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    Dulux Satinwood trade (oil based) not hardened properly after several months

    I painted stairs in a combination of White and a dark grey tinted colour - ‘Noble Grey’ both in oil based Dulux trade satinwood. The white was just an off the shelf tin, they grey was a made to order tint. Both bought at the same time and used less that a week later in March this year. 2-3 coats...
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    Lime repointing, 1910 London house

    House is circa 1910, London yellow stock bricks. Original pointing is quite a light colour. I seen and been quoted for repointing in lime ranging up to around £50/sqm with a 'weather struck' finish. I'm also contemplating doing this myself, with some ready mix products like Limetec or similar...
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    Removing limewash, sanding brick faces, acid, blast or other means?

    I have a 1910 London house covered side and back with limewash, then masonry paint on top, it was like this when we bought it and have been trying to figure out how to remove it ever since. The masonry paint is fairly loose and peeling in most areas (common for paint over limewash). Chemical...
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    Bosch Slimline Exxcel dishwasher - where does this part go?!

    Model is a SRV43M03GB new as of March 2011. This part appeared in the bottom inside of the dishwasher after removing and cleaning the main filters. I'm assuming its part of the filter set-up but I cannot figure out where this item goes! The part has the number 5600 010 997 on it and looks...
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    Wallpapering over a half plywood half painted cement wall...

    ...in a bathroom. It's the furthest wall from the bath/shower but the room will get steamy etc. The exisitng playwood panel covers a service shaft of some sort, I'm avoiding removing it. I want to wallpaper this one wall but not sure how to prepare the wall. The painted half is patchy paint, the...
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    tiling over old flaking paint

    I'm tiling all around the bath and shower area. Previously there was vinyl plasticy 'tile' all over, with a minimal section of tiles which were falling off. I've removed both the old tiles and vinyl fake-tile-paper stuff. Underneath seems to be the remnants of old paint and the cement wall...
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