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    Flashing corrugated roof to corrugated wall

    I'm putting a corrugated steel roof on a lean to against an existing shed that has a corrugated steel wall. Is there any easy way to flash between the two? I'm not sure if flashband would be flexible enough, particularly if the peaks and troughs don't exactly line up. Anyone got any ideas...
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    Sealant on wooden framed double glazing

    I wondered if anyone had any advice on the following. I remember seeing somewhere that it was a good idea to put a bead of silicone sealant on the outside of the window around the edge of the glass and the frame, as shown in red in the picture: The objective being, I think, to prevent water...
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    Matching paint stipple effect

    I have to replace a patch of plasterboard, which has been painted with a stipple effect as shown in the pictures below and so need to try and figure out how to match it. It seems quite different to a normal type of artex stipple effect and is quite patchy, with variable size bumps. If I...
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    Dismantle kitchen mixer tap

    Hi all, the cold water tap is stiff on my kitchen mixer, so I thought I'd get the valve out to give it a bit of a grease, but unfortunately I can't seem to work out how to even get the top of the tap off. The tap looks like this: Bigger version: http://i.imgur.com/SMwo9.jpg...
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