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I need some architrave on my door frame but there is a piece of furniture that will periodically need to be removed - and there's no room to remove it when the architrave is on. so I'm wondering whether there is such a thing a removable architrave that be snapped on and off the doorframe easily.

Current constructional hearth needs to be dug away and then re-levelled with "a screed", according to my floor guy. Firstly, what sort of screed - anything special you should use for hearths? Secondly, how do I then bed the granite hearth on top of this - what do I use? And what thickness...

I've got an old MDF dressing table that is painted - I'm not sure what the paint is, it's neither matt nor gloss but has a very slight sheen to it. I want to paint over this, preferably with gloss paint. Can I just lightly sand the paint and go straight over it with the gloss or do I need to...

I have some old burgundy tiles that I'm thinking of painting white. It doesn't really matter what it looks like because it's going on a wall at the back of a cupboard which will then have shelves all over it so won't see much of the paint. I just want to lighten it up a bit in there as there's...

Is it true that high-gloss paint is prone to peeling from MDF units? Or at least more prone to it that standard gloss or matt...? Thank you!

Our stairwell looks awful. It was badly plastered and then painted directly on the plaster. I'm not sure what sort of paint it is but it's stretchy when you pull it off, almost plastic-like. There is also a lump across it where a handrail was removed. I want it to be a plain painted wall so...

I want one of those sit-on sinks in my bathroom - I'm not sure what they're called, but I mean the ones which literally sit on top of a unit, not an inset one. Can they sit on top of anything which is strong enough to support its weight? I'm not sure how the plumbing works... (I'm thinking of...

I want to varnish my internal doors, so that the wood shows through. Do I still need to apply knotting first? If so, the knotting solution I've used in the past leaves an orange stain around the knots which will look awful showing through varnish - is there such a thing as clear knotting...