Everything you need to know about Building in a book
Everything you need to know about Building in a book
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Mr Pointy

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12,615 posts

176 months

Thursday 17th October 2024
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Whilst clearing out the loft I came across this weighty tome:









2 1/2" thick & 1.5kg of all the knowledge needed to be a builder. In 1958. If you wanted to know roofing lead was £142 5s per ton in Birmingham, it's in there.

The trouble is, what to do with the book? I have no need of it & it's been stored away for years. it seems a shame to just dump it in the recycling bin. I suppose the same is true of many books that were once useful but are now just curiosites.

spikeyhead

19,038 posts

214 months

Thursday 17th October 2024
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Have a look on a abebooks to see if it's worth anything

Fatboy

8,230 posts

289 months

Thursday 17th October 2024
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Or stick it on eBay...

paulwirral

3,634 posts

152 months

Thursday 17th October 2024
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Send it on to equs , he’s not got much to do these days and may learn something.

Mr Magooagain

11,866 posts

187 months

Friday 18th October 2024
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paulwirral said:
Send it on to equs , he’s not got much to do these days and may learn something.
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wolfracesonic

8,399 posts

144 months

Friday 18th October 2024
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Is there anything in it giving advice on how to stop plaster falling off your ceiling? There may be an interested party on this thread if so.