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    Best Underlay for Wood Flooring

    I'm soon to lay 15mm thick engineered flooring in my living area. The existing floor is 18mm thick chipboard and I'm just going to lay the flooring on top (floating floor, glued at tongue and groove joints). There was carpet down previously. I'm a bit bemused by the ranges of underlay...
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    Adhesive for flagstones under wood burning stove?

    I'm just putting in a hearth for a wood burning stove. I have a couple of flagstones about 1.5" thick that I'll use, but I'm wondering what to use to stick them in place. I have a bag of Unibond Rapidset Waterproof adhesive that I used for slating my kitchen floor. Also have plenty OPC, sand...
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    What lock is this ?? .........

    The internal handle has broken on my front door and I can't find anything that looks like it so I can order a new one. Its a 3 point locking system that runs the full height of the door with one central bolt and an upper and a lower hook. The internal handle/lock has a thumbturn for opening...
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    Radiator removal

    I'm just about to remove a radiator that is surplus to requirements (just fitted underfloor heating). I'm wondering, once the radiator is taken out should I cap the ends or should I link the two pipes??
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    Resurfacing cracked sink

    We have a lovely old armitage shanks sink which is showing a few signs of age. There are a couple of major surface cracks and then a bit of crazy paving. It's porcelain with a white enamel finish. I've been wondering if there's a guaranteed way of freshening the sink up again. I've seen a...
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    Laying tilebacker boards on chipboard

    Ok, before I get berated for not reading the sticky, i have read through it but still want to ask this (great stickies by the way...very informative and well structured). I'm going to be laying slate tiles in my kitchen, with electric UFH and insulation boards (Marmox). I'm wondering, will...
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