Today Shendapack Tips

Decorating tips

The Decorating Guide has sections covering the most common DIY decorating tasks.

  • Guide to wallpaper product labels
  • Wallpaper stripping
  • Cross lining a wall
  • Hanging wallpaper
  • Trimming around a socket/light switch
  • Papering into a door or window recess
  • Decorating a ceiling
  • Sealing a bath, sink or basin
  • Hanging a book shelf

Metric Conversion

Metric Conversion is a subject that can come up time and time again in DIY, for this reason we decided to include a basic guide to Metric Conversion along with a metric conversion calculator.

Painting tips

The Painting Section contains guides for the most common painting tasks.

  • Painting a ceiling
  • Painting interior walls
  • Painting wooden interior panel doors
  • Painting ceramic tiles

Plumbing tips

The Plumbing Section contains ‘how to’ guides which will take you through the most common plumbing tasks.

  • Removing a radiator
  • Cleaning a drain
  • Plumbing a washing machine in
  • Guide to central heating systems including how to drain and refill hydronic heating systems

Tiling tips

Our Tiling Section includes:

  • Preparing the surface and making guide rods (gauge sticks)
  • Finding the surface centres and setting out the wall tiles
  • Fixing the battens, applying tile adhesive and installing the first tile
  • Laying the remaining rows of the ceramic tiles
  • Measuring and marking the top, bottom and edge tiles
  • Cutting ceramic tiles with different tools
  • Cutting tiles around pipes
  • Replacing broken tiles
This entry was written by Admin, posted on February 8, 2010 at 7:47 pm, filed under Bathroom, Decoration, DoItYourSelf, Furniture. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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  1. Gutter Screens
    July 16, 2010 at 7:44 pm | Reply

    Some good tips. Having a gutter screen can also add value to a home.

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