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Brickwork steps and the damp-proof course
If brickwork-sided steps are tied to the house and extend from outside ground level to above the damp-proof course, do they have to incorporate a corresponding damp-proof course of their own? Thanks.
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The Ides of March
This came out as the I.D. s of March, ie your passport etc, I bet most over 70s are even now hiding their id. Brian
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OT: One for Harry - The first and last voyage of the Bismarck
Brian: it describes in detail the gun battle between the German capital ships Bismarck and Prince Eugen, and HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales in the Denmark Strait in 1941, followed by the destruction...
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DIY hand sanitiser wipes
Until you become sensitized to one of them.
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Slate roof and sarking.
When our sate roof was about 100 years old we had it stripped, lined and the original slates re-fitted because 99.9% of them were still fine. The reason most of them that slipped and hence got broken...
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OT: Identify this carving
A smartphone ? Who apart from teenagers, who know no better, would ever want to watch TV on a smartphone ? Apart from numpties on the train maybe but then I read a book myself. Next up you'll be...
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OT North West London to M3. Which Route ?
Any opinions for a Car Route from North West London (Finchley Central) to joining the M3 traveling South West. Looking for the least Hassle. (ie free flowing traffic as much as possible) With the aim...
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Cheap sloping bathroom floor ?
There's mould on the kitchen ceiling under the bath! I'm thinking of pulling up the floorboards, putting down 18mm OSB3 sloped to a point with some kind of drain. Then covering it with Lino or...
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Getting water upstairs - external pipe?
At work... Downstairs was refurbed some years ago prior to us owning it, i'm trying to sort a bog upstairs out but it is becoming apparent that none of the myriad of pipes upstairs are connected to...
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Is this a water tap, and how old?
Found in the corner of a pre-war kitchen, which has a separate and much more recent water connection, and an exterior gas connection. might happen if tuned on (a spectrum between "nothing" and "free...
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Flame sensing electrodes
Anyone know how these work and why my tumble dryer has a long central electrode in the flame path with an adjacent earth pin that is angled so that there?s a small gap between the end of the insulated...
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OT: several new names to add to the kill file
I find it interesting that there's been a recent spate of new names to add to the kill file, several appearing to be the same (schizophrenic?) individual. I've long-since stopped trying to understand...
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Scotland
first death in Scotland just announced......
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Fitba Fitbo
Woo Hoo fitba being shut down....Every cloud has a silver lining...result
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OT - Opinions sought please
Please let me know (no conferring) If you see the word "National" in the title of a museum, what does it imply to you?
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