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I planned to remove the horrible crimson carpet in my dining room and sand and varnish the floorboards. There are big gaps between the boards upstairs but from what I'd glimpsed when my central heating was revamped, I guessed the downstairs floor was better. The carpet is on underlay which is...

The previous owner of my house used self adhesive vinyl tiles in my bathroom. They were so hard to remove that British Gas cut straight through them and underlying hardboard upgraded the central heating. Not a pretty sight so I thought about exposing the floorboards but there are gaps of up to...

Wanted to replace the current 4" chamfered skirting that 's around the house with 6 " torus. BUT - the torus is thicker and wouldn't even fit behind some of the radiators let alone under some of the electric sockets and carpet strips. So what I think I need is some type of mounding that I can...

An area on an interior plaster wall adjoining my neighbour's chimney has a rust coloured patch. I've treated this 2 -3 times with cuprinol damp stop on and painted over it with emulsion but after a few weeks the wall starts to blister again from under the damp stop. Any ideas how I can deal with...

A long time ago, my stone flag kitchen floor was sealed with Thompson's waterseal. Thompson's tell me the only way to remove it is with white spirit. I've tried it and I can guarantee that it doesn't, even after generous doses of Nitromors. Anyone got any ideas?