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Repairing timber floorboards
Most homes have timber floors in upstairs rooms but in houses built in Britain since 1945 and in recent extensions to older houses – you will often find that the ground floor rooms have solid floors....
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Hanging an internal door
The way a door opens can play an important part in a successful room layout and often builders fail to pay enough attention to this fact when the doors are originally positioned. You may, for example,...
View ArticlePutting up shelves
Shelves can solve many storage problems in any room in the house and enable you to make use of odd corners and unused space in cupboards and alcoves. Very few tools are needed and the materials are...
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Fixing shelves
The methods of fixing the different types of support vary slightly, but the general principles are the same. Remember to check, when deciding where to place the shelves, that you will not be drilling...
View ArticleAdjustable shelving systems
You have probably found however much storage space you have you always fill it. One way to keep up with growing plants, varying book heights, additional equipment and children”s changing interests is...
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Replacing glass in windows
If you break a window and cannot get replacement glass immediately, as a temporary measure fix a sheet of polythene to the inside of the window. With a wood frame either fix the polythene with...
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Locks for windows
If you are in any doubt about a security problem, go to your local police station and seek the advice of the crime prevention officer. CPOs can be found in virtually every area of Britain and their...
View ArticleFlatpack furniture assembly
Prices and fees Furniture assembly: £20 per hour (billed per half hour), first hour £30 Furniture dismantling: £20 per hour (billed per half hour). Day rate: £149 (eight hours). Furniture repositioning...
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Dividing a room with a timber framed partition
WALLS: Extra rooms The first step in building a wall is the same as with other major building jobs – write to the council. The local building inspector must approve your plans, check that they are...
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Wooden staircase
Wood bespoke stairs or laminate staircase ? This is a job where we used laminate wooden flooring , a much cheaper option than hardwood bespoke stairs we normally do. The staircase before The staircase...
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