Home & Garden UK
There are very many ways of getting into an established trade and have a career for life. In the past, the question “What do you want to do when you leave school” was generally answered by boys as Fireman, Milkman, Policeman, etc. etc. That’s because they were trusted jobs and usually reflected the family earning […]
Where I live we have underground utility supply pipes and cables. This should in effect mean that we have no cuts to our supply. So it was absolutely amazing to find that at 3am one morning the other week – over a Bank Holiday we had a major power outage. The first we knew was […]
You need a good team of experts if you’re going to build up a koshe property business. When a small contractor starts out, he has just himself and a work mate. Between them they are usually good at doing brickwork, pointng work, recementing, plastering, maybe brave enough to know how to carry out reroofing and […]
If there’s one area that needs super care and attention to detail, it’s the home utility supplies. Nothing is more dangerous than some slap happy chap trying to rig up some cheap form of electricity supply, or even worse, trying to get gas free of charge. There have been some very serious tragedies in the […]
When a new kitchen is designed to replace a twenty odd year old one, there are inevitably decisions on resiting ovens and appliances to take into consideration. I was amazed how easily the professional electrician made the electrical work appear when he came to prepare the cabling to connect up the ovens and fridge which […]
How complicated it can get sometimes when having general home renovations work done that involves electrical work and plumbing. so essential to have the professionals. We had a brand new one installed a few weeks ago and the new integral dishwasher eeding resiting quarter of a metre along from the old one. However it […]
I was having afternoon tea with a chum last week when she had a panic phone call from her daughter – I could hear the wailed “Mum, I’ve got a problem” from the other side of the garden. She discovered water coming through the ceiling light fitting in the back hallway. Panic stricken, she shut […]
It’s a jolly good job that domestic homes do not need PAT testing carried out before anyone can use the electrical implements and gadgets in their house. When you belong to a company or orther social association where folk gather to intermingle, eat, drink, watch films, whatever, the portable electrical items have to be checked […]
I am thinking about having a brand new kitchen this year and have started the laborious process of going from showroom to showroom checking out the different ranges and kitchen designs out there. For someone who has not even updated the current kitchen put in when the house was built, some 20 years ago, this […]
We all need light. Whether that turns out to be daylight through the windows, skylights or from artificial light it is imperative that good planning is employed. The way that sun and shade affect how a room looks is relative to colour schemes and where furniture is placed or kitchen cabinets and worktops installed. […]
