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    Planning Permissions For A Loft Conversion In A Flat

    My dad,mates daughter had her loft converted ten years ago and has just sold the house the new owner was moving in . It cropped up that building control never got asked to do a final check to sign off work from ten years before,she had to have fire doors fitted to the two loft bedrooms(...
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    Tool Vests???

    Braces are about a tenner,stick a jumper over if you want to hide them. i,m 46 and have a gut now,and have ripped loads of work jeans by them dropping down abit then ripping the crotch,leg area of them getting up an down from floor,stepping up onto roof. the work trousers with pockets in...
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    The best 110v breaker for hacking off!

    Don't think serial numbers will match lol
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    Chimney breast damp

    Does the chimney have an over sailing course of bricks or lip over for the render as a lot of cases the chimney gets lowered (as its cheaper to repair) but the over sailing course doesn't get built back in. The chimney gets a lot of water on top and in theory runs to edges of stack and then...
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    The best 110v breaker for hacking off!

    Should add used our own transformer, and chisels only six pound or so for chisel saves them charging for sharpning
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    The best 110v breaker for hacking off!

    35 a week last lightweight breaker we hired, not worth breaking your own tool for that money. Used all day for ten days solid. we had our own breaker which was twice the weight but does for doorways etc.
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    Spotless trowels best tip ever!.

    Plastering at a mates once, finished for the day, came back to find he,d cleaned my hand board/hawk (don't forgot I,m a brickie lol) totally wrecked my nice smooth top,took a while to get a nice finish on top. Just lightly tap thick of crap off,then scrap with two inch trowel keeps weight down...
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    Boroscope

    Aldi 70.00 for about the same, they may have reduced to 60.00 last time I was in but this may have been an offer
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    What van

    Forgot to add vans done just over 40 k
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    What van

    Had a Citroen relay 56 from new, general builder, bricklayer by trade . Van is high topped with rear ladder roofrack on top,ideal if you need a ladder, battens, lathes for job, you can stand up without crouching with I think makes a hella difference,side loading door set about two foot behind...
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    Plasterboarding a 6m high ceiling

    High roof van,drive up and down lol
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    Plastering over steel

    Master board would cover fire protection if you have enough thickness
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    Single skin garage wall damp

    Single leaf water will pass through bricks if they get alot of rain on them anyway as they arent waterproof so maya lad be no visable problem to find,check external pointing for cracks,joints not filled correctly first. Flat roof? Check roof for splits in felt,fascias ,gutters for...
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    How to plaster over internal sand / cement render

    The sand and cement may shrink and crack leaving hairline cracks,when i first bought my house i rendered inside on some downstairs walls due purely down to costs i had gutted house,new roof,fliirs,ceilings,double stone extension,after a good while wall had hairline cracks nothing loose or that...
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    Removing cement pointing

    You dont say what condition the pointing is wether its very hard,or not to bad . A small compresser with an airchisel is ok when its not to hard ,Its easy to work with,ok in rain as long as compressers covered. I did 220m2 on a mates job with one. The last job the pointing was hard as...
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