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  • Wall
    #redirect[[:Category:Walls]]
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  • 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==
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  • Walls Links
    [[Category:Walls]]
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  • 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
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  • Concrete & Mortar
    [[Category:Walls]]
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • Lath & plaster ceiling
    [[Category:Walls]]
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  • 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]]
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  • Roll Materials
    * Built into walls & floors to keep them dry * Narrow roll of EML for reinforcing walls, apx 4" wide
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  • Bad Ideas - Lighting
    ...that manages to have none of the usual advantages of uplighting, and makes walls look terrible to boot.
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  • Stain block
    The staining of walls by [[fire]] is a bit different to [[water]] staining, and aluminium primer
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  • Patching plasterboard
    ...of how to make repairs to holes in plasterboard (aka drywall / sheetrock) walls and ceilings. [[Category:Walls]]
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  • 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
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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>
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  • Wallplug
    ==Plugs for hollow walls== ...plastic plugs that can be used with both solid and [[Partition Wall|hollow walls]]
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Regulations
    ...for preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls, boundary walls (but not timber fences) and excavations near neighbouring buildings. Failin
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  • 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
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  • More light
    [[Window]]s in thick walls (eg rubble filled stone walls) can have the interior wall edges mirror lined.
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  • 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
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  • Water
    ...|flooding]] may be fitted with easily washed [[Floorcoverings|floors]] and walls, such as ceramic tiles.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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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"
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  • Bad Ideas - Floors
    ...lts may include [[Mould Basics|mould]] growth and rising damp in adjoining walls.
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • Raised flower beds
    ...6" (150mm) high, but possibly as much as waist height. Timber, and masonry walls are commonly used for retaining the edges. Taller beds can be good for peop
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  • Central Heating Repair
    * clicking, knocking from floors & walls: pipework expanding & contracting - expose and free up
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  • Re-use & Recycle
    * Enable plants to climb walls ...and damaged [[:Category:Wood|timber]] can be used in [[Partition Wall|stud walls.]]
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  • Plasterboarding
    Otherwise, use 9.5mm for ceilings and 12.5mm for walls as a sensible default, in whatever sheet sizes are most convenient. ...so it feels firm all over. Every 9-12" is a reasonable spacing for 12mm on walls, or 6-9" for 9mm on ceilings (opinions vary a bit). You want to avoid any b
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  • Bitumen
    ...y preventing evaporation. Painting the interior of basements and retaining walls produces a dry interior surface, but increases the water content within the
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  • Building Regulations
    ...the building and in unseen cavities and voids by providing fire resisting walls and partitions where necessary; ...e of sound. Sound insulation requirements also apply to floors and certain walls within individual dwellings and new schools.
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  • Noisy Pipes
    * Fix pipes to rigid walls, not plasterboard
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  • Wall chaser
    Quickly cuts chases (i.e. slots) in solid walls, so that cables and pipes may be buried and hidden from view. This is a job For soft plaster walls an old hand saw can be used to cut a pair of slots that will allow a fillet
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  • Overhead rail goods lift
    ...ll with M8 rod threaded throuh holes [[drill]]ed in the wall. For exterior walls the rods could be [[Adhesive|resin]] fixed into the wall. In low strength walls, sufficient pullout strength may need to be tested. [[Adhesive|Resin]] fixi
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  • Paint
    * mainly used on walls ==Walls==
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  • Low voltage wiring
    * In cracks along corners or up walls * Down corners of walls, covered completely with a thin smear of [[filler]].
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  • Installing a TV aerial
    ...handle, but choose an appropriate size. 40 - 50mm diameter ones with 1.6mm walls are far stronger than a thin walled inch thick mast. ...ick. [[image:284-brickwork-damaged.jpg|thumb|right|Bricks near the tops of walls have little weight on them, and can be easily pulled out]]
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  • Central heating design
    # The area of walls, windows, doors, floor and ceilings is calculated ...a solid wall surface. A discussion of the possibility of heating via stud walls can be found [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_frm/thread/3
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  • Fillers
    * Misused as cavity insulation it can bring down masonry walls with its expansive force.
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  • Weather compensation
    ...ge buildings with very high thermal masses (lots of thick brick or masonry walls), may not even bother to include an internal thermostat, since the amount o
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  • Safety
    * removing walls supporting gas pipes, meters or appliances
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  • Hanging a door
    ...the same techniques apply with holes in masonry walls and [[Stud_wall|stud walls]]).
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  • Cement
    Pebbledash was often used on exterior house walls, but has fallen out of fashion. Cement mortar is applied to the wall, and p ...eeded, as rusting will break the wall apart eventually. The top courses of walls are the most vulnerable, and the least work to rebuild after rusting.
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  • Screwdriver
    ...site. They position the hands well away from cramped corners and abrasive walls, they allow driving without needing to get close to the workpiece, and they
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  • Wood Glossary
    ...sually [[plasterboarding|plasterboard]] is applied. Used to even up uneven walls and to permit insertion of [[insulation]] behind plasterboard.
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  • Save energy
    ...t it, if you have cavity walls of a suitable type (rattrap bond and rubble walls should ''not'' be cavity filled.) Grants are widely available. The increase Non-cavity walls can have [[insulation]] applied to the inner or outer surface. The cost and
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  • Angle grinder
    ...cutting bricks, paving slabs, and roof tiles. Cutting slots and chases in walls. Fast cutting through metal bar, sheet, angle etc, and fast grinding and fe * cut chases in walls
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  • Installing multipoint air conditioning (2)
    ...drip on the ground. In five of the six rooms I could fit units on internal walls in the angle next to an outside one, which made both the gas pipe and drain
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  • Screws
    * fixings into [[Partition Wall|wooden uprights in plasterboard walls]]: 1.5" - 2" screws typical * fixing small light items to wooden uprights in plasterboard walls: typ. 30mm or 1.25" screws
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  • Lead pipe
    ...iameter achieve the same flow rates as lighter ones, but have thicker pipe walls, are physically more robust, and can operate at higher pressures.
