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    Carpenter needed Coleshill, Birmingham Area

    Need a chippy to fit ground floor skirtings and hang 12 doors. Been let down and got first baby on the way, so got a bit of a deadline to work to. :D Want the work doing in a couple of weeks time, ideally, so if anyone's got a few days spare in early/mid august, I'd be happy to talk to you...
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    Replacement shower door handles

    Thinking it'll be easier to start looking for the Holy Grail! The rubbish, plastic fittings on my shower door have finally given up the ghost. Fine, I thought, get online and I'll have 10 million to choose from. Can't find one!!!! Looking for a set of handles, back to back fixings. Glass...
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    Staining and/or varnish for doors.

    I'm looking to create a fairly good approximation of Black Walnut for about a dozen internal, glazed doors. Can't afford real walnut so I'm having some made in a, decent quality, clear pine. My thinking is to mix a little black with an off the shelf walnut stain, 2 coats, and then acrylic (maybe...
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    Sealing sanitaryware. Yes or No?

    Just fitted a new suite. I've tiled the room, floor and walls, in full. WC and sink are in and look great. Now, do I go round the edges of the toilet (back to the wall type) with silicon? Same with the sink, do I go round the edge, that meets the wall, with silicon? What do you guys...
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    Wall mirror fitting, corner treatment.

    Hi, don't know if anyone has any tips for this but... I'm in the process of fitting out an ensuite showeroom. It's quite small so, I want to put mirrors on 3 walls to give the illusion of space. The mirrors themselves will run in a band around the room and the largest will be about 1.5m...
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    12v spots and shower fan.

    Hi, I'm building a small en-suite and have now got to the stage of fitting lights etc. I'm going to fit 4 12v 20watt spots to the main area and I was thinking of putting one of those 12v combined fan/spots in the shower cubicle ceiling. My question is, how do I wire this to use its timer...
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    Wall to wall, floor to ceiling storage.

    Thinking of knocking one of these up myself :shock: Well, I'd like to have a go anyway. Ideally, I'd like to have the appearence of a false wall, ie very little framework showing, using push catches etc. Im thinking of timber frame with MDF panels, kitchen cupboard hinges etc. I'd like...
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    Blocking off internal doorway.

    I want to remove an internal doorway and was thinking of doing it using breeze-blocks. The reason for this is that the space created will be used to mount the new central heating boiler so I wanted something a bit more "solid" than a stud wall. How is best to tie-in the blocks with the old...
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