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Practical tiling, flooring and DIY guides from Multifors: tool advice, grout and sealer tips, and flooring buying guides from real trade experience.
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The 10 Most Popular Tile Materials
When it comes to choosing tiles for your home, you’re pretty much spoiled for choice. Whether you’re looking for wall tiles or floor tiles, there are a staggering amount of options out there for you to choose from. To make it a little easier for you, we’ve rounded up 10 of the most popular options…
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5 Tile Trends With Real Staying Power
Just like anything else, the world of DIY tiling is all about the latest trends. As a hardware store, we definitely notice this in the types of projects our customers will tell us about. At any given time, there are always a few things that everyone is suddenly keen to try. Between the projects we…
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Feature Range: Litokol Starlike EVO. An excellent grout with unique finishes.
Litokol is an Italian epoxy grout brand, and its Starlike EVO range does more than most grout — a genuine spread of colours and finishes, real chemical resistance, and a two-component formula built for wet areas. Here are our 5 biggest takeaways from reviewing the Starlike EVO range of grout products: 1. They have one…
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Drills vs. Impact Drivers: How to choose the right drilling tool for the job.
Drills are a staple of any toolbox. Whether you’re a DIY-er or a tradie, you won’t get far without a drill. Most commonly used for driving in screws and drilling holes, a drill is a versatile tool that can do all sorts of things if you’ve got the right attachment. Some jobs, however, will require…
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A Guide to Choosing The Right Grout
It happens all the time. You’re keen to start doing some DIY tiling, but you’ve realised that you actually don’t know anything about grout Yet grout plays a very important role when you’re tiling. It doesn’t just affect the look of your design, but the longevity and the durability of your tiles too. It’s always…
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Feature Range: Bosch Green Power Tools. Amazing for DIY, good enough for tradies.
Bosch Green power tools are Bosch’s DIY range, whilst their ‘pro’ range for tradespeople is blue. Here’s what we think of the Bosch Green range: Great value for money for DIY users. These green power tools are great for homeowners or DIY enthusiasts who only do occasional jobs and want something affordable and accessible. The…
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An in-depth guide to buying power tools the smart way.
Most handy people develop a pretty big collection of power tools over time. Whether you’re a passionate DIY-er expanding your skills, a new apprentice getting your first tool allowance, or just someone fixing up your home; you’ll often find yourself needing to buy a power tool or two. And then another power tool. And then…
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The 4 biggest benefits of choosing laminate flooring.
Laminate is one of the most popular timber-look flooring options for a reason — it holds up well, costs less than hardwood or veneer, and installs over almost any subfloor. Here’s what makes it worth considering. 1. It’s durable and easy to clean. Laminate floors are a multi-layer synthetic flooring product. It starts off with…
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The Best Tips for Caring for Your Timber Veneer Floors.
Timber veneer floors combine an affordable composite base with a real timber surface, but keeping that natural layer looking its best takes some know-how if you’re new to timber. Here are our tips for caring for it properly. Use cleaning products that won’t harm the coating. These days, most timber veneer floors come coated in…
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Understanding the different types of timber flooring.
Timber flooring adds real warmth to a home, but there’s a genuine amount of choice involved before you even get to colour or board width. The first question to answer: what type of timber floor are you actually looking for? Below, we’ll break down the 5 main types of timber flooring available today and talk…
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Dark or Light? 4 Things to Consider When Choosing the Colour of Your Timber Floors.
Dark and light timber floors both work well — the right choice depends more on your room’s lighting and size than on taste alone. Here are four things worth weighing up before you decide. 1. Consider the natural and artificial lighting. We think lighting is arguably the most important aspect to consider – it can…
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Porcelain or Ceramic? How to Choose the Right Floor Tile for Your Home.
Porcelain and ceramic are the two most common floor tile materials, and the difference between them matters more than it might look. Porcelain is the stronger, more water-resistant choice for most homes — here’s why, and where ceramic still has its place. Porcelain tiles are tougher and more durable. Porcelain is actually a specific type…
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10 Common Types of Nails and When to Use Them.
Nails are everywhere. Whether you’re a DIY-er or a full-on tradie, there’s a pretty good chance your next project is going to use some sort of nails. Yet as a hardware store, we notice when we speak to our customers that many of them don’t have a clear idea of what type of nails they…
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Feature Tool: Here’s how to choose the right Hot Devil Blowtorch for your DIY project.
Hot Devil is a well-known brand here in Australia, with a huge range of torches. There are way too many out there for us to cover all of them, so today we’ll be focusing on 3 of our favourite butane torches that Hot Devil offers – The Professional Blowtorch, The Mini Gas Blowtorch and The…