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by notsohandyandy
Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Architecture, Self Build and Design Forum
Topic: Cooker hob
Replies: 2
Views: 3640

Cooker hob

Can anyone tell me whether there are any particular problems associated with taking out an old gas hob (standard size) and fitting a new one? Am I allowed by law to disconnect the flexible gas pipe and refit it to the new hob without requiring the services of a gas fitter? Is the electric supply, wh...
by notsohandyandy
Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:04 pm
Forum: Architecture, Self Build and Design Forum
Topic: window replacement--lintels?
Replies: 1
Views: 5018

While waiting for my post to be moderated, Ive been doing a bit more searching. Unless I'm reading the links Ive been looking at incorrectly, they seem to be suggesting that in openings of this scale the arch itself forms the structural support for the brickwork above it. Wouldnt there also be a woo...
by notsohandyandy
Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:29 am
Forum: Architecture, Self Build and Design Forum
Topic: window replacement--lintels?
Replies: 1
Views: 5018

window replacement--lintels?

Hi All--"new poster" Alert. My house is fitted with slightly worn hardwood windows which only have a 12mm d/g gap, and I'm looking to replace them with the better sound and heat insulation of (relatively) maintenance free UPVC. The windows will be going into the original Victorian brick-ar...
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