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I’m looking for help and advice in regards to some kitchen lighting from the people with experience of using/fitting kitchen lights. I just got my wren kitchen delivered and I’m looking to start fitting it over the next couple of weeks. I am resheeting most of the kitchen so any cables can...
I want to make the kitchen wall cabinets taller. What's the easiest way to do this?
I can't find the dimensions I need in store for the cabinets, only the doors.
I have this tall cupboard in the kitchen. Reluctant to knock it down as it's surrounded by brick walls. I thought to use it for appliances but the door/frame in only 57 and 57.5cm. It's about 64cm wide and 63cm deep making it hard to reach into.
What's the best way to use this? Kitchen larder...
Hello all! A late hi to you as I’ve just pulled myself back out from under some cabinets.
fitted a new kitchen in to an 1890’s red brick and am having issues with condensation under the cupboards (surprise surprise) from two sources
1 - cooker when running.
2 - generally wall being cold...
Hi all, I am currently renovating an old victorian house and coming accross a fair few conundrums to get my head around while i'm tackling the DIY,
it currently has old original quarry tiles in the kitchen over a sand base, my idea was to slc over them and then tile on top.
I put down some...
I am planning on extending my kitchen so that it's open towards the living room. I wanted to know if I will be needing a steel beam to support the wall? (See attachments on existing and proposal plans).
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I have just bought a very old stone house.
Doing a lot of the work ourselves and wanting to put the wall units onto the wall.
The wall has been knocked back to the stone and had plasterboard dot and dabbed on and then skimmed.
How do we attach the wall units on safely so that they hang...
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I have a bit of an issue at hand. The story goes like so, This customer wanted me to take on the works to supply and fit a kitchen and redecorate a full house. In the end he only gave me the works for the supply and fit of the kitchen and gave the decorating job to some other guys to...
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Doing a small DIY project in the kitchen and i have a Stainless Steel Back splash to install as well as Stainless Steel up stands that im planning to fix to the wall.
Any recommendations as to what adhesive i should use. Some say Silicone, Some say Gripfill.
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Hi all, What is a cheapish router that will be okay for doing multiple kitchen worktops, I have a jig just need a router. Was thinking about Makita. Please if there Is there any tips that you can pass on to me as I've only ever routed one worktop before?
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I want to install a socket in the side of my kitchen island.
the carcass is probably 18 mm and then there's another 18 mm end panel on top of that.
can someone give me any advice on the type of back box to use and also if the carcass and end panel will be deep enough to install...
I don't know if it is anything to do with electrics but there is a little decorative thing sticking out next to my light fitting in the kitchen. It looks like it's been painted over a good few times. It's only about an inch wide. I am planning on getting new light fittings soon and this is in...
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Can anyone help please. I have moved and in the kitchen is a broken Silavent 106. I'm looking to take it out and replace it but don't know what to replace it with.
I've seen Silavent 100TB but I don't know if it would be suitable. Also this one seems to be for bathrooms not kitchens...
I'm installing a new kitchen on Monday. The guys who took the necessary walls out, moved the sockets, did the plastering etc have left a loop of twin and earth in "about the right place" to add a socket in the correct place for the Dishwasher, fridge and Plinth heater. My query is in several...
Im fitting a 28mm solid iroko worktop around a chimney breast. Image attached for reference.
There is a range cooker in the chimney. The worktop will be scribed around the chimney breast running into to space and down the side of the cooker. This will obviously result in a thing shortgrain...
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I am soon to fit/have fitted a new kitchen.
Currently I have a single electric oven on one side of the kitchen with it's own circuit. The new integrated double oven (no hob) will be on other side of the kitchen. The other side of kitchen does have an unused (but live) fused connection unit...
I am about to fit a kitchen that includes an integrated dishwasher and washing machine. These will be either side of a central sink unit. The units on the other sides of the appliances are both corner units. So I will have a corner post next to each of the appliance doors. The kitchen designer...
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I have a 2nd hand quartz worktop I need to re-cut to fit our new kitchen. Approx 25mm thick. I've done plenty of research (there's lots of conflicting information out there!) and I think I need some kind of skillsaw or tile saw that can work wet, definitely diamond blades, coolant, and a...
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I have been building a cabin in my garden and the interior is OSB board in the kitchen and hardwood plywood in the bathroom. (Wetwall around the shower area)
I have painted Zeroflame Fire retardant paint on to both surfaces. (OSB & Plywood) You can over paint this fire retardant paint...