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• Heat loss
  ...o a single skin brick wall will lose more heat than a cavity wall. Thermal blocks are better than standard bricks etc. See the tables at the end of this page * The floor is a concrete slab
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• Wallplug
  * Once I tried thin offcut strips of ceramic tile as a plug in a concrete wall, and was most surprised when they worked perfectly. * Plastic aerated concrete nail - hammers into aerated blocks
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• Insulation
  ...e the mix needs to be high in insulation beads, making it much weaker than concrete It can be cast into blocks, applied by tyrolean sprayer or poured into formwork.
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• Unblock a Drain
  ...ponds to long immersion times with acids, or if accessible and in a strong concrete drain, it can often be chiselled off. A needle drill is also effective on s Blockage by solid items can also occur, most often toilet rim blocks, and sometimes plastic toys. No chemical will dissolve these, they must be
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• The never ending patio rebuild
  ...floor level of the patio. Then this was probably back filled and capped in concrete, and the final perimeter wall (now a full brick thickness) built on top of ...some spare capping stones to shutter up the top. Three or four barrows of concrete later:
  34 KB (6,226 words) - 03:03, 20 September 2023
• Home security
  ...uld be fitted with multi-point (preferably four point) locks and anti-lift blocks. ...y not be its weakest point. Many sheds, including even some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the walls (ouch!).
  16 KB (2,864 words) - 02:35, 13 January 2023
• Security FAQ
  ...uld be fitted with multi-point (preferably four point) locks and anti-lift blocks. ...y not be its weakest point. Many sheds, including even some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the [[wall]]s (ouch!).
  16 KB (2,918 words) - 12:37, 3 October 2018
• Strengthen a Wood Floor
  concrete beam & block construction ...sed for suspended [[:Category:Floors|floors]], especially in purpose built blocks of flats.
  15 KB (2,432 words) - 05:52, 1 October 2014
• Limescale
  * Avoid all contact with metals, grouts, mortar, concrete, cement based blocks, lime based paints, natural fibre fabrics
  10 KB (1,458 words) - 15:57, 7 April 2012
• Plastering Beginner's Guide
  ...rrect direction (eg vertical) and to even out undulations on the bricks or blocks beneath it. ...a Use By date on the bag) and kept dry and away from damp. If storing on a concrete floor, it should be raised off the floor or stored on plastic to avoid damp
  12 KB (2,279 words) - 23:47, 20 June 2018
• Glossary
  : joist, rafter, purlin, or any other large wooden, steel or concrete structural member. : Lightweight aerated concrete block.
  59 KB (8,842 words) - 21:43, 1 November 2021
• Cables
  *Occasionally seen in domestic premises, mainly in blocks of flats ...ed direct, or sheathed cables embedded directly in [[masonry]], brickwork, concrete, [[plaster]] or the like (other than thermally insulating materials)
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• Electrical Installation
  ...taken under suspended floors or even sometimes placed into chases cut into concrete ones. |'''Concrete'''
  47 KB (8,300 words) - 01:11, 29 May 2022

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