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How to Use Your Kitchen Storage Wisely
All food spoils eventually, but there are ways of storing that will preserve it for longer. If food is sold sealed, do not transfer it to another container unless you…
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How to Use a Suspended Ceiling System Wisely
Manufactured suspended ceiling systems are made from slim metal sections, which provide a fairly lightweight structure for acoustic or translucent panels. They're quick and easy to fit using no specialist…
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How to Use Proper Draught- Proofing in Your House
In an uninsulated house, draughts through windows, doors, unused fireplaces, gaps between floors and skirtings, ill-fitting doors and windows and ceiling hatches can account for as much as 15 per…
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How to Strip Woodwork
There are three main ways of removing paint, varnish or other finishes from wood. Both sanding and heat stripping can be used for removing paint. Chemicals will remove French polish…
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How to Support the Structural Wall when Decorating Your House
Once you have satisfied yourself that the opening will be an improvement to your home's layout, consider the practical problems: first determine whether or not the wall is loadbearing oranon-loadbearing…
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How to Tile – DIY
A word of warning: tiling is a fairly skilled job. You may find it easier - and cheaper in the long run - to ask a professional tiler to do…
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How to Tile Walls
Tiling can be seen as another way of decorating a wall - that is, as an alternative to using paint or wallcoverings. Ideal for kitchens and bathrooms, ceramic tiles give…
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How to Tile Floor
One advantage of tiles rather than sheet materials for covering floors is that they are far more stable, neither expanding nor contracting in the same way as a sheet of…
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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 When You Are Going Away
Going out Even if you are only out for a few hours, the important thing is to make sure your home never looks empty. Do not advertise the fact that…
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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…