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Home improvement companies use social media to create brand awareness

Home improvement companies use social media to create brand awareness

Businesses are turning to social media networks to enhance their online marketing campaigns. In June this year, the Nielsen Company, published an article stating that three of the world’s most popular brands online are social-media related, that social networks or blog sites are visited by three quarters of global consumers who go online and that [...]

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The benefits of having chrome taps in your home

The benefits of having chrome taps in your home

Chrome taps have been around for nearly 100 years and are very popular in today’s modern world for a number of reasons. The popularity of chrome has spread to other uses, such as appliance handles like those found in refrigerators, lighting fixtures, expensive toys etc. One of the hardest metals in the world, chrome is [...]

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How To Install An Undermount Sink

A. Using outline of the sink bowl as a template, cut out a hole in the counter in the position that you want install the sink. B. Make evenly placed holes in the underside of the counter for the screw plugs. C. Apply a generous line of silicone sealer (available from all hardware stores) around [...]

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Maintain A Good Swivel Action On Kitchen and Bathroom Taps

Maintain A Good Swivel Action On Kitchen and Bathroom Taps

Most kitchen taps and some bathroom taps feature convenient swivel spouts. These taps usually have rubber orings and a nylon bush in the spout for water seal and swivel action. To maintain good spout swivel action try the following: – Turn off the water supply to the tap – remove the spout (normally held in [...]

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Choose a kitchen sink that’s just right for you

Choose a kitchen sink that’s just right for you

With such a wide range of kitchen appliances and decorative items on offer these days, homeowners can create a variety of different looks in their kitchen. Sinks alone come in a variety of shapes and styles.

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Water Pressure Explained

When we turn on the kitchen tap or run a bath we may not be thinking how the water is coming out, unless it is dripping or not coming out at all! But, water pressure is something that we should all be familiar with. Most households receive water from a municipal water system where the [...]

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How To Install A Pull Out Kitchen Tap

Here are our instructions on how to install our pull out kitchen mixer tap item reference 56055. These instructions are also adequate for many other kitchen and basin pull out mixer taps. This item has a 1.5 meter weighted pull out hose that provides 40cm to 50cm of pull out reach. Click here to Download [...]

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What do you use to remove problem stains on a composite quartz sink

Bar Keepers Friend, available from DIY/Hardware stores is what the manufacturer of a very popular brand of composite quartz sinks normally uses to remove stains etc from Composite sinks

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How To Remove Ceramic Cartridges In Pillar Taps

How To Remove Ceramic Cartridges In Pillar Taps

1- unscrew the ‘H/C’ disc on top of the tap. This will expose a screw (some discs might pop off) 2- remove the screw 3- lift off the tap lever head. This exposes the brass nut on top of the ceramic cartridge 4- remove the nut which is part of the cartridge and so the [...]

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How To Clean Ceramic Disc Cartridges In Taps

How To Clean Ceramic Disc Cartridges In Taps

What and how: Ceramic disc cartridges are made with two ceramic discs each with two holes (for mixers) or 1 hole (for pillar or 2 handle taps) in it. One disc moves with the tap handle and the other disc remains in position. When these holes are aligned, the water is allowed to flow. In [...]

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