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How to Fix Solid Wall
Any type of screw can be used to fix things in masonry as long as a suitable wallplug is used as well. Originally, wallplugs were made only from fibrous material…
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How to Fix Plastic Laminates
covered by melamine formaldehyde. It is highly resistant to heat, scratching, wear and stains and very suitable for kitchen worktops. These days, the majority of kitchen worktops come as plastic…
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How to Fix Hollow Wall
In most modern houses, plasterboard walls and hollow hard-board doors are common fixing problems. In older houses you may come across lath-and-plastcr walls (plaster on a base of wooden strips).…
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How to Fit a Spring Latch
The details in this article are for internal doors fitted with spring latches and lever handles or door knobs. If fitting a lock which contains a latch, you will need…
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How to Fit a New Cistern
What most people call a cold water tank is strictly a cold water cistern the difference is that a tank is a sealed vessel capable of containing water at above…
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How to Finish and Stain Wood
Right from the start, be assured there is no perfect wood treatment. All are compromises between durability, appearance, and ease of application, so you must know what final effect you…
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How to Find a Good Contractor for Home Renovation
If you decide to hire a residential or commercial contractor, there are the usual places to look, such as the Yellow Pages, Web sites (where many contractors advertise today), and…
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How to Do Gas Welding
Welding is a technique for joining two pieces of metal together by melting a small area on each piece on either side of the joint and allowing them to flow…
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How to Cut Sheet Metal With Snips
Sheet metal can be cut to size by using snips or shears rather as scissors are used to cut paper. Snips usually have plain handles - like pliers - so…
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How to Cut Straight Lines – Working with Glass
The key to successful working with glass is confidence. If you know what you are doing and treat glass with the proper respect, there should be no problems; if you…
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How to Deal With a Twisted or Bowed
Twisting or bowing and warping can be caused by uneven heating around the house - a very warm room on one side of a door with a cold hall on…
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How to Deal with Home Renovation Mess
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How to Deal With Penetrating Damp
Before you take any remedial action against penetrating damp, you should make sure that the cause of dampness is indeed water penetration and not condensation or rising damp. Generally, penetrating…
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How to Deal With Widespread Dampness
If you cannot identify a simple cause for dampness or if it is widespread, it may be necessary to improve the weather resistance of the external face of the wall.…
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How to Design Good Storage Facilities
According to sites like One Stop Self Storage, most of our houses become filled with too many possessions as we steadily acquire more gadgets, memorabilia, books and magazines, furniture, different…
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How to Direct Light to Where It Is Required
There are three different types of light that are referred to by lighting designers: General—e.g. a central hanging light Task lighting—e.g. a desk lamp Atmospheric or ornamental—e.g. a spotlight on…
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How to do Electric Arc Welding
In this method of residential or commercial welding, an electric arc is formed between the tip of a metal rod and the metal being joined. The intense heat created by…
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How to Cut Shapes in Sheet Metal
There are a number of occasions when you may need to cut tight curves or holes in steel sheets or in tanks when adding pipes to a cold water cistern,…
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How to Cut Metal with Handsaws
There are many ways of cutting metal - straight cuts can be tile, holes made with a drill, and special shapes cut with taps made with a saw or snips,…
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How to Cut Metal with Hacksaw Blades
Hacksaw blades are usually made from one of two sorts of steel low-alloy steel or high-speed steel. Low-alloy steel blades tend to blunt more quickly than high-speed steel ones. Blades…