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Klik Lighting: what's that about then?

By ToughButterCup, November 16, 2017 in Lighting
- klik
- lighting
- (and 3 more)
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  - lighting
  - ff
  - first fix
  - first-fix
- 5 replies
- 2431 views
- Nickfromwales
- November 17, 2017
Meter Box: holes for the cable

By ToughButterCup, November 16, 2017 in Electrics - Other
- meter box
- hole specification
- (and 2 more)
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- 8 replies
- 11466 views
- ToughButterCup
- November 16, 2017
New Electricity Supply: trench specification, and sealing

By ToughButterCup, November 13, 2017 in Electrics - Other
- electricity suppy
- trench specification
- (and 2 more)
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- 9 replies
- 5035 views
- nod
- November 13, 2017
Oh dear..... 'Nother fine mess....

By ToughButterCup, November 10, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- electricity connection
- 23 replies
- 4165 views
- Moira Niedzwiecka
- November 11, 2017
Rendering and airtightness 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, September 13, 2017 in Plastering & Rendering
- rendering
- air tight
- 55 replies
- 32091 views
- Calvinmiddle
- November 10, 2017
The worksite work bench

By ToughButterCup, November 7, 2017 in General Construction Issues
- work bench
- durisol
- (and 1 more)
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- 10 replies
- 3234 views
- Jeremy Harris
- November 9, 2017
Making my own battens 1 2

By ToughButterCup, November 1, 2017 in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
- battens
- diy
- 34 replies
- 11204 views
- Onoff
- November 2, 2017
Knee pads that don't slip....

By ToughButterCup, October 25, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- clothing
- knee pad
- 6 replies
- 4243 views
- curlewhouse
- November 2, 2017
Perils of self-building. Concrete in my tea

By ToughButterCup, October 28, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- concreting
- dangers of
- 17 replies
- 3535 views
- Bitpipe
- October 29, 2017
Gravity Fed heating system drain-down

By ToughButterCup, October 28, 2017 in Central Heating (Radiators)
- drain down
- drain-down
- (and 5 more)
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  - drain-down
  - draindown
  - flush
  - microbore
  - gravity fed
  - gravity-fed
- 16 replies
- 6107 views
- Jeremy Harris
- October 28, 2017
Preparing for the wallplate

By ToughButterCup, October 24, 2017 in Roofing, Tiling & Slating
- roof
- wallplate
- (and 2 more)
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  - roof
  - wallplate
  - durisol
  - wall-plate
- 9 replies
- 3338 views
- ToughButterCup
- October 25, 2017
Is she cooking with building foam?

By ToughButterCup, October 8, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- foam
- yeast
- 0 replies
- 1334 views
- ToughButterCup
- October 8, 2017
Tools with legs 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, September 28, 2017 in Tools & Equipment
- tools
- 63 replies
- 10550 views
- Ferdinand
- October 7, 2017
Pssst! ... Got any land for some council houses?

By ToughButterCup, October 4, 2017 in Housing Politics
- politics
- land
- (and 3 more)
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  - politics
  - land
  - planning
  - policy
  - building control
- 3 replies
- 2339 views
- Ferdinand
- October 4, 2017
Rim Joist (wall plate) marking out: towards a check list 1 2

By ToughButterCup, September 28, 2017 in General Construction Issues
- rim joist
- wall plate
- (and 8 more)
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  - rim joist
  - wall plate
  - marking out
  - posi
  - hanger
  - c24
  - timber sizes
  - regularised
  - wall-plate
  - rim-joist
- 39 replies
- 9293 views
- joe90
- October 1, 2017
Screws driving us screwy 1 2

By ToughButterCup, September 25, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- fixings
- screws
- (and 6 more)
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  - fixings
  - screws
  - unscrewing
  - screw id chart
  - screw type
  - cam out
  - wera bits
  - ramping out
- 29 replies
- 5903 views
- jack
- September 26, 2017
This is not an easy post to write..... 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, September 18, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- planning
- project management
- (and 1 more)
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- 62 replies
- 13308 views
- Pocster
- September 23, 2017
First Floor: wall plates, hangers and joists - connecting up 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, September 21, 2017 in General Structural Issues
- joist
- hanger
- (and 4 more)
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  - joist
  - hanger
  - wall plate
  - treated timber
  - durisol
  - air-tight
- 50 replies
- 44638 views
- Onoff
- September 22, 2017
From that to this.....

By ToughButterCup, September 21, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- survival
- progress
- 4 replies
- 2041 views
- RichS
- September 21, 2017
Joists: to treat or not to treat that is the question

By ToughButterCup, September 20, 2017 in General Structural Issues
- joist
- treat
- 10 replies
- 11647 views
- Simplysimon
- September 20, 2017
Sometimes nightmares are real: the insurance story 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, August 9, 2017 in Self Build Insurance
- durisol
- insurance
- (and 3 more)
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  - durisol
  - insurance
  - loss adjuster
  - loss assessor
  - icf
- 70 replies
- 18627 views
- Jeremy Harris
- September 9, 2017
Help me out of these holes, please! 1 2 3 4

By ToughButterCup, August 29, 2017 in Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF)
- icf
- cold bridge
- (and 3 more)
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  - icf
  - cold bridge
  - durisol
  - threaded bar
  - welding god
- 79 replies
- 20118 views
- ToughButterCup
- September 6, 2017
I chickened out......until 1 2 3

By ToughButterCup, August 25, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- container
- welding
- (and 2 more)
  Tagged with:
  - container
  - welding
  - foam
  - repair
- 52 replies
- 10037 views
- SteamyTea
- September 2, 2017
Sometimes nightmares drag on and on and ...... 1 2

By ToughButterCup, August 22, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- durisol
- burst
- (and 1 more)
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- 33 replies
- 12797 views
- Nickfromwales
- August 27, 2017
Sometimes Nightmares are exactly what I needed 1 2

By ToughButterCup, August 15, 2017 in General Self Build & DIY Discussion
- durisol
- quality assurance
- (and 1 more)
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- 37 replies
- 7619 views
- SteamyTea
- August 16, 2017

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Klik Lighting: what's that about then?

Meter Box: holes for the cable

New Electricity Supply: trench specification, and sealing

Oh dear..... 'Nother fine mess....

Rendering and airtightness 1 2 3

The worksite work bench

Making my own battens 1 2

Knee pads that don't slip....

Perils of self-building. Concrete in my tea

Gravity Fed heating system drain-down

Preparing for the wallplate

Is she cooking with building foam?

Tools with legs 1 2 3

Pssst! ... Got any land for some council houses?

Rim Joist (wall plate) marking out: towards a check list 1 2

Screws driving us screwy 1 2

This is not an easy post to write..... 1 2 3

First Floor: wall plates, hangers and joists - connecting up 1 2 3

From that to this.....

Joists: to treat or not to treat that is the question

Sometimes nightmares are real: the insurance story 1 2 3

Help me out of these holes, please! 1 2 3 4

I chickened out......until 1 2 3

Sometimes nightmares drag on and on and ...... 1 2

Sometimes Nightmares are exactly what I needed 1 2

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