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1. Acronyms, Abbreviations & Glossary Of Common Terms 1 2 3

   By ProDave, May 30, 2016   

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   • Square Feet
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2. Considering a move to Octopus Energy and want to split a £100 bonus with BuildHub?

   By jack, March 21
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   • jack
   • March 21

3. Low points: and how to get out of them 1 2 3 4 5

   By ToughButterCup, January 26
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   • Onoff
   • February 25

4. Credit/Debit Reward Cards, Discounts etc 1 2 3 4 7

   By Ferdinand, June 15, 2016   

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   • Ferdinand
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5. Living in a Static Caravan on site

   By Stones, September 21, 2017   

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   • flanagaj
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6. Does XPS insulation require vapour control layer?

   By flanagaj, 16 hours ago
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   • Russell griffiths
   • 7 hours ago

7. what do you do with 17 cat 6a cables to get past building control?

   By CalvinHobbes, Tuesday at 10:33
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   • Spinny
   • Yesterday at 11:42

8. Cutting XPS insulation?

   By Alan Ambrose, March 15
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   • saveasteading
   • Monday at 21:07

9. Disaster! What were they thinking?

   By CalvinHobbes, Friday at 22:17
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   • CalvinHobbes
   • Friday at 22:38

10. Who gives you a certificate or a copy of the install id for the inverted heating system?

    By CalvinHobbes, June 4
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    • JohnMo
    • June 4

11. Do you buy extras?

    By DannyT, June 1
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    • DannyT
    • June 2

12. Architects - Hmphhh

    By Mulberry View, May 20
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    • Great_scot_selfbuild
    • May 30

13. Caravans on block - safe?

    By Hilldes, November 28, 2020
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    • David Cooke
    • May 30

14. Bugga....

    By ToughButterCup, May 23
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    • MPH243
    • May 23

15. What wall type should I use?

    By BotusBuild, May 19
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    • BotusBuild
    • May 22

16. How to build a stud wall around a small window

    By cowboy25, May 17
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    • elite
    • May 19

17. Air hooks for Radon membrane

    By flanagaj, May 7
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    • Spinny
    • May 12

18. How are we heating this, plus hot water.

    By Russell griffiths, May 5
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    • -rick-
    • May 5

19. Neighbours want to scaffold in my courtyard 1 2

    By DannyT, April 30
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    • Nickfromwales
    • May 3

20. A gully drain required for a bin store? Requested by Building Control - also question re EV car charger 1 2 3 4

    By Caroline, April 20
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    • Carrerahill
    • May 1

21. Warm roof conversion

    By Space Race, April 24
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    • Space Race
    • April 28

22. Novice questions regarding wall chasing

    By Ajay Gupta, April 24
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    • MikeSharp01
    • April 25

23. Strongest lightweight concrete blocks for tiling marble onto

    By bmj1, April 15
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    • Mr Punter
    • April 16

24. 3D printing, can anyone help out?

    By Nickfromwales, April 13
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    • dpmiller
    • April 13

25. Anyone had a Danwood build without an MVHR?

    By worldwidewebs, April 9
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    • Post and beam
    • April 13