I have just returned from a one week holiday in Cyprus. It was a cheap break and we weren’t expecting fantastic weather at that time of year but we stayed in a 5-star hotel with plenty of facilities and a good sea view. We would both have been quite happy to sit and read a few books but as it …

Rising damp is not usually baffling.. I have always been a sucker for a challenge. If someone tells me that they have a problem that nobody has been able to fix, I am there. Rising damp is not usually baffling but rising damp in a third floor flat is. Yes I do mean rising damp and not penetrating damp, the …

The fault lies not in the cupboard or the washing machine.. I had a call-back on a job today. The kitchen unit doors were knocking together. I assumed it would just be a simple matter of adjusting the self-closing Blum hinges and I would be on my way. It turned out that the hinges causing the problem were not Blums but the hinges attached to the washing machine.

Condensing boilers have undoubtedly become more reliable over the last few years, but the last couple of winters saw thousands of householders caught out by frozen condensate. Manufacturers offer clear guidelines for avoiding freezing, but not every job offers the opportunity to do things by the book and terminate the condensation inside the building. If the pipe runs to an outside drain, then there is always a chance that it will freeze. In response to this, we now have a number of products on offer which will stop condensate pipes from freezing.