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How to Grow Houseplants
There are many plants you can grow indoors, from the easy but predictable spider plants, aspidistras, rubber plants and yuccas, etc to more unusual species that will need some careful…
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How to Hang Wallpaper
Buy all the wallpaper you need at the same time, making sure that all the rolls carry the same batch number and look the same colour. If you are using…
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How to Prevent Accidents at Home
Your home is probably somewhere you feel quite safe and yet many serious accidents take place in homes: every day people fall, drown, suffocate, choke, are electrocuted and poisoned. By…
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How to Prevent Bedroom Accidents
On average, you spend one-third of your time in bed - and far longer when you are a child or ill - so the atmosphere in your bedroom should be…
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How to Prevent Garages Accidents
Safety first Your workshop should have generous storage space, plenty of socket outlets, a solid workbench and be well lit. You should only use it when you are wide awake…
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How to Prevent Stair Accidents
Accidents can happen almost anywhere and one of the most dangerous types of accidents are on the stairs, however, not only are there people looking for a way to make…
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How to Protect Your Home with Locks and Burglar Alarms
A barking dog will probably scare off almost as many burglars as an alarm. A front door visible from the road is also safer than one sheltered from view by…
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How to Re-Design Your Bathrooms
The bathroom is such an intimate room that it is important that your taste is reflected in it - even if it conflicts with the other members of your family.…
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How to Re-Design Your Dining Rooms
Unless you have a large home with a few rooms to spare or enjoy formal entertaining, there is no need to have a separate dining room. Often a more relaxed…
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How to Re-Design Your Kitchen
Few things are more infuriating than a kitchen that is not working properly. There may be too few work surfaces, too little light where it is needed, nooks and crannies…
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How to Remove Stain from Wood
A simple dust and an occasional use of the appropriate polish should suffice on most types of wood. If you do have stains to remove, wipe them up. Never attempt…
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How to Remove Stains
There are three basic methods of removing stains and the one you choose depends on the article stained, on the fabric stained and on the stain itself. Method 1 (dry-cleaning)…
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How to Repair a Rotten Frame for External Door
The great majority of external door frames are constructed of softwood, and this, if it is regularly maintained with a good point system, will give years of excellent service. However,…
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How to Save Your Home from Burglars
Wherever you live, no matter what type of home you live in or how many valuables you have, being burgled is a shattering experience. The worth of the goods stolen…
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How to Span an Opening in Walls
A doorway, window or hatchway requires an opening to be created in the wall. In a loadbearing wall, the top of the opening must be built to carry the structure…
How to Sow Seeds Outdoors
WHEN TO SOW Sowing time needs to be related to local conditions, the weather, the state of the soil and to the crop concerned. Some seeds are best sown in…
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How to Set Up a Healthy Kitchen
Safety in the kitchen means more than simply taking the common-sense precautions. It also means recognizing the ecological and health hazards in the kitchen and being aware of how to…
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How to Place the Beam in Wall Removing
Building piers If the wall you're removing is deemed unsuitable as a basis for the supporting piers, you have two other choices. Where the adjacent wall is double thickness, you…
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How to Prepare for Tiling
How you approach a tiling job depends very much on the type of tiles to be used and the surface they are to be laid on. Putting ceramic tiles up…
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How to Prepare for Home Decorating
If your home only needs a fresh coat of paint, preparation work will be negligible. Your main concern will be to see that none of your furniture or fittings is…