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How to Decide Which Tile to Use
Tile has been used for floors, walls, countertops, and even ceilings for thousands of years. It was one of the few building materials in the ancient city of Pompeii that…
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How to Decide What You Want in a Bathroom
You want to create a bathroom that's particularly suited to your needs, all the while not creating something so weird that it will make reselling the home difficult, if not…
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How to Choose the Pipes for your Bathroom
I have a confession, which by now shouldn't seem too shocking, and that is this: Not everything runs perfectly in my home. Every time I'm in the kitchen and one…
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How to Lay Drains
The techniques for bedding drainpipes on the bottom of the trench and for filling in the trench afterward depend to some extent on the type of soil and the attitude…
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How to Lay a Chipboard Floor
A wide range of flooring grade of chipboards is available: ask a local timber merchant for information about the variations in surface finish, edge finish -and the size of sheets…
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How to Insulate Your Roof
Your loft is either lined or open such that you can see the whole structure. The latter is still the most common, although more and more people are undertaking loft…
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How to Construct a Concrete Pond
A lot of fairly strenuous work is involved in creating a pond in concrete. You will need to mix the sand and cement and then transport barrowsful of the stuff…
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How to Build a Beach in your Garden
A sandy, muddy or stony 'beach', along one edge of a largish pond, can be eye-catching - it will set the scene for a completely different range of plants, and…
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How to Repair a Lean-to Roof
Lots of different types of materials can be used to cover a lean-to roof. Conservatories, carports and covered ways are often covered with corrugated translucent plastic sheets which allow natural…
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How to Replace Gutter Boards
Gutter Cleaning is essential to the your homes foundation. A good company like edwards gutter cleaning services offers a variety of services to make sure your home is looking excellent!…
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How to Nail
As a rule-of-thumb when joining something very thin to something much thicker, use a nail 2-1/2 to 3 times longer than the thickness of the thinner material. When the thicknesses…
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How to Replace a Suspended Ground Floor
Replacing a suspended floor with a solid one is generally a fairly straightforward job. However, if the depth of fill required exceeds about 600mm, or if there is a marked…
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How to Repair More Severe Damage to a Finish
Chips and holes in a varnished or french polished surface can be built up by applying a 'touch-in' of the same finish in the depression, letting it dry, and adding…
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How to Repair Pitched Roof
The timber rafters of most pitched roofs measure 100 x 50mm. On roofs less than about 30 years old, the rafters are covered with roofing felt a type called reinforced…
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How to Repair a Flat Roof
Roof problems should undergo a roof repair with the help of a commercial roofing company as soon as they are noticed. If not, the damage to the residential or commercial roof will…
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How to Repair a Chimney
Chimney stacks are often neglected because of their relative inaccessibility. But they are sited in an exposed position and suffer badly from the ravages of the weather. Neglect often allows…
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How to Renovate Kitchen Flooring
If your kitchen flooring is more than 10 years old, chances are that some sort of work needs to be done to it. If it's tile, it may need to…
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How to Renovate Kitchen Cabinets
The kitchen cabinets are the kitchen's glory—or its shame. Fine wooden cabinets are indicative of an elegant home. Shoddy cabinets with doors that hang badly indicate a run-down house that…
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How to Remove and Replace Floorboards
It is often necessary to remove floorboards when installing or repairing central heating pipes, plumbing pipes and electrical wiring. You may also need to remove old, broken floorboards to repair…
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How to Recognize the Finish and Deciding to Strip
The first refinishing decision you will have to make is whether you need to strip the entire piece. A scruffy, dirty finish does not automatically need stripping; basically, as long…