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I'm in the process of updating my kitchen-new worktops, tiles, re-painted doors etc. I want a 1.5 bowl sink and was going to go for a Franke stainless steel like I had previously. I do like, however, the composite/granite type & think the look is modern with the promised 'indestructibility'...

I would use either wet or dry abrasive paper , used wet to get off the paint that hasn't bonded .....looks like the area you can clearly see darker Or you could use brillo pads or mothers washing up abrasive pads , again with water and fairy liquid Clean off Then get on a binding primer...

The back of our house faces SW so it gets hammered by rain and baked in the sun alternately. The present sliding patio doors are surprisingly weatherproof but we want to enlarge the openings to about twice their current size with french windows and two fixed or top-opening panes. Our builder...

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...

Door got delivered whilst the roof was underway so I stored it inside until the roof was complete then had it installed to complete the front elevation. I removed the old tiled bay, framed it out insulated it and then had it rendered. With all of the composite cladding installed the...

It's made of some composite stuff and was clad with veneer to copy some existing real beams (vandalised with similar veneer and which I am stripping and renovating). I suspect it was put up to mask either wires or pipes - a neighbouring cottage has something similar. So I don't want to start...

It’s a 7m x 7m carport. There’s x3 203 x 203 x 46kg/m universal beams. Between the beams will be 6” timber joists, supporting Western Red Cedar cladding to the underside, and an EPDM roof surface. Between the steel posts to the side there’ll be stud walls clad in composite cladding.

I was warned off creating a composite MDF/pine cabinet door on another thread ... but just wondering if any readers had created this kind of door with success? Basically a sheet of very solid MDF, edged with 6mm thick oak. The whole thing will be painted, and live in a pretty moisture free...

Hi .Greg. That's an idea, I admitt to having toyed with the possibility. I would have to 'drop in' a panel of something strongish and not too heavy. I suppose they don't make any good looking material for this type job ? I could go for new doors like 'composition' or something- white...

Hi John Thanks for your reply. Yes I can imagine they are more expensive although way I see it should improve longevity of the fence. Can you provide an example of a concrete spur? How would a concrete spur tie in with a wooden fence in term of securing the wood to the concrete? I have...

Totally remove the plinth- all of it down into the ground and back to brick. Maybe remove all the thick composite paint coating back to brick as well - thats a posible because i cant see what it is for sure? You might have to get to clean brick and beds to find the DPC. You must find the DPC and...

Meter boxes are a composite material a sort of re-enforced resin as a rule, breaking through to the "unglazed" surface "like on fibreglass breaking the gel coat" will give a "matter" surface than where old gloss paint has been applied. It is called flashing where for example a hole in a porous...

We had a kitchen fitted just under a year ago, it was done well but the new doors attached to our integrated fridge freezer have dropped a little and started to rub on adjacent units. Having taken the top section door off I see it is extremely heavy and in my view too heavy for the hinges on the...

Joe, it does sound like you have a lot to offer in life (if you're being honest), but why do you have to add the inults to every comment you make? "Photography is the untalented man's art form."???? You're now more prolific than David Bailey??? Joe let's call a truce...... i'll lay...

Hi, i have a building which i believe has a "composite" type sandstone, in a rose pink colour. Some of these bricks ( approx 18"x10") have become what appears to be blown. Whats the best method of repairing them, i have been told to render them back to a good finish and sort the pointing using a...

hi all I am hoping you can help me, I was happily painting the front of our house today and everything was going well until I reached the Porch bracket (if that is even what its called?) (picture attached) A quick prod with the screw driver to check the wood was good and the screwdriver...

Good evening, I've got a detached workshop which I seem to be spending more and more time in, so I want to make it more comfortable for me (some warmth please) and make it a more suitable place for all my tools which I'm constantly adding to, next on the list is a small lathe, so I've got to get...

MattLiving, good evening. Not the best finish or detailing ever?? Yes there is plywood visible, probably a part of the timber frame?? Sited behind the [what looks like] a composite fascia, the fascia looks OK but the finish to the top of the window is [to be kind] poor?? As a relatively easy...

Gossamer, Hi. Short answer is No Way, do not use an electric sander of whatever type on a Lath and Plaster ceiling, the vibration of the motor being forced on to the surface of the Plaster will cause the old plaster to fracture at the point where the plaster goes between the lath and areas of...

Hi, I'm doing a property refurb and the building inspector seems happy enough with the work I have done so far, adding en-suites etc. It is an Edwardian terrace, and I had intended to replace the existing wooden front door with a composite door. However, the door opening is quite narrow and...