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What tools do I need to sand my stairs please? Update with pics
Hi, finally after 10 years of a naked staircase I'm doing something about it :rotfl: When I first moved in the stairs skirting was painted white and a manky carpet was on the stairs. I ripped up the carpet and was left with bare wooden stairs with a small strip of white at each edge. My plan (and tell me if it sounds…
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Petrol Spill
Petrol has spilled in an outside toilet which is contained within the house. The smell has went right through the house especially in the bedrooms. Does any one know what is the best way to get rid of this? Is white vinegar any good for this?
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Help! Restoring flooring sheen?
Hi, all! Not sure if this is the right/best place to post this? (Mods. can you move it if so?) I have vinyl tiles (look like laminate flooring) in my hallway and I took the steam mop over them and now the sheen is gone - looked fine when still wet but now has streaks of matt finish :( Is there anyway to restore some of the…
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How to clean stainless steel cookware factory polish residue?
For brand new stainless steel cookware, if you run a kitchen towel or tissue over the edge or even the smooth surface, you can wipe off some gray color or charcoal color polish residue, you know what I'm talking about. Especially, at the edge, it is hard to clean them off completely. Don't know whether they are bad to your…
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Light bulbs
I'm sick to the back teeth of bleeding light bulbs man, when I'm working I leave in the dark and get home in the dark so often when a light bulb needs replacing it takes me forever to replace because I forget etc I'm now out of work so can go get them at any time but jesus christ they are annoying, in the room I'm in now a…
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5 lever lock with no key !
Hi all, I have inherited a 2nd. hand, wooden front door, which I believe has a 5 lever lock fitted, but the key is missing. Does anyone know if there is a code stamped on the lock when I remove it, to enable me to order up a key, or do I have to fit a new lock ? Thanks in anticipation.
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Where to buy a Cheap Kitchen?
Thinking about getting either a cheap kitchen possibly under £1,000 or buying some cheap base units and wall units to spruce up my Utility Room. Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy a cheap kitchen? Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy cheap kitchen base units online? Thanks in advance :)
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Painting Concrete & Breeze Block Walls
Hello, Im going to open a new shop that is at a shell stage and the cheapest way I can think is to paint the walls. Now some have said pva glue/water first, then paint with normal paint, some say just normal paint and others say masonry paint. Can anyone guide me here, what is the best way to go about this? Thanks.
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Laminate
We have the most hideous carpet in our living room - which I'd love to replace with laminate, but obviously - cheaply! I've had a lok at ebay - for secondhand laminate, nothing has popped up locally, yet. Does anybody know where else I could go to look at it, other than Homebase and wickes? anywhere nice and cheap? Ooooh…
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New plaster
We have had our living room walls and ceiling skimmed and is now ready to be painted. A friend recommended using Leyland Trade Laytex matt emulsion which i believe is formulated for new plasters and has good opacity and is concentrated (pigment) that will hide any hairline cracks which are likely to appear. (past…
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Carpets and Underlay
We need to buy carpets for the whole house and need something around £12/13 per meter. Our intention is to buy a good quality underlay via the internet which i am told is better value.However am not sure what type or make to buy and from where? Most carpets we have seen in the multiples are of their own brand and difficult…
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Panasonic Fridge Filter - £125!!! Help
I just asked Panasonic for a new filter for my fridge (NR-B53V1-XB) and they want £125 for a filter. Clearly this is insane pricing, it's more than 10% of the price of the fridge. Does anyone know where I can get one cheaper or if I actually need it?
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Double extension estimate
Hi there, I'm looking to put a double extension on my house, it would be 6 metres wide by 3 metres off of the back of the house so 36m2, would anybody who has had experience either on their own home or any builders out there know roughly what the price would be per square meter? Thank you
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I am totally hopeless at D.I.Y !
Hi folks I am in my mid 40s and totally hopeless at DIY. I have problems even changing a light bulb! The reason for being 'totally hopeless' is in fact because I am partially disabled. It is a type of invisible disability in that I cannot hold DIY tools properly (I have a slight problem in hand coordination). Therefore,…
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Leeds -CH Power Flush
Hello, can anyone recommend a company to use in Leeds area to power flush my Central Heating system? Thanks, Kink x
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Any plumbers around please?
Hi, I have a mixer bar shower that has gone wrong and am hoping someone can give me an idea of whats wrong with it so I can either fix or at least get an accurate quote from a plumber for repairing. The shower runs fine at cold temperatures but as soon as turn temperature up there is a buzzing noise from the bar and after…
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repointing patio...easyjoint or geofix
I am about to repoint my patio. Instead of bending over for a couple of days and doing it I was thinking of maybe getting one of these sweep in solutions. The two options seem to be either the geofix stuff or the easyjoint compound. Has anyone had any experience with these?
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moving BT junction box
Hi all, We need to move an old BT junction box from the edge of our window frame, just a few inches so that we can put some shutters up without cutting a hole in them. The box is really old and broken too. The main line comes in upstairs and there is a line that runs down the front of the house and through a hole in the…
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Loft extension in new build
Hello, I live in a new build which was built 1.5 years ago. We are considering another child and going over figures etc. We could do to extend to create another room. We have an integrated garage but feel more comfortable converting the loft as we use the garage a lot. What are my first steps organising this? I dont want…
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Finishing a veneered MDF mantlepiece
I have just had a mantlepiece (aka shelf) made to put in an alcove. It is sapele veneered 18mm MDF. To make the shelf look thicker, I have 12x45mm strips of real sapele to stick to the edge of the MDF. I am yet to cut these to the appropriate sizes (they will be mitred as the edge of thelf is not uniform). I now have two…
