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You can even injure yourself drilling a 50 mil waste With a drill that has a slip clutch It simply stops and make a grating sound when the bit snags Its a pain when drilling But makes it safe to dril any size hole without clamping
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Just a small point Don’t core drill with any drill that hasn’t a slip clutch So easy to brake a wrist or worse
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Before I break my legs, some advice please...
nod replied to ToughButterCup's topic in General Joinery
Bloody hell Ian Just burnt ours As Jacks says It’s not worth the hassle 100 quid for a straight flight Easy to move out of the way -
Best Structural Warranty Companies Recommend
nod replied to Our_Valleys_build's topic in New House & Structural Warranties
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Best Structural Warranty Companies Recommend
nod replied to Our_Valleys_build's topic in New House & Structural Warranties
Exactly our position Same company But aproved by all the big lenders should you or we sell ive just contacted ours He said he would wait for local authoritiy to issue completion cert and asked me the same as you Gas safe electrical Woodbufner cert I guessing his final inspection won’t involve looking at the house -
Best Structural Warranty Companies Recommend
nod replied to Our_Valleys_build's topic in New House & Structural Warranties
None of them will ever pay out Go for the cheapest Ours has only visisited us twice First time he didn’t get out of his car “To muddy” Second time he came to inspect the roof But didn’t go on the scaffolding But if we ever had to sell on the next ten years It May have limited our options Looking back I wouldn’t of bothered There’s plenty of companies that will do one retrospectively -
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Prices are still rising here All the major players are grabbing as much land as they can Building trade as busy as I’ve known it for thirty years Wages are still rising
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Fixing down a low profile shower tray
nod replied to Besidethewye's topic in Bathrooms, Ensuites & Wetrooms
I’ve fixed mine down with flexible tile adhesive I used two bags to fix Three 1200 trays down directly to the cabadeck It’s only to level them out once the tiles are on There never going to go anywhere -
Going rate for labour in Glasgow area
nod replied to eandg's topic in Bricklaying, Blockwork & Mortar
Yep Brickies are in short supply round here many have gone cards in with holiday and exstra insentives for weekends This has had a knock on effect for the self employed With company’s guaranteeing a daily amount Rain or shine At moment you will have to pay a premium for a one off job -
Going rate for labour in Glasgow area
nod replied to eandg's topic in Bricklaying, Blockwork & Mortar
I’m in the NW of England Going rate on the sites I work on seems to be around 385 per 1000 But the company’s are keeping them in work 52 weeks per year and covering wet time -
If you want to be totally sure Mesure them all tight Knock 10 mill off your mesure and cut a slate baton for the height and width for each and check them out A bit of time But a lot more reassuring than a tape
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Plasterboarding/insulation questions
nod replied to mvincentd's topic in General Construction Issues
Sorry We normally shot fire Hilti nails into steel But if you haven’t got a gun You can simply run a band of gyp sealant down the edge of the steel and trap the edge with your next saved board -
Ours are manufactured in the UK But they are a Polish company We visited the factory and while most of the office where Brits Nearly all the workforce are Polish I think if you use an established manufacturer The risks are no greater than using a U.K. manufatorer
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Super cute We lost both our six and 12 months ago
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Plasterboarding/insulation questions
nod replied to mvincentd's topic in General Construction Issues
No it’s no problem Your dryliner will probably run a line of acoustic sealant down the edge that meets the steel and fire a line of 14 mill nails into the board It shouldn’t be something he hasn’t done before -
Your ceiling needs to be insulated and double boarded with fireline prior to garage door if any of the fixings are on the ceiling.
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Plasterboarding/insulation questions
nod replied to mvincentd's topic in General Construction Issues
Quite normal on commercial jobs that need to put racking or desks against the wall Dab one layer out to 30 mil And the next will simply ride over the steels Being careful to not land any of the joints on the steels hope this helps -
I’ve not come across these But cost will determine wether they are viable I never like this request a call back Hard sell At the end of the day It’s a concrete block Under 40p Would be worth further investigation
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We did exactly that when we brought the electricity in We got wind of a road widening scheme that would have meant us having to pay for a road closure So we had it run into the box at the side of the house and capped What would say is don’t have a meter installed They were pretty keen to put a metre in but we would have been charged quarterly We had the gas there capped for 15 months When we wanted a meter it was one phone call and two days later we were up and running
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No I always use water resistant flexible grout on most of tge the commercial jobs I do We tend to do the 5 mil joints as it’s easier to nip the grout out with a grinder when replacing damaged tile There always a few while the jobs still going on Mape is the best for holding colour
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No you shouldn’t but any tiles up tight I normally do five mil But my wife wanted them with three mill spacers
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Very good point I’ve put a 150 mtrs of porcelain slats on our ground floor with UFH Bomb proof We had a oak floor at our last house and didn’t take into account how careful we needed to be with furniture and shoes ?
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What is a sewage treatment plant???
nod replied to Big Neil's topic in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
We had no choice But it was to install We’ve told to check after three years Empty Three to five years (£150) and don’t add any bacteria like what’s been sold on eBay Good reduction on water rates Though I would have gone for mains had it been an option
