight. Fast forward to October and the tiled roof went on but the ply cheeks remained exposed...
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    Dormer cheeks plywood type

    Hi, my builder is currently building a flat roof dormer for me and has used 11mm OSB plywood instead of 19mm wbp plywood. The spec from the architect is below which details k-render but I have discussed with the builder and agreed tiles would be better (not sure if that is relevant...
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