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A plastic baseboard is the optimal solution for those who plan to make an economical repair in an apartment or a private house. Moreover, it looks good not only in living rooms, but also in office premises. High skirting board, in spite of its size, harmoniously blends into the surroundings, giving the room a complete look.

Laying a new linoleum on top of the old is not that hopelessness, but rather, one of the ways of budget updating the flooring in an apartment or private house. This method has 2 important advantages. Firstly, you do not need to spend time and energy on dismantling the old linoleum. Secondly, you do not have to perform foundation preparation (screed repair, etc.

Using a home-made lock made of a round aluminum billet, you can set the sash of the plastic window in ventilation mode at different angles. The device itself consists of two halves. There will be a bearing in one of the halves. Under it, you will need to drill a channel, and then squander the seat.

Cleaning fish from scales is a tedious task, especially when there are a lot of fish, and you need to clean it quickly. And therefore, the author offers a homemade product, which, in his opinion, is able to facilitate this difficult work. To make a homemade screwdriver attachment you will need one long bolt and three old jigsaw files.

In some situations, for more convenient storage and transportation of bulk materials that act, for example, as waste, it would be nice to reduce their size. To do this, you can use the vacuum compression method. And you can do this even at home. To do this, you need an ordinary stretch film, scotch tape and the simplest household vacuum cleaner.

What do you want most in the summer heat? Of course, cool. If there is no money to buy a full-fledged air conditioner, you can get by with a simple home-made mini “air conditioner” for the first time. To make it, you will need a plastic canister, fan, on / off button and some other materials.

In this review, the author tells how to glue the mirror flush with the finishing material (ceramic tiles or porcelain tiles), which is already laid on the wall. This work is carried out in two stages. At the first stage, it will be necessary to prepare the base to which the mirror will be mounted.

Exterior of the house in a classic style always requires a lot of costs. Columns - the most spectacular element that gives the facade a nobility. To turn a regular round pillar into a column will help the foot and the capital. The author shows how to make the foundation of any shape with cement with your own hands. Think over the desired type of foot and cut out a shape from a sheet of metal.

Have you decided to make a good booth for your dog? Then pay attention to this option. The master made this booth from a wooden lining. Of course, other materials (even plywood) can be used instead of wooden lining. The design feature is a removable bottom, which simplifies cleaning inside the dog kennel.

Using calcareous textured material and paper napkins, you can make the effect of "genuine leather" on the surface of the wall. This finish looks unusual and original. On a wall of 9 square meters. m. 156 paper napkins 24x24 cm in size are required. This is a little more than 1.5 packages (100 napkins in one package).

Ordinary household scissors lose their sharpness over time, may wrinkle paper or not cope with the fabric. You can get them in shape very quickly. Few people know that the easiest way is the most effective here. Scissors cannot be sharpened with knife sharpeners, after which they can only be thrown away.

In this review, the author shares simple, but useful tips and tricks that are useful to everyone involved in laying tiles, and in general - repair in the house. For example, sometimes you may need to shift tiles that are already laid on glue. How to do it without problems? It is inconvenient to do this with a conventional punch blade - it is better to use a wide blade for this purpose.

Often gaps appear between the laminate boards. Not everyone knows that plastering will not help in this situation. It will simply crumble with further movement of the floor. It is recommended that the boards be knocked down so that the joints come together. And in this review, the author talks about how you can get rid of gaps and avoid their appearance in the future.

A warm floor in a private house is an excellent element of comfort. Also, this system really allows you to save on heating. In this review, the author shares his own experience on how to make a warm floor in the house with your own hands. The author will not make a rough concrete substrate, but decided to put the whole system of underfloor heating directly on the ground.

Using decorative plaster travertine, which imitates natural stone, you can make the interior more original and unique. That's just worth decorative plaster is not cheap. However, you can make a budget option for wall decoration for travertine, using conventional putty. True, it is worth noting that the labor costs in this case will be more.

Today there are different designs of fences. And one of them is a picket fence - vertically arranged strips (pins) that are attached to horizontal slats. The slats themselves are mounted between pillars, which can be concrete, brick or made of natural stone. In this review, the author shows how to make concrete fenders for the fence.

What is an ondulin tile and is it worth it to use for roofing a private house? We will talk about this in detail in this review. If the topic is interesting, read on. Some people call ondulin nothing more than a euro-slate, others call it “paper” slate. However, it should be noted that this material has nothing to do with classical slate, except for perhaps a wavy shape.

A good master during the repair can make many elements of the environment independently from simple and affordable materials. For example, in this case, the author suggests using gypsum in the work. The basic idea is how to easily make a carriage for skirting boards, moldings and cornices. You can create unique and durable products with a material consumption of only 2 kg per meter.

To make an imitation of a wooden surface on a wall with your own hands is not at all difficult. First of all, you need to give the wall surface the desired texture using tile glue and a decorative roller. Thus we get a ready-made base that will need to be painted in the desired color. And note that you can make an imitation of both white and brown wood.

In this review, the author shows how to use a regular silicone tablecloth and toilet paper to get a very beautiful and voluminous ornament on the wall or other surfaces. Cement putty is used as a textured material. It can be diluted with water or, for greater ductility, add 10% PVA glue.