General Construction Issues

182 topics in this forum

1. Joist Hangers: too many holes?

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   By recoveringacademic, Wednesday at 09:09
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2. Buying a house

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   By Thedreamer, Thursday at 13:13
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   • JSHarris
   • Friday at 14:27

3. Luxury HMO

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   By pocster, November 8
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   • Friday at 13:51

4. Beam and block airtightness idea

   By Chablais, Wednesday at 23:30
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   • Russell griffiths
   • Thursday at 07:43

5. The POSIs Picnic: a solution is in sight.

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   By recoveringacademic, November 29
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6. Roof costs

   By Jilly, December 3
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   • PeterW
   • December 3

7. PV panels as cladding

   By Ed Davies, November 30
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   • November 30

8. Marking out joist hangers . Not as easy as I thought

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   By recoveringacademic, November 28
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   • ProDave
   • November 29

9. Joists 100mm short of a picnic. Trying to maintain my sense of humour....

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   By recoveringacademic, November 26
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10. Posi joists on internal walls

    By willbish, October 28
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    • Big Neil
    • November 27

11. Block And Block With Render Wall Design - Questions

    By Johnny Jekyll, November 11
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    • Declan52
    • November 26

12. Fixing joists to the wallplate

    By recoveringacademic, November 24
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    • joe90
    • November 25

13. Studwork / UFH

    By DaveH, November 22
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    • Redoctober
    • November 23

14. Electric/water/gas/telecoms asset positioning

    By Big Neil, November 19
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    • ProDave
    • November 19

15. Steel pole finish

    By vfrdave, November 16
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    • Ferdinand
    • November 17

16. Building over a long period - Thoughts?

    By soapstar, October 24
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    • scottishjohn
    • November 13

17. Quick check, please..... wallplate

    By recoveringacademic, November 9   

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    • DavidFrancis
    • November 11

18. Window tapes

    By Pete, November 8   

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    • lizzie
    • November 8

19. Repairing concrete

    By pocster, October 29
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    • pocster
    • November 8

20. Integral garage floor detail

    By Rich, October 21
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    • joe90
    • October 24

21. Render / cladding quotes a bit of a shock

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    By Weebles, May 10
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    • Pete
    • October 19

22. How to make best use of the budget?

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    By Nick1c, October 16
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    • ultramods
    • October 18

23. How many sleeps 'til I can use my drill daddy?

    By recoveringacademic, October 16   

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    • Onoff
    • October 16

24. Stud Walls - and Floor Structure

    By Big Neil, October 5
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    • Big Neil
    • October 11

25. Internal wall make up - what’s best?

    By Weebles, October 10
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    • Ferdinand
    • October 11