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 Post subject: conservatory mullions
PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:37 pm 
Hi All,

sorry if this has been covered before or if I've put it in the wrong place I'm a newbie.

I'm about to take down my conservatory but can't work out how to remove the roof mullions.
I've watched loads of youtube clips showing them being hammered on with a mallet but not how you get them off.

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

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 Post subject: Concrete Base for Garden Shed
PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2012 3:34 pm 
I hope somebody can help me out with this one .... we are planning to have a concrete shed installed in our garden, for which we need a concrete base.

The area to be covered is 6'6" by 8'6", the required thickness is 6".

My fiance has decided to lay the base himself (dreading it), and went to order 22 bags (25kg) of concrete and 90 bags (25kg) of ballast, as advised by somebody who ...

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 Post subject: Question about roof joists
PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:30 pm 
Hi - I am new to this forum, so apologies if this post appears twice. I thought I posted a few hours ago but cant find it anywhere, so I assume it has crashed en route.

Anyhow, I just wanted to know from any expert out there whether or not all roofs are designed to be self supporting using the main joists (diagonals)

The reason is, the house I moved into is overly conservative on ...

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 Post subject: scaffolding
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:19 pm 
ive put a similar question in the painting and decorating section but only half answered for a tower so thought id try here.
whats an average price for 1 week for a builder to charge for hire of kwikstage scaffold,4 bays wide and 2 high, erected and dismantled?

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 Post subject: Rear Extension ?
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:07 pm 
Guys ,
Let me give you some background , basically we applied for planning that got accepted , applied for building control , payed the fee got a letter saying please re-submit and provide details of where you will move the drain etc and we did that got a letter saying "full plan rejection notice due to insufficient info " , phoned them up they said please re-submit we entered into a agreement with thames ...

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 Post subject: Mains sewer question
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:54 pm 
Hello

I've just heard through the grapevine that a planned village hall behind our house is having trouble connecting to the mains sewage, apparently it's going to cost them at least an extra £10k above whatever they have already budgeted, because of an issue connecting in the road.

Apart from a possible problem with achieving enough fall actually reaching our property, it would be very simple to connect to our drains, which coincidentally need re ...

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 Post subject: knocking out a fitted cupboard
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:22 pm 
In my bedroom we have a fitted cupboard my partner wants me to make it bigger by knocking the front wall out a bit so we can fit it out and to have sliding doors as well. What tool would be best to use so i can get a good ish finnish as possible i know i will have to do a bit of plastering her and there. A friend sed to use a disc ...

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 Post subject: Can it be done? Underground extension
PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:36 pm 
Hello, I have an idea I quite like, I know nothing of building or building regulation I just want to see if this is realistic.

A 5 bedroom house will be bought, there is no existing basement how ever I want one built in ( if possible ) with an underground extension going into the back garden, two floors, the bottom being a large area for a swimming pool and various appliances,the top floor being ...

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 Post subject: urgent advise please. cracks in bedroom wall.
PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 4:34 pm 
Hey guys looking for some good advise

got a rented house from the mod, moved in around 9 months ago noticed some cracks in a bedroom wall which is runs aalong sort of 2 sides of the outside of the house (so its not a bedroom in the middle of the house). i think i first noticed a crack from the roof downwards around 15 cm down but about 2mm spread...but around 3 months ago ...

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 Post subject: concrete drive developed cracks
PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:22 pm 
My drive has been laid for almost two years now and has some cracks. These appeared soon after it was put down and are described as hairline cracks by the groundwork company who laid it. One crack in particular is wider and I would like to know what is the best way to deal with it. IT IS CONCRETE CONTAINING SOME SORT OF FIBRE WITH AN INDENTED COBBLED PATTERN. ...

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