General Construction Issues

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1. Dormer construction detail advice, please 1 2

   By Tony L, March 15   

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   • Tony L
   • March 17

2. What's the right mortar/mix for repairing solid stone wall

   By lookseehear, March 10
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   • lookseehear
   • March 10

3. Regulations for landing balustrade (banister)

   By MortarThePoint, January 26, 2024
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   • pritch
   • March 6

4. How would you recreate this when using plasterboard?

   By Beau, March 1
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   • Beau
   • March 2

5. Sliding Door Threshold Details with Beam and Block Floor

   By Ay8452, February 12
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   • Nickfromwales
   • February 12

6. Buildings Regs B4 fire safety,Todays silly question.

   By Post and beam, February 11
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   • saveasteading
   • February 12

7. Makeup of a 70's prefab bungalow

   By Thorfun, February 6
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   • Nickfromwales
   • February 7

8. Maintaining 30mins fire protection wall lighting

   By MoDo, February 4
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   • MoDo
   • February 5

9. Stair Design Scotland

   By Goggs, January 30
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   • ProDave
   • January 30

10. External sandstone staircase repair

    By Waza74, January 29
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    • Redbeard
    • January 29

11. SAP 2012 or SAP 10

    By Hanan, January 28
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    • Hanan
    • January 28

12. 40 Insulation companies banned in UK

    By Marvin, January 26
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    • Nickfromwales
    • January 27

13. Air Tightness Test - poor result 1 2 3

    By mike2016, January 23
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    • joth
    • January 26

14. What is a good backer board for brick slips

    By Post and beam, January 22
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    • Post and beam
    • January 23

15. Generic MF questions thread

    By Thorfun, January 21
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    • nod
    • January 21

16. more MF questions! fixing base channel

    By Thorfun, January 20
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    • nod
    • January 20

17. MF ceiling grid - hanger distance from walls 1 2 3

    By Thorfun, December 24, 2024
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    • Pocster
    • January 17

18. What material would you recommend for a bathroom floor that may be tiled on?

    By Beau, January 14
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    • Canski
    • January 14

19. Struggling to find a socket for this fencing clamp

    By Great_scot_selfbuild, January 11
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    • dpmiller
    • January 14

20. Overusing expanding foam - an issue?

    By lookseehear, January 12
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    • Blooda
    • January 13

21. Has anyone self installed Cedral?

    By Post and beam, January 7
    • 10 replies
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    • Post and beam
    • January 8

22. Subfloor and bricklaying in wet and freezing temps

    By Sunil237, January 5
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • January 7

23. Height to start rendering

    By Lincolnshire Ian, January 4
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    • Tony L
    • January 4

24. Brick and Block ground / SIP upper and roof?

    By flanagaj, December 28, 2024
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    • Adrian Walker
    • December 29, 2024

25. New windows flexing in wind??

    By junglejim, December 21, 2024
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    • jayc89
    • December 22, 2024