General Self Build & DIY Discussion

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1. Which stand-alone air purifier.

   By epsilonGreedy, January 8, 2019
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   • MikeGrahamT21
   • January 9, 2019

2. draught check

   By jayroc2k, January 6, 2019
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   • Ferdinand
   • January 8, 2019

3. Kitchen company gone bust with our deposit - what can we do?

   By Weebles, January 6, 2019
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   • Weebles
   • January 7, 2019

4. Mezzanine, planning

   By Russell griffiths, January 5, 2019
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   • ProDave
   • January 6, 2019

5. Fire spread/ garage to house.

   By Russell griffiths, January 6, 2019
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   • Russell griffiths
   • January 6, 2019

6. Embodied Carbon

   By Big Neil, January 3, 2019
   • 2 replies
   • 990 views
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   • ProDave
   • January 3, 2019

7. Getting Fit for Self-Build

   By Ferdinand, January 2, 2019   

   • fitness
   • excercise
   • (and 2 more)

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     • fitness
     • excercise
     • injury
     • self-build injury
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   • Ferdinand
   • January 3, 2019

8. What are we hoping for on our self-build in 2019? 1 2

   By ToughButterCup, December 31, 2018
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   • Triassic
   • January 1, 2019

9. Thickest polythene sheet.

   By epsilonGreedy, December 30, 2018
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   • PeterW
   • December 31, 2018

10. Interesting video blog

    By Thedreamer, December 30, 2018
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    • RandAbuild
    • December 30, 2018

11. Busy ol summer.

    By Russell griffiths, December 27, 2018
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    • Onoff
    • December 28, 2018

12. Local (to me) low energy home builder goes into administration

    By ProDave, December 19, 2018
    • 13 replies
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    • ProDave
    • December 27, 2018

13. American roof pitch to English degrees

    By Russell griffiths, December 21, 2018
    • 8 replies
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    • Ferdinand
    • December 22, 2018

14. Quickstep Laminate from Howdens - how good?

    By Ferdinand, October 14, 2018   

    • howdens
    • quickstep
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      • quickstep
      • uniclic
      • oak laminate
    • 15 replies
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    • scottishjohn
    • December 20, 2018

15. SSE refund

    By Thedreamer, December 19, 2018
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    • Thedreamer
    • December 20, 2018

16. SAP and EPC as built -- rock and hard place

    By TerryE, December 18, 2018
    • 7 replies
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • December 18, 2018

17. Spray PU Insulation

    By Blob the Builder, November 7, 2018   

    • spray
    • insulation
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      • insulation
      • pu
      • foam
    • 18 replies
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    • Onoff
    • December 18, 2018

18. Removing hardstanding up against a 3rd party wall

    By Sjk, December 16, 2018
    • 24 replies
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    • Bitpipe
    • December 17, 2018

19. Services supplies

    By geoffdg, December 13, 2018   

    • mains electricity
    • mains water
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      • mains electricity
      • mains water
      • telephone/broadband
      • sewer
    • 8 replies
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    • geoffdg
    • December 16, 2018

20. Second hand solar panels

    By Russell griffiths, November 22, 2018
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • December 15, 2018

21. Estate Car to carry house doors inside, flat 1 2 3 4

    By Ferdinand, February 21, 2018   

    • estate car
    • load capacity
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      • estate car
      • load capacity
      • car dimensions
      • doormobile
    • 77 replies
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    • Ferdinand
    • December 14, 2018

22. Swishy curtain rail

    By Pocster, December 13, 2018
    • 3 replies
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    • Pocster
    • December 13, 2018

23. Will 50m of 25mm MDPE blue water pipe fit in a mid size transit van?

    By epsilonGreedy, December 5, 2018
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    • joe90
    • December 11, 2018

24. When your floating home cinema doesn't float your boat

    By newhome, December 5, 2018
    • 18 replies
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    • newhome
    • December 6, 2018

25. Check on Reading Commercial Gas Meter

    By Ferdinand, December 4, 2018   

    • gas meter
    • sanity check
    • 4 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • Ferdinand
    • December 4, 2018