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• Central heating radiators
  ...ll, narrow configurations which may be suitable for rooms with e.g. narrow walls beside patio doors where conventional radiators could not provide sufficien ...ual heat emitters (other than fan convectors) should be located on outside walls preferably beneath windows to offset the cooling effect: it is an advantage
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• Replacing a gas combination boiler with a heat pump
  Changing to heat pumps will always mean needing good insulation first: walls, roof and floors too if possible. Get those done before you even think abou Having the source outside means you must transfer the heat through the walls and/or floors into the house. The usual prescription is to use the refigera
  4 KB (613 words) - 22:27, 30 June 2023
• BBQ fire tray upgrade
  ...couple of side "lobes" that sport a paving slab work surfaces. The centre walls have some projecting metal tabs onto which you can place a standard BBQ kit
  4 KB (685 words) - 00:17, 25 September 2023
• SDS Drill
  like walls, because as you break through you can end up removing a large chunk outs in walls, removing individual bricks, removing tiles, and light demolition.</p>
  4 KB (751 words) - 22:14, 6 September 2014
• Wallplug
  ==Plugs for hollow walls== ...plastic plugs that can be used with both solid and [[Partition Wall|hollow walls]]
  11 KB (1,781 words) - 12:19, 7 December 2016
• Flooding
  ...se strength and avoid erosion, or other means may be used such as concrete walls, gabions, or stones laid on the surface of earth banks. * Tiled floors and lower walls
  4 KB (627 words) - 14:40, 7 September 2012
• Plastering tips
  2) Mixing the plaster, then realising they're not ready to apply it - walls not [[Adhesive|PVAed]], [[tools]] not to hand, can't find anything to stand
  2 KB (269 words) - 23:01, 28 July 2019
• Stripping Wallpaper
  == Cleaning the walls afterwards == * Best done in sections whilst stripping as the walls will still be damp and warm which makes it easier.
  13 KB (2,353 words) - 10:57, 10 April 2009
• Crack repair
  ...Repair''' Discusses techniques for fixing internal cracks in [[plaster]]ed walls. There are several types of crack you will find in plastered [[walls]], and several causes of them. The repair methods are different depending o
  9 KB (1,504 words) - 08:44, 11 September 2019
• Floating shelf
  This particular technique require a minimum of two perpendicular supporting walls to hold the shelf, and preferably three. Hence it works very well in alcove
  2 KB (333 words) - 23:53, 7 November 2011
• Regulations
  ...for preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls, boundary walls (but not timber fences) and excavations near neighbouring buildings. Failin
  6 KB (846 words) - 21:03, 17 September 2017
• Stone Wall Double Internal Insulation
  ...e and a kitchen below. On a steep hill, the lower half half of the kitchen walls were below ground level. ...one that no regularisation will be possible without a lot of pain. The new walls are fine after 3 years of my occupation here, I have no worry about the suc
  10 KB (1,800 words) - 18:39, 6 November 2021
• More light
  [[Window]]s in thick walls (eg rubble filled stone walls) can have the interior wall edges mirror lined.
  5 KB (767 words) - 19:28, 27 January 2013
• Vinyl tile
  ...t the centre position correct and to line the tiles up accurately with the walls. ...covered with impervious tiles, and this can sometimes lead to dampness in walls. So use with some caution on damp floors, which sometimes rely on surface e
  7 KB (1,199 words) - 16:07, 7 January 2010
• Stud wall
  ...d]] (aka "sheet rock") covering. These walls are known as stud walls. Stud walls are more usually used for interior work, and are more commonly non load bea =Timber framed Walls=
  20 KB (3,429 words) - 20:52, 1 November 2021
• Stud wall noise reduction
  ...all noise reduction is simple: don't build a [[stud wall]]. Concrete block walls give better noise performance. But with attention to design, a plasterboard ...thods are applied when building the wall, some are retrofitted to finished walls.
  12 KB (1,925 words) - 13:30, 26 April 2014
• Mould Resistant Paint
  ...with aspirin) remained effective over a decade later. Don't wipe down wet walls, let them dry and the additive is not lost. A nonsoluble addditive such as
  2 KB (346 words) - 07:19, 9 August 2013
• Water
  ...|flooding]] may be fitted with easily washed [[Floorcoverings|floors]] and walls, such as ceramic tiles.
  2 KB (326 words) - 15:26, 26 April 2012
• Insulating a hard wall
  ...me in rigid panels, unlike the soft materials laid in roofs. Most internal walls are 2.1m to 2.7m high unless you live in a palace, so they take the standar
  2 KB (352 words) - 20:47, 7 November 2021
• Tile alternatives
  ...teraryparticularism.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/033008gaudi-wall.jpg Gaudi walls]
  2 KB (370 words) - 02:27, 18 November 2014

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