If you’ve decided to invest in solid wood worktops and intend installing them yourself, here is a DIY guide that should help you: Fixing kit When you order your worktop, many suppliers will offer a fixing kit, which will include all the basic bolts, strips and spacers you should need. If your supplier doesn’t offer…
Discovering fleas, either on your pet or in your home, is every pet owner’s nightmare. Although there are now great, easy to apply flea treatments for dogs and cats, there’s no getting away from the fact that from time to time domestic animals risk bringing fleas into the home. The first thing to say about…
If you’re the proud owner of decking and are frustrated at the build up of green algae that seems to keep spoiling its look, help is at hand. In this article, we want to propose a few ways to help you remove mold off your decking. The first thing to say about mold or green…
When it comes to caring for your deck, there are various options available and the best choice will depend upon the climatic conditions your deck has to face and the look and finish you’re hoping for. In order to demystify the decking care product options, we’ve put together this guide to help you decide…
Irrespective of whether you’re looking at landscaping the garden of a new build, re-landscaping an existing garden or simply improving your outdoor space, you’re likely to be posing the question between paving vs decking. There is little doubt that decking has become one of the most popular hard outdoor surfaces over the last ten…
Worries about the safety of wet decking are commonplace with both deck owners and people considering installing decking for the first time. An issue in both summer and winter, the reason for decking becoming slippery in the rain, surprisingly isn’t in fact the fact that the wood is wet per se, it’s because of…
If you’re planning a wood flooring project and are in the process of debating the pros and cons of traditional versus exotic wood species, we’ve put together this guide which will hopefully help you get to grips with the differences. In a nutshell, traditional woods include such species as oak, walnut, maple and cherry,…
If you’re planning a new look for your kitchen, you’re no doubt interested in the types of kitchen worktops available. No matter whether you’re intending a complete re-design of your kitchen or you’re just sprucing it up by perhaps changing the cupboard doors or the worktop, one of the biggest decisions you’re likely to make…
If you’re struggling to get rid of a sticky spot on your wooden floor, there are several possible ways you could fix it. How you fix it really depends on the cause and the extent of the stickiness of course, but we’d like to share with you a few tips and hints on getting…
If you’re planning replacing an existing floor, or are in the process of a new build, there are likely to be lots of questions running through your head about the different options. If you’ve decided that carpet definitely isn’t for you and that you want a wood surface for your flooring, you’re likely to…
If you’re planning a wooden flooring project, you’ll be forgiven for feeling that the whole thing is much more complicated than you’d ever expected! Many years ago, a wood floor was a wood floor. In this day and age, there are all different types of wood floor: engineered wood floor, solid wood floor, brushed…
Cleaning is rarely listed as anyone’s most favourite task, but it’s nonetheless an essential part of our day-to-day lives and nowhere more so than in the kitchen. When it comes to avoiding problems such as food poisoning and hygiene related issues, a clean worktop is a really important part of the overall picture. Various things…