Timber as a building material has a lot to offer: it’s readily available, cheap, light and easily worked – and it is ideal for flooring. However, timber does has its drawbacks, due mainly to the fact that it was once a living material and is affected by damp or dry atmospheres, by insect attack and [...]

Fitting skirting board nowadays is a whole lot easier to the difficulties faced many years ago when the design of houses was a little different to that of today. One of the difficulties usually faced is that the finish on the wall usually stops about 6 or 7 inches from the floorboard. This was done [...]

When building a new external wall, be sure to have taken consideration for any new window or doors that are to be fitted. Find out the exact measurement for the new window or door and make provision for this in your brickwork. You will want to make sure that you allow for at least 10mm [...]

If you have an old ceiling that is totally knackered with cracks all over it or perhaps you have a ceiling that has been wallpapered with that dreaded chipwood!! Aaagghhhh!!! Straight away you know you have your work cut out for you before even starting to do anything. Well don’t get too despondent as there [...]