General Construction Issues

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1. Important measurments

   By farm boy, August 25, 2020
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   • farm boy
   • November 1, 2020

2. Necessity and YouTube: mothers of invention - digging foul drainage

   By ToughButterCup, March 26, 2020   

   • close timber shoring
   • digging deep
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   • Oxbow16
   • October 28, 2020

3. Tolerances to expect 1 2

   By MortarThePoint, May 9, 2020
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   • tonyshouse
   • October 23, 2020

4. Oriel Window

   By Atomic, October 21, 2020
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   • joth
   • October 22, 2020

5. Is this asbestos?

   By Ben100, October 4, 2020
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   • Ben100
   • October 22, 2020

6. What can be done before water tight stage?

   By Conor, October 13, 2020
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   • Gus Potter
   • October 15, 2020

7. Second opinion please

   By Jilly, September 13, 2020
   • 15 replies
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   • Faz
   • October 15, 2020

8. Lessons Learned

   By LA3222, September 5, 2020
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   • LA3222
   • October 8, 2020

9. Blowerproof Liquid

   By LA3222, September 26, 2020
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   • LA3222
   • September 26, 2020

10. Ideas how to avoid the void 1 2

    By MortarThePoint, September 25, 2020
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    • nod
    • September 25, 2020

11. Depth of reinforcing mesh

    By Arnold9801, September 23, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • Arnold9801
    • September 25, 2020

12. Wall plates: a continuous run of timber? 1 2

    By ToughButterCup, September 26, 2017   

    • wall plates
    • rim joist
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wall plates
      • rim joist
      • timber spec
      • fixing
    • 25 replies
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    • epsilonGreedy
    • September 22, 2020

13. Cement board - exterior use?

    By Adam2, September 20, 2020
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    • nod
    • September 20, 2020

14. Experiences with larch and cedar cladding 1 2

    By Nick1c, June 12, 2019
    • 27 replies
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    • joth
    • September 19, 2020

15. Preparing a new site - Can I re-use old rubble

    By amlangford, September 8, 2020
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    • dangti6
    • September 9, 2020

16. Leaving a block and beam floor over winter

    By Fiddler, September 3, 2020
    • 6 replies
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    • Russell griffiths
    • September 3, 2020

17. Opinions on Gallows Brackets

    By Laurence737, September 1, 2020
    • 10 replies
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    • PeterW
    • September 2, 2020

18. Concrete quality assurance - what do you do?

    By Adam2, August 31, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 805 views
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    • Russell griffiths
    • September 1, 2020

19. What type of ceiling is this?

    By Zen, August 26, 2020   

    • ceiling
    • 9 replies
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    • Zen
    • September 1, 2020

20. Local vs non-local, but specialist, trades

    By Nick1c, January 30, 2019
    • 19 replies
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    • Nick1c
    • August 27, 2020

21. Veranda ceiling - insulating + airtightness + panneling

    By JFDIY, August 8, 2020
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    • JFDIY
    • August 8, 2020

22. Final Payment to Builder

    By harry_angel, August 5, 2020   

    • payments
    • finance
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • payments
      • finance
      • extension
      • construction
    • 8 replies
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    • harry_angel
    • August 7, 2020

23. Reasonable DIY tasks

    By On rocky ground, August 4, 2020
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    • nod
    • August 5, 2020

24. Airtightness and VCL help needed!

    By James94, July 16, 2020
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    • James94
    • July 31, 2020

25. Sealing VCL to concrete floor

    By Andrew, July 25, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • Pete
    • July 27, 2020