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How to remove tiles off splashback?
I’ve attempted to pop the tiles off my kitchen splashback to do a diy replacement, but it’s been impossible. It seems like they’ve installed a seperate board with the tiles on it and screwed it into the studs. Any time I try and pop off a tile the plaster wall just bends and breaks because the join in the plaster is so…
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Can you make a kitchen benchtop out of Pine?
I’m wanting to do a diy kitchen bench top out of Bunnings timber panels. Because of the bench width (just over 60cm) my light wood options are limited to the pine panels or the ash or oak. The pine actually goes best w my floor boards because the pink undertones in the ash and oak panels clash a bit w the yellow undertones…
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What is this mesh behind my kitchen splashback?
Hi all, I decided to have a go and start removing the current splashback tiles, with the intention of retiling w something more up to date. However I’ve found this strange mesh behind the tiles. They aren’t coming off easily at all, and when they do it seems to take the paper off the plasterboard behind: I’m wondering if…
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How to fix plasterboard behind sink that is soggy?
I was scraping off some mouldy silicon just behind my kitchen sink at the bottom of the tile splashback, when I realised that my Stanley knife was able to easily go right into the wall. It doesn’t seem to be a widespread problem- it stops about five cm either side or that spot . I’m guessing the silicon was so mouldy that…
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Can you use Aquanamel on tiles in bathroom?
Hello, I'm hoping this hasn't been answered somewhere else - i couldn't find it if it was! A while ago i was painting a kitchen splashback and a tradie recommended using dulux maximum adhesion primer, and then Dulux aquanamel over the top. I did it in the kitchen and it's been pretty much fine for over two years, though i…
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How to remove a stripped screw?
Hi, i was taking my washing machine apart (partially) to replace the door seal, but ive been waylaid by one screw that wont come out no matter what i do. I've tried wd40, rubber bands, drilling it out. I've even gotten a screw extractor kit (although perhaps not a great one) and that's not working either. It's screwed into…
