Household Jobs...
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Cleaning Gutters and Drainpipes
Cleaning your gutters and drainpipes is a useful habit to get into. Overflows can allow damp to enter your brickwork and damage the interior of your home. On this page...
Dealing With Damp
Damp problems are very common in older houses especially in the UK which has a wet climate. Read on to find out how to identify the signs of damp and to find out what...
Filling Cracks and Chips in Walls
Sometimes the thought of repairing damage to walls can seem like an intimidating job, especially when faced with a number of cracks and chips on your plaster walls but...
Fitting a Cat Flap
Fitting a cat flap may seem like a daunting task, particularly if you are a DIY novice. But it's really only a case of cutting an accurate hole, the actual fitting...
Fitting a Shower Enclosure
A properly installed shower enclosure will last for many years and protect the floorboards and walls of your house from water damage. There are two basic types of...
Fitting Kitchen Units
There will come a time when every DIY novice feels that he - or she - is ready to move on to something a little more adventurous. And what could be more adventurous...
Fitting Kitchen Worktops
Fitting kitchen worktops is a job that most people can do as long as they have had a bit of experience with sawing straight and vertical lines through wood. The...
Installing an Extractor Fan in Your Bathroom
Installing an extractor fan in a bathroom is an excellent way of reducing condensation, which leads to damp problems. Damp can leave marks on the...
Internal Door Repairs
Internal doors should be trouble-free but can occasionally offer problems, particularly in older properties. Doors can stick, drag on their hinges or warp so they no...
Lagging Pipes and Other Insulation
Many people only think of loft insulation when we talk about insulating homes. And there's a lot of that talk about, with rising fuel prices and a growing awareness...
Laying Loft Insulation
Any DIY enthusiast ought to be able to lay loft insulation but there are some safety considerations that you must be aware of first. For the purposes of this article...
Putting a Flat Screen TV on the Wall
It seems only yesterday that the flat screen TV was the new gadget to have, but now old-style TVs are no longer produced and we're looking at 3D televisions as the...
Putting Together Flat Pack Furniture
Each of us at some point in our lives will be charged with the task of putting Flat Pack Furniture together be it for the living room, the kitchen or the bedroom....
Putting up Shelves
Putting up shelves is a fairly easy DIY job but to achieve good results you need to approach this task carefully. Read on and you will learn all you need to know about...
The Basic Toolkit
A basic toolkit is essential if you wish to tackle DIY improvements around your home. On this page we list some of the main tools you will need along with tips on how to...
