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  • Wall
    #redirect[[:Category:Walls]]
    28 bytes (3 words) - 15:53, 18 March 2012
  • Safe zones for electric cables
    ...correctly install cables and help eliminated damage to them when drilling walls at a later date ==The safe zones for cables concealed in walls are==
    1 KB (184 words) - 14:25, 1 June 2019
  • Walls Links
    [[Category:Walls]]
    227 bytes (37 words) - 19:55, 24 January 2020
  • First fix & second fix
    ...aster on the [[Partition Wall|internal walls]]. This includes constructing walls, [[Floors Links|floors]] and ceilings, and inserting [[cables]] for electri
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  • Insulation Links
    ...roups.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_frm/thread/a6152974c0f438a1# Cavity walls] in use long before the 20th century, and non-cavity still used in the 1950 ...p://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/uk.d-i-y/c-IvS9sksbc Cavity walls] of various ages, insulation value, more detail on
    3 KB (580 words) - 20:42, 3 December 2012
  • Concrete & Mortar
    [[Category:Walls]]
    145 bytes (15 words) - 17:41, 8 March 2012
  • Building Links
    * Chapter 4 - Exterior Walls * Chapter 5 - Interior Walls, Partitions and Ceilings
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  • Mould
    ===Windows & Walls=== Mouldering window frames or walls indicates a damp problem, which should be resolved before wooden windows ar
    3 KB (531 words) - 02:05, 9 February 2016
  • Period Property Links
    ...ead/thread/c1885999ec3ba474/816a249dfa230b7a?hl=en#816a249dfa230b7a cavity walls] used in construction?
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  • Colour scheme
    * White limed walls. ...to a white lime paint base was the most popular way of applying colour to walls.
    2 KB (344 words) - 00:10, 15 November 2014
  • Uncategorised Links
    ...we.ac.uk/resources/constructionsample/Conweb/walls/cavity/index.htm Cavity walls] in more depth ...resources/constructionsample/Conweb/walls/cavity/section2.htm Early cavity walls]
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  • Wall Materials
    There are many alternatives to bricks & cement for walls. Each one has its own set of properties. * Patterned & decorative blocks used for garden walls
    7 KB (1,056 words) - 02:40, 12 September 2018
  • Lath & plaster ceiling
    [[Category:Walls]]
    3 KB (521 words) - 21:38, 7 October 2014
  • Fill
    ...an upright. Ceiling joists can run either way, ie parallel with any of the walls. An extra hole is easily filled though. [[Category:Walls]]
    4 KB (677 words) - 14:22, 13 November 2014
  • Roll Materials
    * Built into walls & floors to keep them dry * Narrow roll of EML for reinforcing walls, apx 4" wide
    4 KB (498 words) - 23:38, 29 April 2012
  • Bad Ideas - Lighting
    ...that manages to have none of the usual advantages of uplighting, and makes walls look terrible to boot.
    1 KB (213 words) - 00:56, 19 November 2008
  • Stain block
    The staining of walls by [[fire]] is a bit different to [[water]] staining, and aluminium primer
    1 KB (173 words) - 03:58, 9 February 2013
  • Patching plasterboard
    ...of how to make repairs to holes in plasterboard (aka drywall / sheetrock) walls and ceilings. [[Category:Walls]]
    3 KB (572 words) - 21:19, 13 April 2018
  • Mortar Mixes
    Weaker mixes from 4:1 to 6:1 and sometimes 7:1 are used for walls, drives, bedding brick edging, etc Lime mortar for historic brickwork & stone walls. Avoids damage to soft brick & stone. Mixes used are often anything from 2:
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  • Face frame cupboard
    ...planted on it (whichever looked better, and best hid any inaccuracy of the walls etc). The doors could be made in a traditional raised panel style, with edg ...he cupboard doors (the shelves will be carried by battens screwed into the walls), I elected to use pocket hole joinery, since this is adequately strong for
    6 KB (1,083 words) - 09:08, 4 August 2016
  • 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
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  • 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=
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  • 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.
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  • 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]
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  • Roof construction
    ===With Gable walls=== ...ll plate. This is simply a timber beam that is fixed to the top of all the walls (typically by [[Nails|nailing]] through it directly into the brickwork belo
    12 KB (2,138 words) - 08:25, 26 January 2022
  • Install Bar Shower Valve - in solid wall, copper pipe
    ...thod of installing a bar-type thermostatic shower mixer valve into a solid walls, using rigid copper pipework.
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  • Dovecot / Bird house build
    ...floor - with the top of it hitting the underside of the first floor). The walls were glued and nailed next. ...rop down far enough to allow the ground floor ceiling to sit on top of the walls.
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  • Intumescent Materials
    ...[[Putty & Mastic|putty]] fills gaps where [[Plumbing|pipes]] pass through walls. It allows pipe movement, and can be removed and reused if ever necessary.
    3 KB (392 words) - 01:25, 5 December 2014
  • 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
    30 KB (4,515 words) - 18:22, 30 September 2022
  • 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
    3 KB (430 words) - 12:53, 10 August 2017
  • 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.
    8 KB (1,341 words) - 17:05, 19 March 2008
  • 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:
    12 KB (2,122 words) - 00:35, 14 July 2018
  • 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
    8 KB (1,384 words) - 20:30, 18 March 2023

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