This was the follow up work for the pointing job I did in Clifton, York earlier this year. Once the outside work was finished, the customer sprayed the whole front area with high quality water repellent to make sure there is no more water getting into the house through the front wall. After this weContinue reading “Wall repair and door step”
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Chimney repair
This was a quick day job just outside of York on a farmhouse. The cement bed (flauching) was blown on top of the chimney stack and the top few courses of bricks of have seen better days as well. Even though it was a low chimney stack I hired a tower scaffold to access itContinue reading “Chimney repair”
Door handles
This was another straight forward job, changing a lot of internal door knobs for bedroom doors and two knobs with locks for the bathroom doors. I chose ERA door handle sets as they are a decent quality make and they have door handles with or without locks and they look identical. Some of the doorContinue reading “Door handles”
Bath panels
This is typically a job what everyone thinks like “I can get this done in 30 minutes, how hard it can be”. As it turns out you can easily spend 3 hours with it without any breaks or stops. The customer had some really poorly fitted bath panels which needed changing. The idea is simple:Continue reading “Bath panels”
Budget friendly handrail
When my wife was pregnant she started to struggle to go up and down on the stairs at home as they are quite narrow and steep. The solution was simple, we needed a handrail. The only problem was (as always) we were a little tight on budget and even the cheapest handrail sets were overContinue reading “Budget friendly handrail”
Pointing in Clifton
This was a lovely and sunny Sunday afternoon and the job wasn’t too difficult either. I know a lot of people doesn’t like chasing/pointing but I enjoy re-pointing brickwork, I find it quite therapeutical. The home owners had damp issues by the front door which they wanted to get rid of. To start with, IContinue reading “Pointing in Clifton”
Garden tidy
In the past weeks every Saturday morning start with a bit of gardening which I really enjoy doing. Every two weeks I help a nice lady freshening up her garden in Acomb. The goal is that by Halloween, when she turns her garden into a trick or treat heaven, her garden is in its bestContinue reading “Garden tidy”
Cast iron fireplace & hearth
This was an exciting job in Acomb where I spent 3/4 of time with preparation and it just flew together in a few hours afterwards. Customer had an old gas fire and an ugly mantelpiece what they wanted to get rid of. A Gas Safe engineer disconnected the old gas fire and when they removedContinue reading “Cast iron fireplace & hearth”
Jetwash
This was a really simple looking job. Jetwash a customer’s drive. It became a bit tricky later on for two reasons. The first is that the a large sum of the concrete is overgrown with moss and it really didn’t want to let go from the concrete. The second challenge was that the water hadContinue reading “Jetwash”
Loft boarding
This was a project I did just before the lockdown kicked in. It was a bit more challenging than anticipated as the wooden ladder what the client bought on a sale event had to be altered to fit, but we managed eventually. The house is a standard end of terrace in Acomb, so there wasn’t aContinue reading “Loft boarding”
Screw it! 