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• Heat loss
  ...happens. Most heat lost from a house is initially via conduction - through walls, floors, and ceilings. These losses will tend to heat the outer surfaces of * One can take into account the exposure of outside walls. More heat may be lost through one wall that is subject to high wind exposu
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• Strengthen a Wood Floor
  ...ries of rectangular wood beams or joists, usually wood, which are fixed to walls at each end. Most timber joists are 2" wide, though 1.5", 3" and 4" are als ...from one point of view in ascii art, maybe a clear photo one day. Sleeper walls run at 90 degrees to the joists, and have holes to allow airflow.
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• Problem Constructions
  ...roblems. [[Mortar Mixes|Cement]] render tends to cause [[Damp Links|damp]] walls, and when the cob reaches a certain level of water content, it loses its st
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• Bunk bed
  * Omit 3 of the 4 uprights, fixing the woodwork to the [[Wall Materials|walls]] (in a corner). ...tion Wall|lightweight hollow plasterboard]] or [[Wall Materials|strawboard walls]], unless you can locate and fix to the uprights in the wall.
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• Building a log cabin
  ...half a plank height, hence there are some half height logs for two of the walls that need to be used to start. ...height, you need to look for the half heigh finishing rows that bring the walls all out level at the same height:
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• Installing multipoint air conditioning
  ...an isolated off-grid 1-bed cottage (no gas or oil) with random stone solid walls in SW England. The main heating was from an ancient wood-burning back boile ...-storey rear extension, bedroom over kitchen, facing south-east. The inner walls were cement rendered with a strong mix, hard, cracked, uneven and ugly. But
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• Making Concrete Blocks
  This article is about making '''Concrete Blocks''' for good looking walls with character and quality. Anyone can make an ugly lump, but with a little * External Walls
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• Expanding foam
  * Fills holes where [[Plumbing|pipes]] go through walls ...r/ solidifying. Misused as cavity [[insulation]] it can bring down masonry walls with its expansive force. Don't fill enclosed spaces with expanding foam, i
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• Guttering
  ...ng gutter cleaning may result in interior [[Damp|wet patches]] on upstairs walls, exterior staining on [[wall]]s, and in some situations can [[rot]] flat [[
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• Carpet laying
  ...ound the floor perimeter, leaving a gap of about 1/4" between grip rod and walls. The [[Nails|pins]] point toward the wall, and the sloping edge goes neares ...action pulls the carpet very slightly. Don't cut the carpet at 2 opposite walls before fitting it to the gripper, as fitting it moves the carpet slightly.
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• Shed
  ===Walls=== ...is controlled, for further dryness the shed must keep out rain laden air. Walls can be lined with any of polystyrene, DPM, OSB etc.
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• Filler
  * Shrinks a bit on curing, so not good for filling holes in walls.
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• Home owners instruction manual
  * which fences, hedges walls etc are your responsibility? * Any alterations of walls, doors and window openings even if you think they're "not structural"
  8 KB (1,230 words) - 17:29, 21 August 2022
• Bad Ideas - Floors
  ...lts may include [[Mould Basics|mould]] growth and rising damp in adjoining walls.
  3 KB (421 words) - 09:44, 13 August 2014
• Insulation and Condensation
  ...way the vapour when conditions allow it to evaporate, such as in insulated walls, where a vapour barrier is essential. However, you can usually get away wit
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• Papercrete
  ...Making Concrete Blocks|making blocks]], [[Sheet Materials|panels]], poured walls, roofs, plasters, [[Mortar Mixes|renders]], paving, pond liners, etc.
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• Insulation
  ...avity) walls, and are an early example of domestic trapped air insulation. Walls with no cavity can have a trapped air cavity attached by fitting [[Timber b Old cavity walls are also often open cavities, and in some cases end up with wind howling th
  28 KB (4,332 words) - 23:28, 3 November 2021
• Drain Heat Exchanger
  ...es a vertical metal drain pipe several feet long. The water flows down the walls of the pipe as a film flow rather than bulk flow, which improves the heat t
  10 KB (1,490 words) - 03:00, 16 November 2014
• Plastering Beginner's Guide
  One method of locating loose areas quickly is to tap the walls all over. I found a 19mm (ie largish) ring spanner made a good sounding too ...r hours'...the end result is a smooth finish suitable for painting, if the walls are to be wallpapered and it's your own house, you can leave the final poli
  12 KB (2,279 words) - 23:47, 20 June 2018
• Ornate wrought iron handrails
  ...walls would be a better bet. This did however introduce a problem that the walls are capped with stones that overhang them a bit, so I needed a way to offse
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