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Excel tips and tricks: how to draw a floor plan

Oct

1

2020

Floor plan drawn to scale with Excel In this tutorial I discuss some Excel tips and tricks on how to draw a floor plan. This is a fun project and the advantage of using excel for this is that Excel makes it easy to draw your floor plan to scale. You could use this floor ...

Dishwasher cleaning and deodorising with vinegar and bicarb (baking soda)

Jul

7

2020

Dishwasher cleaning & deodorising hack Cleaning and deodorising a dishwasher This tutorial takes you through dishwasher cleaning and deodorising with vinegar and bicarb of soda (baking soda) as your only cleaning materials. This is an economical and highly effective way to maintain your dishwasher free of those nasty smells that build-up after a period of ...

2 Ways to grow your own lemongrass plants

Mar

18

2020

Day 5 sprouting leaves Day 5 sprouting roots Lemongrass plant Here are 2 ways to grow lemongrass plants. The first method is to cut a stem off a mother plant trying to get some roots with it and to plant that in a pot and place in a warm place and water frequently. The second ...

A pork crackling microwave rescue hack

Mar

10

2020

Rescued crackling Achieving perfect pork crackling can be a challenge. In the video below I demonstrate a trick or hack that I use to rescue a poor result, it works for me 99 % of the time. It involves the use of a microwave oven, follow my instructions carefully to avoid a mess in the ...