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Thanks Andy we are having the kitchen redone and replacing the heinous laminate so hoping these can be tucked away nicely ☺️

Thanks Fred! Good tip. There are many layers of paint and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them have lead.

Haha, if only it were that easy! I’ve scrubbed them and that dirt is unmovable. It’s truly disgusting. A repaint would be a decent temporary fix, as you say.

Thank you for the helpful advice! A lot for me to learn

When we get work done on the kitchen I hope we can get rid of those hideous double ones. Looks like someone was improvising on the cheap, and not in a good way.

Thanks all! Think the first one connects to an outside water tap. The double trouble one is connected to a gas cooker so think it’s a gas pipe. Grateful for all your tips!!

This made me laugh

Thanks Foxhole, appreciate the tip ☺️

Thanks Brian :) I don’t know if it’s magnetic… but I can try to find out. Since it’s in the kitchen I guess some sort of electrical cable system could make sense?

Thank you Notch7! Guess I’m just not used to having pipes running up the walls - do people often find a way to hide them in the wall somehow?

We moved from a newbuild flat into a Victorian fixer upper and there are pipes running along the walls. Example attached - first pipe running from bottom of staircase to right by front door. Second running along kitchen wall. Wondering what they are and if there’s anything we can do to hide...

Super useful, thank you!

Hello, we’ve recently moved into a Victoria house that was rented to tenants for decades. The architraves are scuffed and covered in many layers of paint. What’s the best way to make this look nice? Replace them or try to strip and repaint? I’ve attached a pic of the architrave around the front...

Thanks so much for your help :)

Thank you EFL! Obviously we don’t use a landline so is it possible/advisable to just rip it out or cut it off?

Hello all. Working on fixing up our Victorian house and wondering what these cables are by the front door? They’re pretty unsightly and would be great if we could get rid of them somehow.