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    Carpet Underlay..

    can any one recommend me a decent carpet underlay???? Seem to be millions of types.. I'm laying a wool twist carpet. light traffic. Room size is 3mx3m with a passage way at 3mx80cm... All in all 12.8m2 of underlay needed... Doesnt need to be anything amazing just cheap reliable &...
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    Bambo flooring (bathroom)

    I'm thinking of laying bambo flooring in the bathroom????? I have read that Bambo might be a bit of a nightmare in wet conditions. Is this true. Any advice would be great? If this is a rubbish Idea, I will go for Cork tiles..
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    Maisonette Council Tax...

    Hey thanks for that.. I recalculeted the value using the info & i'm definatly in the wrong pay band... I should be a band C but am paying a band D.. Very intresting that the banding was left to estate agents... They cock everything up...
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    Maisonette Council Tax...

    I have applied for an appeal with VOA. It takes approxamatly 2 months to get raised, due to the back log.... Apparently my local council only give you 6 months to appeal after becoming the named owner...LAMBETH... Any way ....The ball is now rolling...
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    Maisonette Council Tax...

    Yes this is what I have been told before. But on the VOC website we are down as a maisonette.. But we do share an entrance and comunal hall with the ground floor flat...???? Its very odd...
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    Maisonette Council Tax...

    Hello I have a query concerning my maisonette flat. I was looking into my council tax, as I seem to be paying a huge amount. When I visited the VOA website to check on the banding for the flat I noticed that the flat downstairs is a band higher ( Me being a band D & them being a band C) I...
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    Ideal tile backing surface.

    Thanks for prompt reply... WBP it is then, cost is not a problem if it means a good lasting finish.. Why is 18 mm best... Is it Just in case of bowing or warping? Oh yeh, any advice on a good tile adhesive to use on WBP ply?
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    Ideal tile backing surface.

    Hello.. I'm just about to redo my bathroom.. I'm going to fit a shower above the new bath this means concealing the pipe work within the wall & then re-tileing. The walls surrounding the bath are old plaster on timber strips.. I want to renew these & i've been told to do this in 12mm ply...
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    DIY window fit.

    My girlfriend says the self same thing.. I worry to much.. & i'll remember that 'I am not aware' phrase when the time comes & the surveyor is asking those arkward questions!!! Thanks again pete... :)
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    DIY window fit.

    I wont be selling for at least a year. as the property (ground floor flat) is just at the beginning stages of underpinning.. (Yes, another drama) It did cross my mind pete, to say that the windows where there when I purchased the flat, but i'm not sure if a surveyor could check back through...
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    DIY window fit.

    Hey thanks fluffster... I have been on the website & between there & the building regulation site i've been gathering info.. I seem to have caused myself alot of grief & problems to come, once i try to sell my flat.. I installed the frames perfectly, but the glass I fitted is 4-6-4 14mm...
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    DIY window fit.

    Hello i'm new to the bored & am looking for advice. Two years back i fitted some new sash widows in my flat.. I had a friend in a joinery make me up the frames & sashes & I seperatly bought the glass myself... I sourced the weights & done a very tidy job fitting the whole kaboddle. The...
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