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The rough under the laminate is rarely perfectly smooth. Over the years, the substrate ceases to compensate for these depressions, and the covered ones begin to sag and creak. If this happens to you, then the unevenness under the laminate can be removed with a simple

When laying tiles, the main difficulty is not cutting, but drilling holes, especially for socket boxes. There are special diamond-coated crowns for this purpose. But their presence does not guarantee that the hole will be obtained in exactly the right place,

Making leather crafts is a noble hobby, which also allows you to make money from it. Such products are always highly valued. You can start mastering the basics of leatherworking by making a simple bracelet. It's really possible to do it without

Fan vibration is always caused by imbalance. If you return balance to its impeller, it will begin to work quietly and calmly again. This is not difficult to do, you just need to ship the blades.

Updating old furniture with self-adhesive film is an excellent inexpensive solution. Gluing it to the facade is not at all difficult, but you get sloppy folds on the edges and corners. It is immediately clear from them that the furniture has been restored with film. Stick it without similar ones

There are different ways to remove stains from fabric. It all depends on what kind of greasy product you stained your clothes with and how much time has passed since the contamination. Undoubtedly, if you quickly carry out the cleaning procedure and wash the item, then you will not

Even a very good projector will not be able to project a perfectly high-quality image simply onto a wall if it is only painted or covered with light-colored wallpaper. It definitely needs a screen. Buying it ready-made is a significant cost item, so

Meat dishes are best cooked in a cast iron frying pan without a non-stick coating. However, many people refuse it because it is difficult to wash. Let's look at how to properly care for a cast iron frying pan so that you don't have to scrape it later

Tons of sawdust accumulate in carpentry shops and sawmills. This is an excellent almost free fuel, but only for specialized stoves. If you compress sawdust into briquettes, you can use them to heat with any stove, even a potbelly stove. For this

If one laminate board in the middle of the floor is damaged, you have to remove all the adjacent boards to the nearest wall and, after replacing the damaged one, put them in place. A lot of hard and painstaking work. But there is an option to replace one board with

Silicone sealant has very good adhesion, so it is very difficult to remove it from the surface. Solvents do not take it in, so you can’t get rid of it easily; only a mechanical method works. However, there is a method that allows

The file blade becomes clogged with small sawdust. As a result, it stops working and just slides across the surface. To return the tool to its effectiveness, you need to clean out its notches.

It is often necessary to connect two round pipes of the same diameter at 90 degrees. Making such a connection “by eye” does not guarantee the quality and strength of the connection. But when using fairly simple markup with this case

Bent steel and especially hot-rolled angles have great rigidity and mechanical strength when exposed to bending forces. Therefore, it is quite difficult to bend it manually along a circular arc. But by doing something extremely simple, you can

Many types of welding work are best done using TIG welding. But this is too expensive equipment for an amateur who can usually only afford an inverter. If you have one, it can be easily converted to TIG if necessary.

When caring for a gas stove, we often ignore the handles and the surface underneath them, since they do not get dirty as intensely as the upper part near the burners. As a result, after a while they become very dirty. Even if you’ve already gathered for them

The surface of the white plastic window sills is gradually turning yellow. As a result, after a couple of years they don’t look presentable at all, especially if there were pots of flowers on them that left white, non-yellowed circles. Bleach plastic on

If you have old frying pans, do not rush to replace them with new ones with a non-stick coating.By treating them correctly, you can make sure that nothing sticks or burns to them. As a result, you can even fry pancakes in such a frying pan.

Sometimes laundry can have a musty smell after washing, even if expensive detergent and fabric softener are used. In this case, the reason is in the machine itself. But you shouldn’t call a technician right away, as the problem may simply be an incorrect connection

Over time, the interior door may begin to close with force as it sags. She rubs against the door frame and has to pull the handle with all her might. The cause of the problem is door hinges that become loose or bend under the weight.

It is incredibly difficult to bring a brush that has not been cleared of paint back to life in time. But with some tools and time at hand, this process can be simplified and ultimately achieve an excellent result. In principle, even a senior student can cope with such work

Old laminate, engineered plank, or interlocking vinyl tile may show gaps between the slats that weren't there originally. This is a consequence of the linear expansion of the floor covering. Such gaps can be removed without disassembling the floor.

There are many ways to join wooden pieces at right angles.Some of them are simple but unreliable, others are difficult to manufacture, and others require additional fasteners. Our connection is different relative

If you don’t have sheet PVC plastic on hand, you can make it from a piece of PVC pipe. This does not require special tools and devices, as well as special knowledge and skills. Any adult who can do this can handle this type of work.