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    Scratches On Leather

    my only other advice is to take the cushion off,i hope its a cushion and not anywhere else and that its not a fixed cushion and take it to your local re upholster and see if he can replace it,that is if its bad.some how i get the idea that you bought the suite from can i say it, dfs.go back to...
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    Scratches On Leather

    with scratches /scuffs what you do is take off the colour with a chemical(cant remember exactly the name)then it gets mixed into a thin paste,using a reg the colour can then be manipulated onto the suede.or it can be resprayed over with the original colour,but that is a hard job cos you cant get...
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    Filling an external hole

    if its thro a wall put in a half brick or rubble and cement over the top
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    Scratches On Leather

    yes you can get it resprayed.i am a skilled leather cutter and in my view if you want to buy a leather suite i suggest that you should go to a small company (you see them advertised in the glossies)and order full grain hide,leather that you see in the big shops is cr*p. a hide is split many...
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    Filling an external hole

    cement
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    upvc door lock

    i had the same problem,only my door was two year old,it is a milla locking system,but as the door was not bought by me but from a firm that went bust,i lost the gaurantee.will cost about £70,the way the door had been fitted it caused wear and something crumbled.
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    stripping varnish

    thanks lads,will be off to buy a sander.paint stripper is to messy,and costly..
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    stripping varnish

    what is the best ,quickest,cleanest and cheapest way of removing varnish.i have i dining room half cladded with pine t & g which has been varnised.idealy i would just love to rip it out,but cant,so i am going to have to paint the unsightly stuff.also will be trying the steamer method on artex on...
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    tiolet pumps

    does any body know how far a macatater (toilet pump)can actually pump,will it pump straight up etc.or can anybody point me to a web site. want to put a toilet in a bedroom and pump waste up into and across the attic to the waste pipe at opposite of house.
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    Bridging damp proof courses

    how can i tell if they drilled and pumped my walls when i had this work done also.when had house surveyed before i bought it surveyer said that there was damp,along certain walls and needed a survey from damp firm. survey came back,needed to hack off plaster above certain level drill and inject...
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    Screwfix 2

    does anybody know that screw fix uses the same stuff that b&q sells
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    lowering ceilngs

    my brother in law wants to lower his bathroom ceiling.how is this done,what size timber should he use,how is the timber fixed,ceiling and walls,what should the frame look like,is it the same as a stud wall.
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    smelly kitchen cupboards (again)

    has somethig died under the units,maybe a rat or a mouse ?
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    recessed light fitting

    i am thinking of putting recessed lights into the bridging of fitted wardrobes.i have a ceiling rose close by so i can wire them up into that.but what is the best way of doing it,do i wire one into the rose and join up the rest to eacg other.i also want to put a pull switch very close to the...
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    oh dear

    well im limping due to the hole in my foot.think i will live,dont like the idae of waiting in casualty while i have many jobs to do :D
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    oh dear

    well where do i start, ive got bruised knees from using carpet stretcher ive hit my hand and fingers with a hammer both by fitting carpets and nailing skirting boards. ive sliced my stomach on a wood drill bit as it was left on a step ladder at belly height and i forgot it was there lastly...
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    vinyl wallpaper

    is there a way that i can put new wall paper over vinyl wallpaper.the walls in my house are of of the old plaster and in places its gone,ive already had to replaster a large section,also i have put heavy vinyal wallpaper up in the kitchen to cover up old artex but i want to cover this also
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    underlay

    how can i stop rubber underlay fro turning to dust,due to central heating pipes
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    Clay Soil

    have you thought about putting in land drainage?i had the same problem as you,infact it was a concrete yard before i started,i dug down about 2 foot dug out a few trenches and laid 80mm perforated polypipe,connected these to a exiting gully drain,burried pipes with gravel,and filled it up with...
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    daft question

    cheers masona its sort of what i was thinking,better than bricks eh :lol: :lol:
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