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The most used entrance to our house is through the kitchen door and the door handle is an ornate design, made from cast aluminium alloy with a glossy black finish. However the paint is badly worn away from the handle and around the keyhole. What would be the best type of paint to use on this...

I've got a horizontally hinged circular wooden window in a bathroom. It's about 40cm diameter and doesn't have a catch or stay. When closed it simply stays put, largely due to gravity with a little bit of help from friction around the seals. The problem is that we often want to keep it open...

The living room in my new house has a fully glazed rear door with another window immediately adjoining it. There is a radiator below that window and the window is somewhat wider than the door. At the moment there are heavy curtains along the length of that wall, but they cover the radiator...

I have just moved into a house where all the interior doors, skirting boards and windows were stained a medium dark colour. Unfortunately in many places, wear has resulted in the original wood colour showing through. How to I go about getting them looking good again ? If I were to simply...

I'm about to lay a bamboo strip floor onto a concrete surface. The suppliers recommended that I glue it down and so I've ordered all the stuff to do that. Having lifted the carpet, I've discovered that the little bit of floor I previously examined is good bare concrete, but much of the floor...