With many a DIY repair job covered here on The Next Fix; we like to stay ahead of the game and so have gone on to bring you some of the best oven repair videos we can find on the web… anywhere. In this particular article we are going to examine a typical Single Electric [...]
Building your own shelves and cabinets can not only save you money, but give you an immense feeling of satisfaction. You don’t even need lots of experience to build a basic cabinet, just some free time, patience, the right tools and some handy pointers. Which is where we come in. Your basic materials are up [...]
While kitchens are the most important parts of our homes indubitably, they are also some of the most accident prone areas! However, not to worry, with the advent of technology, there have come up a number of systems and techniques, why, even accessories to protect your precious kitchen and prevent it from being roasted! In [...]
The wooden frame method is best if you are likely to want to open up the fireplace at a later date or if you are sealing the opening for use with a gas neater. In this case, the cover should be of asbestos-free insulation board, rather than with sheetrock. Blocking-up produces a solid wall that [...]
The bathroom is often called the ‘smallest room’ and unfortunately in many modern homes this is all too often true. Glossy magazines frequently carry pictures of luxurious bathrooms occupying a space two or three times the size of the average. For many, the reality is very different. Whatever the size of your bathroom, there are [...]
If you are lucky, you may have one or two original fireplaces in the house which are worth restoring. It is amazing how many ‘improvements’ in the past involved daubing a thick layer of paint over what was once a perfectly respectable fire surround or even covering it up with a layer of fiberboard. In [...]
There are many suppliers of kitchen units who offer a vast choice of styles, colors and individual shapes. Care is needed if you decide to mix units from different suppliers, since they are not all interchangeable. The commonest material used for these units is particleboard, with special fixings supplied. The quality of the board varies, [...]
If they are very badly damaged or there are missing pieces, new firebricks can be formed in place with moldable firebrick. This is a very stiff fire cement supplied ready to use. After cleaning and dampening the opening, you simply tap balls of the fire cement into place with a hammer and mold them to [...]
If you are going to keep a fireplace, you may find you have to make certain repairs. There are a number of problems you are likely to encounter. Loose tiles – Concrete fire surrounds are often covered with ceramic tiles and over the years it is quite common for these to work loose or become [...]
Some walls are structural or loadbearing, while others are non-loadbearing partitions and it is essential to know the difference between the two before attempting to alter or modify them in any way. Basically a structural wall is holding your house up and a partition wall is acting just as a divider between rooms. In many [...]