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Whats teh best way of making these corners not rounded, but nice and smooth (billiard ball smooth), so that you can hardly feel any grain? I plan to fix the sides together with dowels and glue, would this be ok? The wood is solid english oak.

Do not dip the shutters. Dipping dries out the wood, destroys any glue, and generally makes a bit of a mess. If its paint, remove it with a heat gun and scraper.

On my piano, I leave a bowl of water near the pedals (inside the case).

I had a very similar situation when I was reinstating a cast iron fireplace into my house. As long as the mortar is ok, you should be fine, that arch looks very strong. On the ends of the arch, on mine, there are two bricks sticking out of each side that support the last brick on each side...

Thats vandalism tbh. http://www.tatra-glass.co.uk/ Have a look there, you'll be able to get some warped glass made up, it will look much better and much more authentic than double glazed float glass. The ripples in the glass are part of what adds to the character of your house. Please...

Restore the wall to its original condition, and you won't need a DPC.

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I have a pretty old towel rad that I installed in my bathroom. It has 3-4 very very tiny pinprick leaks around the brazed joints. I'm inclined to leave it for a few months to see if they seal themselves up, but if they don't, is it ok to add a leak inhibitor to the system, and can anybody...

I had a similar problem on my front gate. The gatepost was about 100 years old, and cracked by some pillock who'd screwed a metal fence into one side of it. I removed the cracked top half, drilled 4 holes into each section (lined up), inserted steel rods into the holes, filled with mortar...

Check your drainage?

Well I like to do things myself, and I'm not sure if I'd be able to get windows to fit easily. Making them myself would allow me to position them squarely between joists, perhaps only needing to cut one joist away? I'm not decided yet, so if there is an off-the-shelf solution that saves me...

Why don't you get a long piece of 2x4 (say 10 feet), screw it across several joists (above them, not below!), and screw your coach bolts into that? Spread the load so to speak.

I fancy making some skylights up for a single storey flat roof extension. The extension takes the place of what was formerly the back wall of the house, which contained a large vertical window and a sloped skylight (the wall stood slightly proud of the 1st storey wall and the skylight joined...

Thanks.

I've got a tin of white gloss thats been sat around for a year or two, unused. I opened it the other night and found the paint had the consistency of cottage cheese. No amount of shaking and mixing would make it smooth again, but it appears to go onto wood without issue (although its a bit...

Think it will have to be two, oh well, thanks for looking all :)

I have a large shower curtain rail, about 360cm circumference, that I'm trying to find a shower curtain for. I can only find 180cm curtains. Anyone know where I can get a bigger one? Or am I doomed to suffer 2 curtains?

My newel post has two whacking great huge big nails holding it to the floor, knocked in horizontally into the joist next to it (top of stairs is a few inches below the upstairs landing if you know what I mean). Its 100 years old and a tiny bit wobbly, but isn't going anywhere soon.

All plastic doors and windows expand when hot. Stick with wood, lasts longer, less damaging to the environment, looks prettier, and easier to manage.

Is the chimney capped? You'll need to check that as well.