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    Tile over Real wood subfloor

    ah thanks jonbey, reminds me I forgot to add, we need to raise this floor at least 25mm from the concrete base to match the subfloor floor in the adjacent room which we are knocking through and have consistent flooring... I believe the latex would be very expensive to that height.
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    Tile over Real wood subfloor

    Hi all, Need a bit of advice :) I have a large room in my new house which we are turning into the kitchen. It has wet UFH, and a real wood floor (which we aren't keeping) which is 20mm boards floating on batton which looks to be set into the concrete (see pic) The wood floor has been there for...
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    open backed stairs - advice please

    they remind me a bit of elbow patches on my old school headmaster!!! Ill go for the coloured oils, thanks all
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    open backed stairs - advice please

    Hi All, I have these open backed stairs which I think are pine (if anyone can see differently please advise). Im having a dark (espresso) wood floor put in downstairs and I decided I wanted to dye the stair treads the same colour as the floor. However my research on wood dye seems...
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    Anyone know how to do this - recessed box shelves?

    thanks jason... that clarifys almost everything. one more Q. Can plasterers plaster inside the small box shelfs, as we do want to paint the back and sides of the recesses? just a logistical Q... is that possible for a plasterer?
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    Anyone know how to do this - recessed box shelves?

    Hi all, I have a recess eithier side of my chimney Id like to put boxes in much like this picture in the dulux mag (theirs is in the chimney itelf) then box over it with plasterboard to create recess box shelves Question is, how is this made? is it with studwork and premade boxes or some...
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    pine / mdf slithers for floor gap repair

    thanks, I dont have any decent saws so I was after who stocked the slithers precut if anyone knows. I saw them boxed once but cannot remember where
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    pine / mdf slithers for floor gap repair

    does anyone know a store or where I can buy the precut pine slithers used to fill gaps in suspended wooden floors?? thks
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    painting furniture water based dulux eggshell

    Hi all, Ive been painting some furniture lately, from ikea tables to pine store bedframes. Sanded, primed and painted with an cream dulux trade eggshell. The paint was waterbased not oil based and now I am having a crisis of confidence about the durability. should I? cover in some sort...
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    Pinting floorboards white - paint advice dulux vs farrow

    Im planning on painting bedroom (low traffic) floorboards white. I plan to hire a sander, sand, prime and then paint with either.... Dulux floorshield http://www.icipaints.co.uk/products/info/dulux_trade_floorshield.jsp Farrow and ball floor paint...
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    best option here for getting wall ready to paint (see pic)

    ello these are solid plaster walls, with what looks like a first coat of paint flaking on it
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    best option here for getting wall ready to paint (see pic)

    Ive stripped down a layer of painted wallpaper in our new house ( :roll: ) to find several walls in seemingly good condition but for this flaky paint / looks like first coat. Pictures for your enjoyment. whats best option here? 1) paint remover then scrape - or soem other liquid 2)...
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