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How can I reuse or recycle old wallpaper?
We had an email to Compost This from Tracy, asking: Just wondered if old wallpaper is compostable. Just stripped it all off my daughter’s bedroom walls and I am just starting on the rest of the house....
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How can I reuse or recycle IKEA allen keys?
We’ve had an email from Bree, asking: How can I recycle/reuse the multitude of little allen wrenches I have acquired with my IKEA furniture? I have a pile of them! It’s a shame they’re not opt-in to...
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How can I reuse or recycle a broken step ladder?
We’ve had an email from Kit: how can I reuse a broken step ladder? the rungs are alright, it’s the support bit at the top that hold it in the upside down v shape that is broken. i could just give it...
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How can I reuse or recycle worn out sandpaper?
We’ve had an email from Jack: Probably a long shot but i was wondering if anybody could think of any uses for old bits of worn-out sandpaper (i.e. once that have passed their optimum sanding...
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How can I reuse or recycle bits of plumbing pipes?
As I mentioned the other week, we currently doing some work on our new house before moving in – the stuff that is far, far easier to do when the house is empty. One of the biggest jobs has been taking...
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How can I reuse or recycle old plaster board/drywall?
We’re finally having some damp-proofing work done on our lower ground floor – in what will become our awesome office. I say “finally” because it was supposed to be task #1 when we bought the house,...
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How can I reuse or recycle louvre doors?
We’ve had an email from Stuart: Dismantled some fitted cupboards, six tall louvre doors leftover. Ideas? I really like the idea of louvre/louver doors as indoor window shutters, an alternative to...
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How can I reuse or recycle an old ladder?
Ladders are frequently decommissioned when they become a safety risk – the wood gets a bit rotten or metal bent or rusty – but they can still be used for other things — just not whole-human-weight...
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How can I reuse or recycle carpet underlay?
Not ones to rush, we’re finally getting some carpet fitted in the room we started renovating when we first bought this house last September. Now this might be carpet sales person nonsense but all the...
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How can I reuse or recycle paint roller trays?
Is there a word for when you’re window-shopping skips? I was skip-gazing (?) around the corner the other day and as well as having a mighty fine looking pallet in there (yoiiiiink), there were several...
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How can I reuse or recycle old PVC pipes?
We’ve had an email from Madhvi asking : how can I creatively recycle old PVC pipes? We’ve covered some reuses for guttering and drainpipes – which are increasingly plastic these days – but I thought it...
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How can I reuse or recycle wallpaper samples?
Following on from the paint tester pots the other week, I’ve got some wallpaper samples that have served their purpose too. I really can’t wait for our renovations to be over! Like the paint, the...
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