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    Mould Problems - Only One Bedroom

    I think maybe its nothing to do with rain. Foam insulation can cause damp because it doesn't let moisture escape from a house. As you already found out, voids can make the matter worse because they form cold-spots that moisture condenses on. Bedrooms tend to be particularly affected by damp...
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    Wood framed houses in the UK

    Two reasons, really, the main one is that I prefer working with block walls for any building and decorating. I am a devil for changing a house and I just prefer block construction for that. Second reason is that I lived in a timber frame house a while back and it was a pain. It creaked all the...
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    Paper walls or paint ceiling first?

    Rollers can spray a fine mist of paint so you want to get any roller work out the way first. Also when you put wallpaper up you want top and bottom already painted, so that you don't get paint on the wallpaper. So you paint the ceiling , then the skirting and door frames and so on, then put the...
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    Wood framed houses in the UK

    I must confess I am not sure why peeps are going on about houses falling down. I mean it's not exactly a common problem in the UK whether it be brick or wood. But remember that most modern timber frame houses have a brick outer shell in the UK so they are not completely wood. Timber...
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    Neighbour wants to dig up my garden

    He doesn't. A house owner is responsible for any pipes, supplies and drains on their property even if they do not originate or terminate on their property. The responsibility of the water board stops at border of your property.
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    Neighbour wants to dig up my garden

    Just say no. I mean really there is absolutely no reason why you should say yes at all. On the contrary, I can think of plenty of reasons why you wouldn't want this to happen. And no, you do not have to comply at all. Tell them all to just get lost. Dig through someone else's property. I don't...
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    Bathroom sink "pop up" waste plug replacement

    The only thing I would say is get a decent one because the cheap ones have very thin chrome plating which falls off within a year.
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    Water coming up through solid kitchen floor

    I think the first questions I would ask is has the house been modified? Has the bathroom had a shower added? Often if a shower is added they don't even try to run the waste pipe to the main sanitary waste inside the house because the shower waste is very low to the ground. Builders sometimes...
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    Wood framed houses in the UK

    There aren't many benefits for the buyer, just builders will tell you there is, but the benefit is mostly theirs. A primary milestone with a building is to get the roof on so that work can proceed inside the house. Since most of the construction is done at the factory, the frame and roof goes up...
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    Do you get "deeds" these days??

    Best thing in the world :D :D :D
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    1070 v 1080

    That's a very good question and I don't really know the answer to it. If you go by clock frequencies then some of the 1080's are running 5% or so faster than others. When you are only talking 5% difference between a 1070ti and a 1080 then obviously that 5% can make a real difference.
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    Think I broke my EVGA AIO

    The Corsair is a PWM fan which means it probably will not work on a two or three pin header. However, it should run at full RPM, which it's not, so it's pretty safe to assume you blew the header up. But really I don't think that's a problem. I would connect it to a spare header on the...
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    Do you get "deeds" these days??

    The deeds still exist but they do not amount to ownership of the property. Rather they are collection of documents relating to the property, but ownership is all done with computers these days. The deeds will include plans, applications, property lines and stuff so they are still important, and...
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    Hard wearing paint

    Magnolia is a nice colour these days. It used to be an old-persons colour, a sort of off-white but these days it's a rather nice cream that goes well with everything. Personally I like Dulux Easycare.
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    Art Printing

    I guess. I have been looking at it for a while now and no matter what I look at, it's expensive. It may be better to just pay for the prints lol. :-((
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    Oak worktop finishing

    Danish Oil is not actually as simple as it seems to apply. You actually need a lot of oil. You basically soak the floor, keep on adding it until it stops absorbing it. Then wipe off the excess and leave it to dry and if necessary repeat 24 hours later. Yours looks OK you just need to concentrate...
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    Anyone used V1 Tech

    Have you considered something like the UpHere graphics card brace? Does a good job and is cheap.
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    1070 v 1080

    Yes Wildlands is a very demanding game and you won't be able to run that on a 1070,1070ti,1080 at 4K at max settings. For me, max settings are not the holy grail, if it won't run I just step the settings down, but for some on this forum that's the ultimate sacrilege. It depends how you feel on...
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    1070Ti performance

    You don't happen to use GeForce Experience do you? If you do, try removing it completely.
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    PC Build Simulator

    I just saw that on GM Gaming and wondered if the merits had been discussed on the board before. It strikes me as a pretty interesting idea for newbies. No idea whether it is any good or not, just saw it!
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