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  • Members: 1604
  • Category: Home Building
  • Founded: Sep 1, 2000
  • Language: English
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This SelfBuild Forum, is for those who are undertaking, planning or have an interest in SelfBuild in the UK.

SelfBuild is a generic term for those who wish for whatever reason to build for themselves. This may involve undertaking the great majority of the work, or standing back and managing the work of others. In practise it is usually a combination of both. It is not usually used to describe the person who has a single builder undertake all of the work including the project management.

The forum represents SelfBuilders in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), and is limited to these geographic areas to make its content relevant. Questions are welcomed from elsewhere around the globe, of course, but the advice given may not be applicable to these areas.

Who "owns" the UK_SelfBuild Forum?
This Yahoo Group is "owned" by Rick Hughes, but in reality the SelfBuild forum is owned by its members, this forum is unmoderated, providing self policing works it will stay that way.
That is why it is everyone's responsibility to try to preserve order by attempting to follow basic netiquette (see Emily Postnews articles in news:news.announce.newusers)

Is there a FAQ?
Yes - It can be obtained from http://www.sbfaq.borpin.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php

Is there a Charter?
There is no formal charter for this group, so the FAQ is used in lieu of one.

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Re: Drilling holes into concrete lintels ?
Better still (but perhaps too late for Lee - sorry !) to gripfix a bit of wood to the wall before you fix plaster board (or even apply real plaster). It can be
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 1:11 am
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Re: Drilling holes into concrete lintels ?
Yes! Nick Laurie PC Repairs (from iPhone) On 9 Nov 2009, at 12:10 AM, "dicegeorge at hotmail dot com" <dicegeorge@...
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:14 am
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Re: Drilling holes into concrete lintels ?
wouldnt it be better to cut away the plasterboard and the gripfix to the concrete lintel? ~ ~ [g] ~ [george] ~ george@... ~ ~ 07970 378
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:10 am
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Re: Drilling holes into concrete lintels ?
Gripfix a wooden batten on the plasterboard then fix the curtain rail to the wood... D ... From: "Graham Pye" <Graham@...> Reply-To:
Posted - Sun Nov 8, 2009 11:32 pm
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Re: Drilling holes into concrete lintels ?
It may or not be frowned on, but you will find that they are b*****y hard to drill into, and they contain steel wires in the most awkward places... Won't heavy
Posted - Sun Nov 8, 2009 10:55 pm
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