Tag Archives: home improvement

Essential Electrical Checks to know Before Buying a Home

Electrical checks

When looking for a house, we tend to get all sentimental and visualize how we will create a cosy new dwelling for ourselves. However, it’s more important to take a practical approach to buying a home.

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How to Stop Condensation in Your Loft Space

Loft Insulation

Condensation is one of the most common issues faced by British homeowners. It’s estimated that at least 1 in 5 UK homes suffers from excess condensation, often in the loft space. There are many reasons for this which we’ll discuss further below, but one of the most common causes includes the measures we take to make our homes more energy …

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7 Top DIY Security Ideas For Your Home

Security Ideas For Your Home

All you need to know about protecting your home against intruders. Most of these security ideas for your home can be easily carried out without the need for hiring in a professional.

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Cracked Ceiling, Leaks & Water Hammer – ASB #17

Cracked Ceiling, Leaks & Water Hammer

Chris Hanson's garden slopes a bit and he's going to have it excavated and build retaining walls and asks if he needs a perforated pipe for drainage with gravel behind each wall.

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Bathroom Renovation #10 – Final Fitting

Bathroom Renovation #10 Final Fitting

In our final part of the bathroom renovation series, Roger sorts out the pressure with a new Kingspan unvented cylinder and Jubi joins us to take care of fitting the furniture and putting the finishing touches to our epic installation season. Special thanks go to Abacus for supporting this series: www.abacus-bathrooms.co.uk Tools and materials used in this video series: Abacus …

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Bathroom Renovation #9 – Time for Tiling

Bathroom Renovation #9 Time for Tiling

Roger fixes a few final plumbing jobs before Martin the tiler from Abacus comes in to start the tiling the bathroom. Martin also puts the LED lights in the tiled recess shower shelves to complete the shower area. Special thanks go to Abacus for supporting this series: www.abacus-bathrooms.co.uk Tools and materials used in this video series: Abacus Elements Ultimate Construction …

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The Money Pit & Weekly Leak News – ASB #6

The Money Pit

Roger’s comes back to the rescue with our weekly Ask Skill Builder show and Episode 6. We take a look through your emails, Facebook messages and YouTube comments and Roger does his best to steer you in the right direction. John Collins is considering buying a ‘doer upper’ that needs an epic effort to turn around. He asks “Just wondering …

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Bathroom Renovation #1 – Demolition & Rip Out

Bathroom Renovation #1 Demolition

The first episode of our new bathroom renovation series in association with Abacus bathrooms. Over the course of this video series, we will show you how to renovate a bathroom from start to finish. This is the demolition & rip out and demolition of the old bathroom before the new wet room can be built. Tools and materials used in …

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