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    Level survey for planning application

    you need levels based on an OS. basemark. Should one not be available, a local one may be used, however you must state that in your application
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    Architect problems

    For various reasons, planners make an architects job very difficult because they generally wont speak or communicate with them. this more often than not makes the architect look useless or incompetant because he has to start the project completely blind in terms of planning and this is why your...
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    Painful Engineer

    planners always ask for additional information as a delay tatic, no matter how comrehensive the original planning package. expect as long as a year for a final planning decision, particularly if your case is appealed. they also have an uncanny knack of making themselves look good at a great...
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    Pregnant and made redundant

    since you have been there for 5 years and you know the set up of the place, and rather than doing nothing and risk proving that your instincts were correct, i would search for new employment.
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    How to pronounce Ailbhe?

    are you buying a present for my daughter? ailbhe= al (as in pal) ve (as in vetinary)
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    Wet Room

    get a highly reputable builder who has considerable proven experience with wet rooms because they are specialist work. If you tender the project select your contractor on service and not price. Otherwise wet rooms are nothing but trouble.
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    stock market simulator

    are there any good free stock market simulators that lets you play with pretend money. thanks in advance
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    broadband freeloaders

    i need somebody to explain what i need to do in plain english. thanks in advance. btw i wear thick glasses unstylish clothes and pocket pen holders (nothing wrong with that) ive tried using the software which came with the hardware and i wasnt successful
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    broadband freeloaders

    i have ntl broadband. it broadcasts from the living room via a product that sits on my telly made by Netgear. my computer is in the kitchen and has a receiver. how do i stop freeloaders tapping into my broadband. any help would be appreciated. thankyou
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    ShowerWorks Showers?

    i bought a showerworks mixer. nothing but trouble. it had a drip from the shower head that could not be fixed because there was a problem in the mixing case. it also leaked from the mixing case and caused untold damage to the inner side of the plasterboard wall. it took a while to find this out...
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    Retention Planning for an Annex

    only apply for retention when you have received enforcement procedings. if you can prove that the development is more than seven years, it does not require any planning.
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    sunroom - neighbours

    never take planning for granted. If its one storey, your boundary is about 2 metres, and the planners consider the residual open space is suffiucient then its possible planning could be obtained.
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    Multiple Estate Agents

    its funny the way the market here works completely different to the uk
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    Wood Windows Cream Paint

    try sweedex. they have similar timber sections
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    9" Hollow Blocks - external versus internal insulation

    the simplest solution is apply bonded insulation plasterboard to the internal side of the gable. contact kingspan for advise on specification. 0429795000. any other way would be too costly, in comparison
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    Best block construction methods

    in order to achieve energy efficiency legislation which is supposed to happen sometime this year or the next the much loved by architects standard cavity wall systems are on the way out as the method of construction is very inefficient in terms poor air-tightness and thermal ratings. the...
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    Engagement rings and diamonds in Antwerp

    why bother going to antwerp. goto blackmans near grafton street. they build and sell to trade and will sell to private individuals. trade prices are roughly half the retail price when it comes to this sort of stuff. They sell all sort of stones and rings in all sorts of sizes. they probably make...
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    Best value nappies

    we use the tesco brand for about 7 or 8 euro for 50/60 nappies, but not the value range. i think they are as good as pampers or huggies.ensure you have the correct size.
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    Condition on Planning

    tecnically speaking, downsizing by 1000sq.ft. is a material change to the original planning permission and your changes therefore require planning. A note of caution, when you are speaking to planners generally, you are unwittingly having "off the record chats" with people who do not have any...
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    Further information requested on planning permission

    unfortunately, preplanning meetings do not mean anything and are generally a waste of time. when liaising with planners you need to speak a person with sufficient authority , ie the senior planner (not a senior executive planner) because they make the decisions. did you get planning or...
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