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could I use exterior emulsion as an undercoat for wooden gates. Undercoat paint takes so long to dry this time of year. Thanks for any help
Please forgive me as not sure what everything is called. Basically I have a fuse box that takes fuses. I want to change these to switch types or button types. What ones do I need and are they...
Hi Chaps I've got a new garage with an up 'n' over front door, which seems to have a patheticly carp lock incorporated in the handle. I'd like to secure the door from the *inside* so that it just...
Thought I would make rhubarb and orange chutney. Unfortunately I forgot I was cooking (I am getting a bit old) until I smelled the burning. Managed to save quite a bit but ended up with the bottom of...
I had a cut off from my carpet being laid, which I had professionally stitched all-round the edges.
Its about 7 foot x 2 foot, 4 years old.
Would it be OK in the washing machine?...
Two taps with washers gone. No water. Both different types. Don't know how to get the tops and covers off either. One tap old type with cross bar top. No visible signs of screws etc to take top off....
Moving into a new property in a few weeks and would like to know what is the best method to hang pictures/clocks on a freshly plastered wall? Would drilling them and wall plugging be the best way or...
I pulled the old one out by getting a grip on the edge of the porthole where the clothes go in. And I've got the new one half way in. It's plumbed in and working but I'd like to see it back another 8...
want to darken a new tin of beige paint Problem is its non drip/non stir will it ruin it if I stir some black into it
smartening these up a bit? Tiles are on a small wall in my kitchen, they have been there 20 years, and I like them. In the past have wiped them over and varnished them with a light coat of clear...
Kitchen cupboard doors with the usual adjustable two hinges. The side where the adjustable part is, the screws have come out of the holes of one hinge which are now too big to take a screw. Need to...
Hi all, I wasn't sure where to put this question - hope this is okay! I'd like to get a small (1.3m x 3.8m) side return extension built onto the galley kitchen of my small Victorian terrace, to make...
Hi, I have been decorating our lounge today and started off by putting a coat of white emulsion on the ceiling. We have been living in this house for about twenty years, but I think sometime before we...
I have a Worcester combi boiler & since engineer gave it its annual service last week the central heating comes on when the hot tap is turned on! Have checked timer settings...
I was given a Gerberra pot plant a while ago, it's finished flowering and is getting big - can I plant it outside?
Time critical question here. Does anyone know anything about sliding drawers/runners and how to remove them ? All jokes aside; I am trying to move a writing bureau from one upstairs room to another....
Any tips for cutting mermaid acrylic shower panels? Trial has splintered so not confident...
I have read so many things and articles about grouting between garden patio (light use) flagstones. Dry, wet, this that. I have black grey flags. They are not a shiny type sealed surface as I could...
I am having a glass cooker splashback put which has mirror screws fixings.
Which would you recommend ..a chrome cap or a plastic one,...thinking about
steam from the cooking....
we already have a slatted fence and as the garden is on a slight incline the fence is aswell, we would like to put something on it to cover the gaps between the slats as our neighbours dogs bark at...