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    kitchen worktopjoints

    Use white bathroom sealant. Squirt a 3-4 mm bead into corner where sink top meets underside of worktop, and smooth with a wet finger.
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    Replacing a back door

    Squowse is right - 'hardwood' is a generic term meaning that it could be whatever stocks of hardwood they had left and is not of 'furniture grade' appearance (only suitable for painting). But it would still be a perfectly good robust heavy door (as long as they've made it properly). And...
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    MDF Coffee Table Holding Glasstop... w/ twist

    I wouldn't use nails at all. I would drill for screws, countersinking the hole so the screws sit below the surface, and then fill and sand - and then paint. Much tougher and more permanent. And, yeah, I would add reinforcement below the MDF to support the glass - just glue and screw more...
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    bamboo flooring - now has gaps

    If the ratchet doesn't work, and you don't want to use filler of any sort, then the only option left is to shape a patch using a piece/pieces of similar bamboo floor.
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    Replacing a back door

    Oak IS a hardwood, Sunkat92. As for which hardwood you opt for, which wood do you like the look of best? Hardwood doors will be more durable and less prone to movement than a softwood door (pine) Mortice & tenon joints are much stronger than dowelled joints - does anyone sell a hardwood door...
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    MDF Coffee Table Holding Glasstop... w/ twist

    If you're going to rout a 3/8" rebate to hold the glass, I suggest you use 22 or 25 mm MDF - you may need the extra thickness for the weight of the glass. As for painting it, just use ordinary primer (2 coats) and then a decent quality oil-based paint - which is how I paint MDF plinths for...
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    attempting the impossible...?

    Your cheapest option for wide panels with wood-effect is melamine faced chipboard (MFC) - you can get it in oak, beech or maple-effect, and places like Wickes sell it in different sized panels and in different thicknesses. Alternatively, you could consider using real wood veneer on MDF or ply...
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    making plaster even before glueing skirting

    Hand sand it with a sanding block and some 60 grit paper.
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    Mitre Saw Recommendation

    It will probably be fine. But I would bear the following in mind With cheap saws, you get cheap blades which do not cut particularly brilliantly - depends on how much 'break-out' you're prepared to accept. Cheap castings - the fences either side of the blade may not be in line with each...
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    summer house cutting list

    I think the only way you'd get hold of an actual 'cutting list' is if the list was for a project that corresponded exactly with what you wanted. Otherwise you would have to analyse the list to work out exactly how it differed from what you wanted, and then change the list accordingly...
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    Cracked wooden purlin

    I reckon that the reason the purlin wasn't replaced at the time it cracked was because of the cost and the upheaval/collateral damage involved in doing so. Which of course, will apply to you if you decide to replace it. I also reckon that the steel casing is probably adequate. From your...
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    Soffits ?

    I'm a cabinet maker rather than a chippy, but my gut says clad first. All of the rest of it is finishing. Cladding is fundamental to the integrity of the building.
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    Urgent help/ advice needed..cabinets/cabinets hangers/shelf?

    If these brackets fit in with the aesthetics of what you have in mind, then I don't think you should give up on them just yet. You may not need very many of them - 1 pair can support up to 150kg. With a 2.5m long shelf, you would need a minimum of one at each end and one more in the middle...
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    oiling a solid oak kitchen worktop

    To bmx: tung oil is yer best bet. Matt finish, waterproof, heat resistant, resistant to stains and solvents (when fully dry) and non toxic. Colouring is similar to Danish. Your table may have gone yellow and shiny from over-oiling it! :lol:
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    Urgent help/ advice needed..cabinets/cabinets hangers/shelf?

    Don't mention it. Happy to be of assistance! :lol: These brackets come in many different sizes, and you can buy them yourself from Mykitchenbits.com. Easy peasy!! So you've abandoned the IKEA cabinet then?
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    Timber finishes

    To answer your original question, the finish that has the least effect in changing the colour, is white candle-wax. But I wouldn't recommend it in this situation - its not easy to apply and get an even smooth thin finish, and for a fire door...........! Your best remaining options are...
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    Urgent help/ advice needed..cabinets/cabinets hangers/shelf?

    By "cabinet hangers", do you mean the means by which wall units are mounted onto a wall? If so, then the system we use at my workplace involves a metal rail (hacksawed to length) screwed to the wall with as many screws as is necessary, and with the 'hooks' fixed inside the cabinet (screwed to...
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    seasoned timber

    There's less warping, cupping, bowing and splitting in seasoned wood.
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    is mahogany still used in the trade?

    Mahogany is still used in principle - its just that there isn't any to be had. Wait another 150 years and we may see some come onto the market again! I imagine that its very unlikely that real mahogany would've been used for such purposes - but nice wood is nice wood. If it looks beautiful...
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    New boiler and flue, and some basic pipework - quote?

    HARALIAN - A medium cabinet? It'll be ready for you at the end of next week. Shall I pop it in the post or will you collect?
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