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    Dummy's guide to kitchen floors?

    Thanks. Bonus question: We've also got new worktops which we're getting someone in to install. Do we do floor first or after?
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    Dummy's guide to kitchen floors?

    Hello, We're looking to put new floor in the kitchen, but dno't know anything about it. It's currently cheap wood laminate laid on top of lino it seems. I like the look of tiles, but not the cold feel of them, so thinking about vinyl tiles. Are they suitable for kitchens? Are there any...
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    Do shady lawn seeds really work?

    Our lawn is patchy at best. It's in shade for practically all of the winter, but at the moment it seems to get a good dose of sun bar the odd corner and right under the trees at the end. Do shady lawn grass seeds work or should we give up on the idea of a lawn? What sort of care is needed...
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    Blocked drains

    Hello, hope you can help :) The sink and bath drains have blocked up. Hubby's immediate response was pouring down unblocking type chemicals. I'm not so keen on them from an environmentally point of view. In any case, it didn't work, and we discovered that the block seem to be on the...
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    Fitting a solid wood work surface

    Thanks for your replies. So really I need to start oiling well before the fitter comes to cut it? So as to get all the many layers it needs (otherwise, how would I do the underside)? So if I was to start a week before the fitter/cutter comes, and do one coat a day, would that be good...
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    Fitting a solid wood work surface

    So how long does it take to oil? For 3-4 coats to be applied with drying in between? Say we use Danish oil? Thanks
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    Fitting a solid wood work surface

    Hope you don't mind me joining in on your thread, but I have a few questions. We recently bought some harwood worktop surfaces for our kitchen thinking we'd cut the holes and fit them ourselves. But as we don't have any of the tools and don't have that much wood experience, we have now...
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