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    Treatment for doors and shelves

    Hi, Thanks for the info. The supplier is a scandanavian country from whom my kitchen supplier receives many wooden items from.They tried to get some info for me but had no luck.
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    Treatment for doors and shelves

    Hi, I have 3 chunky solid oak shelves in my kitchen which I have been oiling as per instructed by the manufacturer. The oil is vegetable oil which was supplied, but its not like vegetable oil I have seen before. Its has no aroma and has a similar consistancy as water. I want to know where I can...
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    Sealing a shower tray

    Can anyone help me ?. What is the best way to seal a first floor bathroom shower tray. The walls will be tiled afterwards.
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    Concrete mixes

    Yes the Aga needs to go on a base in order to bring it up to worktop height. Its just the mix of the concrete I am not sure of. I am assuming the concrete would have to be a strong mix.
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    Concrete mixes

    I had to dig into it a few days ago on another project to do with plumbing, but since you have asked I have now measured the depth and the concrete is is 4 inches deep.The area where the Aga will sit already had a base for an Aga but the previous owners of the property had the base at 6 inches...
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    Concrete mixes

    A ground floor domestic kitchen. The concrete floor is around 3 inches thick, below this there seems to be a couple of inches of polystyrene and then some reasonably solid hardcore.
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    Concrete mixes

    The base of the Aga is 987mm x 680mm. The floor is concrete of around 3 inches thick but I don't know how strong.
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    Concrete mixes

    I need to lay a concrete base for an Aga range which weighs approximately 408kg. What mix of ingredients would be required eg. the ratio of cement, sand etc ?, and how deep ?.
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    Shower base tiled

    I want to do away with a shower tray and increase the size of my shower area by tiling. Can you get pre made concrete trays to tile on ? and would any plumb centre sell the approiate waterproof membrane ? or is this a serious job and not for a d.i.y.er ?
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    No hot water from taps but heating fine.

    I had a similar problem in the property I recently bought. I am not a plumber but I remember the chap who was trying to solve the problem telling me the hot water tank was to small and it was missing a coil for heating the water. I have an aga range that heats the water, but in the summer when I...
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    Cleaning and lifting parquet flooring

    Thanks for your help. I am looking forward to many weekends spent lying on my kitchen floor. Maybe I am lucky the kitchen manufacturer told me 12 weeks before they can install it.
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    Cleaning and lifting parquet flooring

    Thanks for the info. I am assuming it is bitumen as it is black and looks like tar. Are their any chemicals to freeze or soften the bitumen for easy removal, or will it be several weeks of torture. My floor at the moment goes around the current kitchen and as the new kitchen is larger with more...
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    Cleaning and lifting parquet flooring

    How to lift a parquet floor, clean the blocks of the glue, or bitumen, and clean the floor of glue in order to relay?. I have to remove a considerable amount of flooring as I am fitting a new kitchen but have no idea how to lift and clean the glue etc.
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