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• Avoiding cowboy builders - The JCT building contract for home owners (Adobe PDF format, 9kb)
• Ceilings and flat roofs - timber sizes and construction details (Adobe PDF format, 40kb)
• Cesspools and septic tanks, - foul drainage systems where no sewer is available (Adobe PDF format, 22kb)
• Cold bridges - and how to the avoid problems they cause (Adobe PDF format, 92kb)
• Conservatory advice (Adobe PDF format, 73kb)
• Fire risk assessment principles - How they affect you! (Adobe PDF format, 343kb)
• Fire safety in your new home - guidance on fire precautions within new houses (Adobe PDF format, 38kb)
• Fire safety on construction sites (Adobe PDF format, 266kb)
• Height and stability of chimneys for solid fuel appliances (Adobe PDF format, 111kb)
• Loft Conversion advice (Adobe PDF format, 327kb)
• Purlin and rafter roofs - timber sizes and construction details (Adobe PDF format, 135kb)
• Replacement Windows, details of the changes in Building Regulations (Adobe PDF format, 49kb)
• Safety glazing, what is safety glazing and where is it needed (Adobe PDF format, 95kb)
• Smoke alarms in dwellings, what is required and where they should be placed (Adobe PDF format, 74kb)
• Timber floors - timber sizes and construction details (Adobe PDF format, 69kb)
• Timber trimmer beams and joists, sizes and details for trimming around openings (Adobe PDF format, 127kb)
• Windows for means of escape (Adobe PDF format, 13kb)
• Part P Electrical Safety booklet (Adobe PDF format, 1mb)
• The Party Wall Act (Guidance Booklet) (Adobe PDF format, 11.5mb)

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