Here at 4K Construction we spend a great deal of time renovating and refurbishing older style properties. We love this type of work as some of the older properties are very grand and have lots of character in them. Older properties however, inherit a list of natural defects and just one of those defects is [...]

When building a wall over 1.125 metres in length it is always advisable to use a line and pins, for this will ensure a neat job. Before bringing these into use however, it is first necessary to build the corners, and making sure that they are vertical or ‘plumb’, in alignment and also to ‘gauge’. [...]

If you’ve been trying to make fit plasterboard around switches and sockets on the wall etc, you may be pulling your hair out because you just can’t seem to measure the cuts right. Well here’s a little tip that will save the headache and make the job a piece of cake. All you need to [...]

Here’s a small tip that may help you if you’ve been trying to fit skirting board in an older property with really thick plaster on the walls.   The problem usually faced is that the plaster on the wall will normally stop about two courses of brick above finished floor level. This alleviates any bridging [...]