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If You Build it, They Will Come Crossword Puzzle

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Whether you're planning a new house or just renovating or doing repairs or maintenance, you may find this crossword on the home building industry useful. Constructed for happy solving.
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      1. Relatively thin, flexible insulation products installed in roofs and walls (7,8, pl.)
      8. Green building is aimed to minimise negative impact on the ___
      10. Polyurethane/acrylic or silica are types of ___ used in the building trade
      11. Standard SI unit for magnetic flux density
      12. Hand tool for driving fasteners into the wood for a flush finish (4,5)
      13. A second one of these is useful in case of fire
      15. Essential before building; estimate of both risks and likely costs
      18. Standard features and finishes in the base price of building a house (pl.)
      21. Multi-purpose buildings can have a variety of these
      24. Protective layer of panels between frame and outside finish
      25. Beginning or start of a (building?) project
      27. Hollow steel tube, often used in structural framing, inits.
      28. Off topic; in cricket, what are scoreless units of 6 balls? (pl.,6,5)
      29. Contributing to a slowdown in rising costs; uncommon in the building trade

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      1. Portable scaffolding with A-frame supports (sing.)
      2. Overhanging roof edges (pl.)
      3. Workable paste of cement or lime for binding bricks or stonework together
      4. Interior surface materials such as plasterboard, can improve insulation (pl.)
      5. Side of the building sheltered from the wind (3,4)
      6. Professionals who design footings and structures
      7. Few builders would wear this; a pith helmet (alt.,4,3)
      9. Formerly essential in most offices, nowadays usually employed for data entry
      14. When calculating the cost of your home, allow for ___ in labour and material prices (pl.)
      16. Describes one-room apartments, or most hotel accommodation (inits.)
      17. Not many people can afford these made-to-order homes nowadays, ___ -built
      18. Make sure your project is covered for loss; it needs to be well ___
      19. To cover up-front costs, your builder will ask for an ___ payment
      20. Often the biggest cause of maintenance costs
      22. When planning your home, ensure it will ___ your family's needs
      23. Architectural style prevalent in 18th century palaces
      26. Upright stone slab or column