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Hi all, I want to make a wooden covering "door" to hide an inset door in my living room. The idea is that the ugly inset door (that's rarely used) will disappear as best as possible. I was thinking something extremely plain and simple like a narrow frame tacked onto the wall, then a piece of...

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Hi thanks Is the injector simply the screw with the thin hole which comes out with a small socket wrench? If so then it's clear, and I have swapped it with another one and the problem remains.

Hello all, I have a Bosch PCH615CGB gas hob - looks a bit like this: http://f38i.imgup.net/bosch-pbh66acd.jpg The large burner http://g54i.imgup.net/lqgtcjtwnl82f1.jpg does light but gives a pathetically small flame. The other 3 rings are fine. I have unscrewed and swapped burners from...

To finish off this thread for future searches... I ended up sanding and coating 3 times with this: http://www.rawlinspaints.com/products/Sadolin-Anti-Slip-Floor-Varnish.html#sthash.wxhNqAvB.k3hYxDda.dpbs which I ordered from a crown store Very pleased and it isn't slippery

Hi I hope someone can advise. I have a garden with lawn interspersed with flower beds and paths. The total lawn area is probably 80-100m2. I initially bought a strimmer to try to get it back to turf, and although that worked OK the strimmer was a nightmare, the line kept breaking and not...

Hi, I have stripped paint from my stair treads and want to leave them as natural looking as possible. Am I best with varnish or some oil based natural treatment? thanks

Hi all, One of my rads (right by a bed so extra annoying) makes a sound of water squirting when heating. I have bled it regularly, and the system itself has had a recent thorough powerflush and gets nice and hot. Standard Potterton Suprima 50 (yuck) boiler system - The rads are old, and...

Hi - hope someone can give me a pointer or two. I have a conventional open vented heating system with a cylinder, pump, air separator and 3 port valve in the airing cupboard and conventional boiler in the kitchen. Suddenly the heating, which has been working, isn't. The hot water still is...

Am investigating some kind of stair "topper" now that looks like wood or that I can paint/stain before installing....

How do you cope with taking "ages and ages to dry" when you can't avoid using stairs? Do you paint every other stair and then come back later to do the rest?

Hi, Having taken the carpet off my stairs, I am left with a bare wood "runner" up the middle and some paint on each side. My plan is to sand down and paint the risers in white and the treads in black. Any recommendations on what type or brand of paint to go for? Was just going to do a...

Get into this millenium, man!

Thanks for those replies - from some googling and another forum I have also found lots of recommendations for: http://www.osmouk.com/previewpage.cfm?bookid=book001&chapter=57&page=117 The nice thing is I have lots of drying time as the property will be empty for a while so the fumes aren't...

Hi all Am sanding down some floorboards in a 1970s house soon - am guessing they are pine as I am not actually in the house as yet. I would like them to have a natural sheen - not shiny, and a natural or oak colour. They are bedrooms so don't have to be super hardwearing although I like the...