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  1. freddiemercurystwin

    Water in my rear van door

    If you look on the forums or facebook groups for your make/model of van it will probably be a common and known cause/fix. Mk7 Golfs leak into the spare wheel well, via the rear air-vents, light clusters and/or bootlid drain pipe. Then when the wheel well gets an inch or so of water it starts...
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    Road safety?

    Yes that's the one, you'll have to make an account nowadays I think.
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    I thought WhatsApp was supposed to be secure

    There's degrees of secure though isn't there, you might not use it for cybersecurity but it will be fine for general chats/groups or talking to your builder or whatever.
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    60cm cooker not 60cm - how to move kitchen unit / worktop

    Have you actually been to a showroom with a tape measure to measure the width of new cookers?
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    Road safety?

    Yes three words requires an app - and a smartphone, get one, might save your life. £50-60 + £10 SIM.
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    Acoustic Slatted Panels - fixing

    How flat is the wall? If the wall is uneven you'll notice it so may need use some spacers or whatever to even things up, in which case mechanical fixing might be more suitable.
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    Water spots on inside plasterboard near bifold and windows

    Try some water sealant if you like but if that doesn't work then you need to check there are cavity trays installed and that they are installed correctly. Cavity trays are 100% effective but only if installed correctly. Single skin brick skins can have holes in them, even when you can't see...
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    Water spots on inside plasterboard near bifold and windows

    Why are those weepholes installed three courses above the bifold head?
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    Permitted development question

    If the workshop is original (or built before 1948) then this would not be PD because you cannot extend beyond a front wall under PD.
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    Support for lights

    @Deluks I think you've upset him. :giggle:
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    Permitted development question

    It sounds like your fine provided your PD rights are intact but a picture always helps.
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    Support for lights

    Because we're a practical lot usually and when someone just drops a 'computer says no' response we like to delve deeper.
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    Amp speaker connection problem

    As an aside, despite old Technics amps largely sounding pretty naff (no offense @ellal ), there's quite a secondhand market for such things.
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    Something like this would be more suitable, in principle, except add another block width to the bottom so the wall is stepped in width as you go down to your 1.5m depth.
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    Support for lights

    Oh well, we'll pick this up in 10 days then. :rolleyes:
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    Using 9" retaining wall to build garden room

    Rule of thumb for mass retaining walls is the width at the base of the wall should be about 1/3 of the height.
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    Support for lights

    Got a photo come on throw us a bone ....
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    Support for lights

    Don't they have a series of steel ribs? Why can't you fix into those?
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    How to stick fabric to plastic?

    What do you mean a fabric flag? And also a plastic roof? Got some photos of each and of what you're trying to achieve?
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    Fridge-freezer is dying

    Plenty of next day delivery's available but you will obviously pay a premium for next day and a Sunday delivery.
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