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Floor timber joists and no ventilation
Hello all, I am putting a new floor in my garage. There will be 4 * 2 joists over double layer of 1200 gauge DPM to make the floor sturdy and 75 mm of insulation in between them. T&G board over top of it and laminate flooring. I understand the risk of timber rotting without ventilation, but how worried should i be. How bad…
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Energy department scam call
15th April. Unsolicited call (despite being registered with TPS). Wouldn't answer challenge as to why he called me. Went on and on, taking over me, about our fibreglass insulation being dangerous! Rubbish! Scam call indeed. I didn't wait to hear it all. Better things to do. Be warned. This is nothing to do with Government…
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Cleaning concrete imprint ?
appreciate any advice please I have just had building work done at home and despite the builder assuring me he would protect my concrete imprint patio and driveway he didn’t So now it has chips and chunks out in parts and concrete/ cement stuck to it in various places , his answer is he will use acid to clean it but surely…
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Redo Fitted Wardrobe
Hey everyone, I've been tasked with re-doing my daughters fitted wardrobes. Essentially the doors (non standard size) feel really flimsy and cheap, as do the drawers etc. This is it now: And with a bit of Gemini fakery, this is sort of what we're aiming for, but doors going up to coving - not that wasted gap! This far I…
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Victorian terrace minor damp
Hi, looking for some advice on how to handle a bit of damp in our victorian terrace. We noticed it after finally removing wallpaper to paint after 5 years. Its a bit cold and you can see some water marks upto 50cm up walls all round the house. Its not mouldy or anything hence I don't think its bad. We have wall vents and…
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Damp proofing single brick wall
Hello, As part of the garage conversion, I am construction a stud wall about 50 mm away from the single brick wall . After researching online, I will be damp proofing the single brick wall with KA tanking slurry…
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Roofer replaced soil pipe flashing on slate roof today – gaps around collar & ragged rubber trim loo
Hi all, Just had a roofer out today to replace the flashing around the soil vent pipe on my slate roof (UK, older house). They also replaced a few missing/broken tiles while up there and re-bed the ridge tiles but they look fine (I think). On closer inspection with close-ups, it doesn't look quite right to me: Slates…
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Advice regarding connecting Airing Brick for new porch
Hi, For our new porch, the airing brick needs to be extended. Currently there is about 8 mm space under it (1 brick ) and about 4 mm space above it . Looking online gives me multiple options. can i use a straight duct to connect to the outer side. or should i definitely go for a z duct as in the attached image. some of the…
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Combi boiler fan/airflow fault
we’ve got a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30i combi boioer, and the last couple of months the hot water temperature tends to fluctuate. I had this in an old home and had to run cleaner through it and clean (I think) the heat exchanger? Yesterday morning no hot water at all but a C7 214 fan/airflow fault. Display temp on boiler…
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Bowed Kitchen cabinet doors, opinions please
Hello I had a lovely kitchen installed and completed around July 2023. Unfortunately there is an issue as all the cabinet and pantry doors, made, I assume, of plastic coated MDF have bowed. They have all bowed outward, so the bottom and top edges have bowed outward relative to the centre. Unsupported drawer fronts made of…
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DIY desk using a reclaimed solid oak kitchen worktop
I’m planning to build a DIY desk using a reclaimed solid oak kitchen worktop. The desk will be 2 m long, 500 mm deep, and 40 mm thick. My plan is to fix battens along the full length of the rear edge and along one short side. What additional support would be required? I could add a single leg at the unsupported end, but…
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Mysterious constantly wet brick
Okay so in our house there is a brick outside the back that is always wet. It has been so for a good couple of years. Sometimes it spreads ever so slightly to the bricks immediately surrounding it, more often than not it just shrinks back to the one brick. It is immediately below the damp course layer; and on the inside of…
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How best to repair/cement this blown brick on a corner
I've got a blown brick on the corner of my house - see the pics - so replacing it isn't an option. I've got cement and sand, but how do I go about it? I gather I'm supposed to basically smooth over it, till the whole area is a flat, smooth surface, but how do I do that given it's uneven? Will I have to make several passes,…
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G-Clamp what the?
I doubt there's any point me posting this, since it's clearly beyond any technical explanation, but hey. I have this G-Clamp, size 4, good ol' Record make. But, this one has an added serrated thumb wheel which I haven't seen before. The clamping screw goes through this captive thumb wheel just as it goes through the clamp…
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Has anyone made their own pergola?
As the title, has anyone? If so, did you use pine or oak? Currently looking to make my own as even green oak is 30% less than the cost of a pine equivalent from dunsters etc. Thanks in advance!
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Triple 2 Way Light Switch
So I’ve been replacing the light switches in my house and there is a triple (3 switch) 2 way light switch in the hall. It seems I’ve connected one (or maybe more) of the wires to the wrong terminal and is now tripping the circuit breaker. All other light switches I’ve replaced successfully apart from this one. I’ll be…
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Neighbours Contractor damage to my property
Hi all, Just some quick advice would be appriciated. I am in a terrace house and next door are having new rendering. When they have been chipping off the rendering they have taken some off my side which has left and reasonable size hole. The only reason i noticed this straight away as most of the debris was in my yard on…
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Thoughts on plug-in PV panels?
Curious about your thoughts on these, as it doesn't appear to me to be a practical solution. For most, there would be too few panels to provide a useful output, assuming most folk would go for 2-4 panels due to space limitations. Difficulty in positioning them on your property southish and at a 40o-ish angle. Visual…
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Straw wall?
Our house was built in 1984 and I noyiced a small bulge in the wall by the stairs. So now i am decorating I scraped the wall to remove the bulge and found the wall full of straw! Is this normal and is there a fire risk?
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