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    Alternative to concrete slab

    There is an access gap to my back garden that is equal to width of my hips and that is it, so getting a digger down to bottom of the garden is impossible as is getting a wheel barrow down there. I am building a summer house/workshop so it needs good support. I was looking at possibly using the...
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    Loaded Question....

    I'm building a summer house/workshop at the bottom of my garden I'm a self employed carpenter and am thinking, can I build this whole structure under the guise of a workshop and put the entire cost through my books, Or worst case 50% as a business expense? Thank you.
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    Summerhouse/workshop...

    May I ask a couple of questions regarding my own design for a summer house/workshop in my garden. I'm intending to build a "stick built" building measuring 5.5ntrs x 3.5 mtrs. Now I'm pondering what size timbers to use for walls. I have designed it using 5x2 studs and plates, but am wondering...
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    Single glazed heat loss

    A question if I may? We have a conservatory on the back of our bungalow that needs demolishing, but we have other works to start and complete before this can be done. Between the ice cold conservatory and our kitchen are two single glazed sliding doors, which have the thermal efficiency of a...
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    Led light strip & touch sensor.

    Good evening, Mrs Chirpychippy requested I installed some oak shelving with one shelf having an LED strip light for ambience. The LED strip and casing are rebated into the second shelf, I have fitted a touch sensor and the cables have been hidden in the stud work terminating into the drivers...
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    Statue Cleaning

    There isn't a section for this question, so I've chosen as close as. Our Daughters Headstone has a statue on it that is the colour of sandstone, over the years the statue has become dirty and has attracted algae, this bothers me, I want to clean it, but I don't want to damage it and am...
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    18v Power Planer v Fingers

    Rushing to complete a job, grabbed bottom of planer - "I've got absolutely no idea why I did this" Drove to hospital, all car parks full "brilliant" found parking attendant, I'm losing a bit to much blood mate, don't worry there reserved spaces for the injured - Happy Days. X Ray, Anti-Biotics...
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    Gas Hob Faulty

    My Mum bought a Gas Hob. She paid a plumber £70 to remove the existing broken hob and connect a new gas hob. The new hob is faulty, the supplier may have to supply a replacement, but my Mum would have to pay the Gas Fitter another £70 to have it changed over. Mum is peeved, I see her point...
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    Planer/Thicknesser

    As the title suggested I am on the market for a Planer Thicknesser. Like the Paring Chisel I bought recently it will be used infrequently, but, and there is a but. Budget v quality, am I spending enough, I'm looking at £400 mark, the but I don't know if I'm going to be buying a "Fisher Price"...
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    What tool for a deep lock mortice?

    Hello, I have a lovely set of extremely sharp marples chisels, I have two mortice locks to fit with a 127mm Backset, my super sharp marples chisels don't reach the back of the mortice to clean it out after drilling out with an Auger Bit. Bearing in mind the limited amount I can charge for...
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    St.Barbara....

    Whilst musing the news this morning about HS2 I came across this paragraph. The two boring machines will be named and blessed in a Christian Ceremony, I thought "REALLY". Further reading, talks of a disgruntled Father who beheaded his Daughter "Barbara" whom had converted to Christianity in...
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    Pointing...

    Probably pointed by a 5 year looking at the state of it, this is the front of our bungalow. Other than brick acid I don't know how to get this off of the bricks, it is rather hard, any pointers "excuse the pun" would help please?? Thank you.
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    Cut and Pitch Rates "Labour Only"

    Cat out of the Bag. I am a Carpenter mostly self taught albeit qualified. Cut and Pitch is both mentally and physically demanding. My question is, what is an acceptable Day Rate that reflects the knowledge/experience. I am South East and charge £250 a day labour plus fuel, despite having the...
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    Hip hip

    Not Hooray.... Hips, I have always struggled with Hip Rafters, they are my nemesis on cut and pitch. Generally out comes the ready reckoner and I use this to find the hip length. I know about shortening and set back and dropping the hip but even still something goes awry. I have a equal...
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    Roof Framing

    Next week I'm pitching an equal hipped 40 degree cut and pitch roof or a 10 in 12. Common rafters are 6x2 and the hips are double 9x2's. As the commons are 6x2 I'm setting the H.A.P at 130mm measured along the building line from the top of the rafter, which gives me a seat cut of 70mm. Now...
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    Conservation area/Building Control

    Last year I quoted to instal two velux roof windows with light wells through the ceilings. I asked the client to check if they needed planning permission due to the area being in a conservation zone. The PP was not needed no restrictions on type of velux used as they are at the rear of the...
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    Adhesive MDF Skirting

    Now please don't shoot me for asking this question. My go to for fixing skirting is screw and plug, I'm old fashioned, however, I have a whole house to second fix, everywall has foil backed insulated plasterboard on it. Pipe and cable detecter will be as much use a handbrake on a canoe. I...
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    BBC News

    Tonight's topic on the Beeb News was Climate change Greenhouse Gasses and putting the blame for it all firmly at the feet of the industrial revolution. A subject that is never mentioned during any report on climate change is the detonation of some 16,000 plus nuclear bombs in a 45 year period...
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    Extending hard standing

    This is my driveway, the raised area of garden that is sticking out with the palm trees in it I want to remove and concrete to increase the functionality of the driveway. I don't know the process for this though. Obviously remove mud, trees and brick work, whack some shuttering in to stop the...
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    Heat recovery system

    Hello I'm fitting a kitchen in a new build house that has a heat recovery system "ground source/air source!!" I don't know. None of the bathrooms have the usual core holed extraction, so I'm assuming the heat recovery system also takes care of the need to duct the extractor out in the...
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