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    Dust mask for sanding old oak floor

    Hi, I really hope someone here can offer some advice...... My other half and I are renovating an old French farmhouse, and have started sanding the oak floors. The dust is very fine and after a couple of hours using disposable dust masks we were coughing and spluttering, aching and shivering...
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    Using wall tiles on the floor

    Right, so now I have removed the old tiles from the oak floorboards in my bathroom, and want to get some new ones. However, I cannot find any floor tiles that are the same colour as the ones I want to use on the walls. The tiles I have just taken up from the floor were 1970's wall tiles...
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    Removing old tile cement from hardwood floor

    Hi, I have just lifted the 1970's tiles from my bathroom floor. The tiles came up very easily, but I am left with patches of what I can only describe as a cement-type adhesive which I am trying to chisel off the floorboards. As far as I know the floorboards are oak, and the tiles have been...
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    Richmond Stoves Wok Burner cuts out

    I have a Richmond Stoves 1100DFT cooker, which was installed about three weeks ago. I have only used the wok burner once, and now it cuts out after about 1 minute of use. Has anyone got any ideas? I know that you will be thinking 'surely it is under warranty', but (sadly) I bought it in the...
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    Fridge Freezer overfreezing

    I have a Kelvinator KC1 37A fridge freezer and the freezer section keeps icing up far too much. After defrosting within 3 days it has iced so much that the door won't shut. It only seems to have one dial at the top of the whole unit, and this is only set to 1. Can anyone suggest anything?
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    Fitting replacement wall lights that have two way switches

    Hi, I have looked (honestly!) but I can't find the answer to my query anywhere on the site, although it is probably there somewhere! My daughter has asked me to wire new wall lights in her hall. I did not take the old lights down, and the person who did can't remember how the wires went...
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