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    Exterior wooden window frames - need painting - what to do?

    Hi there, My 3 shop windows are in desperate need of re-painting. The frames are wooden, most parts are actually fine but the lower window ledge parts - the wood has all split and cracked and the paint has also split and peeled all over. The wood itself does feel dry, not rotten. My...
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    Best way to fix/glue metal drawer handle to metal backplate?

    Hi there, i have a wooden drawer with a metal handle. The back of the metal handle is fimly fixed to the drawer. However, a small part of the handle has come off from the back plate causing, of course, the handle itself to come off. I have tried fixing the small part onto the backplate...
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    Beko Fridge Freezer - Fridge icing up and freezing food

    Hi there, We have a Beko Fridg/freezer. It is about 7 years old. In the last month of so the fridge has started icing up on the inside back wall. The ice only appears on the top half of the fridge section (the bottom shelf and the salad trays have no ice behind them) Along with this, some...
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    Lawnmower stopped working

    Hi there, I have a Quaclcast power-trak electric lawnmover. http://www.qualcast.co.uk/rotary/powertrak34.html End of summer last year it stopped working. I was mowing the lawn and to begin with the engine sounded like it was fading out before coming back again. Then it cut out...
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    Joining live+neutral TV cable to live+neutral+earth cable

    Hi there, Can I start off by saying I know next to nothing about electrics. Having mounted my TV on the wall, I bought a one way extension lead for the power cable. I decided that a neater job would be to join the TV lead to the extension lead via a connector. So I bought a "13 amp 3...
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    Lead Paint - Should I be worried

    Hi, A couple of days ago I gave the skirting and door frames in my living room a light sanding in preparation to be re-painted. I didn't wear a mask and it did get somewhat dusty whilst doing it. It was a quick sanding, I didn't try and sand down to the wood, but merely a quick rough over...
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    Damp on interior wall near back door

    Hi there, Sorry if this isn't the correct subforum for this topic, I wasn't sure where else to put it. I have an interior wall seperating my kitchen from my bathroom (my bathroom is downstairs). The back door leading to the garden is located in the corner of the kitchen positioned right...
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