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  • Electrical Installation
    ...8' x 2'). In many modern houses, it's also not uncommon for the partition walls to be built over the floor panels, or at least the skirtings etc to be fixe ...of the techniques listed elsewhere in this article for dealing with hollow walls can be applied to joists as well. However, given they are holding your floo
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  • The secret diary of a bathroom refurbishment
    ...out the space in the cupboard in the en-suite as well, (getting rid of the walls we won’t need), made it much easier to see the space we were playing with ...apped out in the en-suite, but that is going to have the lower part of the walls boarded out with bead and butt jointed panelling…
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  • Limewash
    ...|paint]] in one coat. This is usable on concrete surfaces such as exterior walls, where it is desired to improve the rough surface texture.
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  • Nails
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  • The never ending patio rebuild
    ...in the patio, and put some more metalwork around the corner where the two walls met: ...that I did not take down. (for some reason they put expansion gaps in the walls - but only the outer leaf! - but that did make a natural break.
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  • Surface wiring tips
    ...concealed in the building fabric in ways that doesn't involved cutting out walls or using obvious surface wiring methods.
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  • Fence
    ...pt from the Party Wall etc Act 1996, but permanent structures like masonry walls do fall within its remit. If contemplating replacing a timber fence with a
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  • DIY Loft conversion
    ...floor beams sit on a 1" thick wood plate laid on the top of the supporting walls. In this way the new beams sit a little above the existing ceiling level an ...first two rafters at the gable end are inserted - nailed to the supporting walls at their "bird's mouth" joint, initially just resting on each other at the
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  • Iron wire
    * Widely used for securing plants to walls & stakes
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  • Detergent
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  • Tiling FAQ
    Normally tiles are laid square to the walls. Other styles include:
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  • Pattress
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  • Ceiling fan
    ...rature are cooled. They produce no cooling effect whatsoever on the air or walls in the room. Leaving a fan running when not in the room achieves zero cooli
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  • Glossary
    ...ies, rooms containing a gas fire, and less often chimney stacks and cavity walls. ...ceiling, to which usually plasterboard is applied. Used to even up uneven walls and to permit insertion of insulation behind plasterboard.
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  • BS7671 Wiring regs changes - 17th edition
    ...3">Methods for measuring the insulation resistance/impedance of floors and walls to Earth or to the protective conductor system</span></span>
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  • Solar Thermal
    ...Water|hot water]], and the collectors are generally placed on ground floor walls. Glass can be used, but plastic is more popular because of cost. Corrugated ...necessary there are ways to reduce visual impact, such as fitting them to walls at first floor height, or even fitting to a fence or outbuilding and ductin
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  • Drawers
    ...tasks, and no user reconfiguration is possible. These can also be used on walls, and where space is extremely tight even built into [[Partition Wall|stud w
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  • Free Stuff
    ...with foil is used behind [[Central Heating Design|radiators]] on external walls to reduce losses
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  • Home security
    ...some pre-fabricated concrete types, will yield to a good hard kick in the walls (ouch!).
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  • Security FAQ
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  • Kitchen design tips
    The joint between worktops and adjacent walls '''must''' be watertight. Steel sink tops usually have integral upstands al
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  • Drilling FAQ
    A useful trick if drilling holes in walls indoors is to tape an envelope to the wall just beneath the hole you are dr ...depth of 6" being common. this means that when drilling though thick solid walls the "core" may need to be broken out several times with a bolster chisel (o
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  • Nailer
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  • Outdoor lighting
    ...ires should be fairly tight or the light swings about in the wind. Not all walls, posts etc can handle the sideways pull.
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  • Gas fitting FAQ
    * Pipes that go through walls must be sleeved to prevent damage in the event of settlement, to prevent an * Pipes may be run inside partition walls provided they are corrosion protected with anti-corrosion tape.
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  • Sheet material
    * 12mm for walls, more robust
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  • Adhesive
    ...or work where failure could cause injury, eg chairs, fixing heavy loads to walls, structural repairs to wood & masonry, etc.
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  • Tapes
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  • Bracket
    ...l when the shelf is loaded, requiring a strong fixing. Unsuitable for weak walls such as strawboard.
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  • Monobloc Air to Water small
    ...l thermometer in the central lobby at about waist height, not touching the walls, commenced at 20, rose to 21 and stayed level all the final morning, just h
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  • Electrical Circuit Faults
    ...le to assess if the cable insulation is damaged do to it being obscured in walls etc, then a full insulation resistance test should be carried out using a h
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  • Rewiring Tips
    =Bare Stone walls= Exposed stone walls are difficult to wire in a way that looks good.
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  • Floor polishing
    ...the next. The first coat is applied over the whole floor, right up to the walls: the second coat stops between three and six inches away from skirting boar
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  • Halogen Lighting
    ...an dramatically reduce these problems. Using wall washer fittings close to walls or across ceilings can help give diffuse light spread without glare. Especi
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  • Hand tool
    ...ables|wires]] through otherwise inaccessible voids, eg under floor, within walls
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  • Boiler choice FAQ
    ...(100mm) and can go up through roofs (both flat and pitched) or out through walls. If necessary some models can use high quality (MUPVC) 56mm plastic pipe wi
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  • Split-type Room Air Conditioner
    ...n the mid-2000's) but its structure has a much lower thermal capacity. The walls will not store as much heat to radiate into the room during unheated period
    51 KB (9,092 words) - 18:39, 4 November 2021
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