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    Ceiling Colour Advice needed... urgent ;)

    Ok, here's a photo of my newly painted lounge. I bit of a cock-up on the colour scheme front. As you can see the white ceiling is too stark. The orange paint on the wall (frieze) between the cornice and the picture rail I will get painted the same as the main wall colour. Decorator coming...
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    New Artex ceiling. Does it need undercoat?

    If it needs undercoat, what % mix of emulsion and water. Thanks in advance.
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    Some simple questions about decorating a dining room.

    Help appreciated...DIY novice. Dining room current situation... Wallpaper stripped back to plaster ready for skim. Coving removed. Ceiling aretexed. Skirting to be replaced, but still on. Electric sockets added. Plasterer coming on Monday to skim walls. Should I remove skirting...
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    Help with multipoint gearbox identification

    Can anyone help ID what I need to replace this in a UPvc door? A trusted handyman informs me I need a new one. It's from a back door fitted 15 years ago or so.. St Helen's glass I think but not 100% I'm DIY novice. Speedy response appreciated for obvious reasons.
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    Refurbishing a round wooden coffee table

    DIY novice here. I want to refurbish this coffee table (photo shows table after surface rough sanded with a rectangular orbital sander) I used 40 grade paper so far for initial sand, will find sand surface next. Questions... 1) What sanding tools are best to sand the intricate legs ...
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    Need a small diameter screw for hanging mirror to wall.

    Recently I have inherited a long thin mirror that I want to replace an existing mirror in the hallway. Both mirrors have a round hole on the back to hang from a screw in the wall. The head of the screw in the wall that fits the existing mirror is too wide to fit the hole in the new mirror...
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    Cracks above kitchen window - brickwork.

    Have a problem that I've been putting off that I need to get sorted. If there is anyone with any building experience who can offer advice I'd appreciate it. Cracks have appeared over the course of the last few years in the brickwork mortar above the kitchen window. This, I am recently...
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