I’m not gonna say that successful DIY is absolutely about careful planning, but let’s just say on a scale of 1-10 it rates about 9. In over 50 years of …
It’s been a strange week, at the beginning of it, I was in my local butchers buying our meat for the week, it’s one of the best butchers around, Alan …
I know January is still winter time, but when the skies are as clear and blue as they are today, and the sunshine is pouring through the window directly onto …
There are some of you out there that dislike Christmas, and find the paraphernalia of the season drives you crazy! Personally I love Christmas, I’m not too keen on some …
Altering, or changing a domestic electrical installation, is not something I would generally recommend to DIY’ers, but attempting a simple alteration, can be successfully completed, providing you are a “competent …
After 40+ years as a builder, I would say that the Victorian period for building is probably my favourite. That doesn’t mean I dislike other periods, and I do …
Although I’m desperately hanging on to the last vestiges of a poor summer (optimistically still in shorts and flip-flops)! the leaves are beginning to fall, the nights are drawing in …
It’s strange how a toothache often occurs at the weekend, when dentist surgeries are closed, and you wind up spending six hours in A&E allowing a dental student license to …
I was recently forced to unpick some refurbishment work that was carried out only ten years ago! There were issues with the plumbing and heating, even though it was a …
If you want to jazz up the lighting to your kitchen or dining room with a simple trick, and one that won’t break the bank, why not replace the existing …
Returning to the theme of water based problems, and how tricky it can be to resolve them, I’ve been guilty just like anybody else, of at first trying to ignore …
One of the most repeated problems I am asked to resolve, is the tricky problem of black spot, most commonly found in the bathroom, and kitchen, where exists the ideal …
One of my biggest pet hates is a running overflow pipe, and they generally tend to run unabated for months before they’re fixed. If running water is not attended to …
It’s that time again, Christmas is just over a week away! It’s a really busy time for all of us, shopping for presents for our loved ones, Santa is so …
Doorbells are okay, but I am a man that has always preferred nice “knocker’s”. I’m the kind of guy who prefers a good banging on knockers than pressing door-bells, and …
I was invited back around to my friends house for dinner again, I knew he wanted to discuss his Victorian house, and how to go about some aspects of restoration, …