General Construction Issues

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1. Sliding Door Threshold Details with Beam and Block Floor

   By Ay8452, February 12
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   • Nickfromwales
   • February 12

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

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

3. Makeup of a 70's prefab bungalow

   By Thorfun, February 6
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   • Nickfromwales
   • February 7

4. Maintaining 30mins fire protection wall lighting

   By MoDo, February 4
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   • MoDo
   • February 5

5. Stair Design Scotland

   By Goggs, January 30
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   • ProDave
   • January 30

6. External sandstone staircase repair

   By Waza74, January 29
   • 1 reply
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   • Redbeard
   • January 29

7. SAP 2012 or SAP 10

   By Hanan, January 28
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   • Hanan
   • January 28

8. 40 Insulation companies banned in UK

   By Marvin, January 26
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   • Nickfromwales
   • January 27

9. Air Tightness Test - poor result 1 2 3

   By mike2016, January 23
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   • joth
   • January 26

10. What is a good backer board for brick slips

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

11. Generic MF questions thread

    By Thorfun, January 21
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    • nod
    • January 21

12. more MF questions! fixing base channel

    By Thorfun, January 20
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    • nod
    • January 20

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

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

14. 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

15. Struggling to find a socket for this fencing clamp

    By Great_scot_selfbuild, January 11
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    • dpmiller
    • January 14

16. Overusing expanding foam - an issue?

    By lookseehear, January 12
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    • Blooda
    • January 13

17. Has anyone self installed Cedral?

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

18. Subfloor and bricklaying in wet and freezing temps

    By Sunil237, January 5
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • January 7

19. Height to start rendering

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

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

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

21. New windows flexing in wind??

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

22. using metal frame can you drop an already dropped MF ceiling

    By Thorfun, December 6, 2024
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    • Thorfun
    • December 9, 2024

23. the ulitmate cheap 2/3 bed house

    By scottishjohn, December 8, 2024
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    • LSB
    • December 8, 2024

24. Screed before walls….

    By G and J, December 3, 2024
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    • G and J
    • December 3, 2024

25. Integrating brickwork to Sips panels ?

    By Post and beam, November 29, 2024
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    • Russell griffiths
    • November 29, 2024