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    Draw Construction

    Hi There, I am making some bedside chest of drawers at the moment and they have draws which fit flush with the front of the chest. I have built the draws using biscuits and screws leaving off the front of the draw. I then fit the draws in the the chest and measure up the front piece. Where I...
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    Laying Floor Tiles in a Brickwork Pattern

    Hi There From previous posts I've now ply'd and screwed my bathroom floor, self leveled it and am ready to start my tiling. The wife has selected rectangular tiles and wants them layed in a brickwork overlapping style. I've never laid this way before so would appreciate some tips or a link...
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    The floor is not level !!!

    Following advice on here I have started preparing my bathroom floow for tiling. This involved removing the chipboard floor and getting the plumbing laid (done) and then cutting in new chipboard (Done) to lay down the WBP Ply for the tiles. I decided before laying the ply to check the floor...
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    Sub base to tile on ?

    Hi there - I have a chipboard floor in my bathroom and need to lay ceramic or travertine tiles. The chip board floor has not been laid very well and has a few minor gaps in.To remedy this I was planning on laying DITRA matting and then tiling over the top of that. I've never done this before so...
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    Sub base to tile on ?

    Hi there - I have a chipboard floor in my bathroom and need to lay ceramic or travertine tiles. The chip board floor has not been laid very well and has a few minor gaps in.To remedy this I was planning on laying DITRA matting and then tiling over the top of that. I've never done this before so...
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    Radiator Problems ??

    Hope someone can advise. I have 1 towel rail that has three heating sections, only 2/3rds of the first section is hot and the rest is cold. I assumed it had air in it so tried to bleed it through the vent at the top. Air escapes for approx 5 secs then stops. If you undo the actual valve itself...
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    Painting Skirting Boards

    When fitting new skirts I have painstakenly masked off the wooden floor and then painted. When removing the tape I am always left with some over spill on the floor, albiet a very small amount but it still looks amateur. So 2 questions. 1) How do I paint the skirts whilst fixed to the walls...
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    Cross Cut End grain splits

    I am just about to start a project making a door from some softwood bead and butt t@g panelling, the wood will be finished rather than painted so I need some advice on how to stop the end grain splitting out when cutting the panels to length. Cheers
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    Laminate and radiators.

    When I fitted my laminate in the rest of my downstairs I had removed all the rads. I used a hole saw and placed the hole over the rad pipe and then put a covering trim over it which looks fine. In a room I am now doing the rad is already in place and I am not sure how to fit the floor round...
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    Damp coming through floor

    Having just self levelled an uneven floor this weekend I checked to see if it was all dry last night and noticed a small ( 12" by 6" approx) patch of damp in the corner of the floor. Now I remember seeing this area before just after construction but put it down to drying out / spilt water etc...
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    Uneven Concrete Floor ?

    I have a new section of concrete floor that has been laid up to the old one, this is smooth and level but is raised approx 5mm up from the original one. The original floor has been poorly laid by the previous owner and has all sorts of dips, different levels and the like. What would be the...
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