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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…
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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…
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How to Plan and Use Your Bathroom
According to sites like https://superiorplumbing.ca/barrie/water-heater-service/, Water and energy are precious resources and we should be careful not to waste them. In planning your bathroom and how you use it, take…
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How to Paint a Room
Colors always appear lighter on the color chart than they do when your entire room is painted in them, so always buy the smallest can of paint first and try…
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How to Make Your Own Arch When Removing a Dividing Wall
Removing a dividing wall-to create a through living-and-dining room, for instance - leaves you with a boxy break formed by the RSJ and its piers. The angularity might suit your…
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How to Make One Room into Two
Building a partition to divide a large area into two smaller ones - to improve storage facilities, or simply because the house layout isn't as you'd like it -is quite…
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How to Make Improvements to Your Home
Few people are ever totally content with their homes. It could just be that the living room never has enough comfortable chairs, your home needs a roofing replacement and so far…
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How to Lift Floorboards
Floorboarding is produced in lengths that are intended to run from wall to wall. In practice this is rarely carried out entirely because odd, shorter lengths are often laid to…
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How to Make Changes to Your Furniture
The easiest pieces to change are the smallest as they take the least time. Old chairs, mirrors, picture frames, bedside cabinets, occasional tables, chests-of- drawers, lamp stands, children's desks, can…
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How to Make a Suspended Ceiling
A suspended ceiling is a framed panel which appears to float away from the walls. Fluorescent lights can be placed around the edge of the panel to enhance the floating…
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How to Make a Loft Access Hatch in the Ceiling
Many houses are provided with a hatch in the ceiling to give access to the roof space for servicing water tanks and maintaining the roof structure. Should your house have…
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How to Maintain Care for Metals
All metals are susceptible to rust and being worn away by corrosion. Modern metals are often coated with paint or enamel finishes, but if these are chipped the metal underneath…
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How to Lay Soft Floor Tiles
Vinyl, lino, cork, rubber and carpet tiles are all laid in the same way, the only difference being in the adhesive used - note that many tiles these days are…
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How to Lay Hard Floor Tiles
The way in which you lay 'hard' floor tiles (mainly ceramic, quarry and terracotta tiles) is slightly different from the method used in laying 'soft' floor tiles; you need to…