This was a quick job I’ve done for an elderly couple. They turned their garage into a bedroom and needed a new TV bracket on the wall. They had the TV and the bracket ready and I was in and out within an hour. Bit of measuring, marking and drilling, and the bracket was onContinue reading “TV bracket”
Tag Archives: home improvements
Laminate flooring
Another recent job I finished in York. The customer had carpet in her bedroom but she decided it is now time to redecorate the room. Following some painting and wallpapering the flooring was the last step. She wanted to change the carpet to laminate flooring and this is where I stepped in. I started withContinue reading “Laminate flooring”
A very tall fence
Another recent job for one of my regular customer. He purchased the house not so long ago and now he is slowly turning his garden around to his liking. This time it was a bit of fencing on the agenda. His neighbour has an old modular concrete garage. You know the type, the one withContinue reading “A very tall fence”
Bathroom grouting
I recently had a two day bathroom repair job in York town center. The apartment had two bathrooms and the grouting in the bathrooms started to look yellow (ish) and tired. The owner tried bleaching it, steam clean it but didn’t work. The only solution is to take out the old grout and re-grout theContinue reading “Bathroom grouting”
Floodlight
At home we had an old motion sensor floodlight above the shed door, which was a great help any time I had to get some of my tools out very early in the morning or very late in the evening. But as it was an old halogen unit, it was expected that sooner or laterContinue reading “Floodlight”
Polycarbonate roof
It was a very recent job I finished in Acomb. The customer had two sheds which were joined together with another smaller shed which was set up as an outdoor bathroom. This bathroom shed is only half the width of the other two. The idea was that we build a wooden frame between the largerContinue reading “Polycarbonate roof”
Flat pack shinanigans
When it comes to flat pack assembly there are a few different types of people. There are the ones who are taking it as a burden but they know if they do it, the wife/partner will be out of their back’s and it’s a win-win. There are the ones who hate it with a passion,Continue reading “Flat pack shinanigans”
Chimney flaunching
A job I carried out recently in a small village just outside of York. The customer is living in a small cottage and they had problems with water getting into the chimney stack and into the house as well. The chimney stack is shared with their neighbour who also had similar problems. Each chimney potContinue reading “Chimney flaunching”
How to: curtains and blinds
I do quite a lot of curtain and blind fitting, but so far I didn’t have a blog post about this kind of a job for some reason. So here we go and while I worked on this post, I decided that we can turn this into a “how to” post, so you can followContinue reading “How to: curtains and blinds”
Handrail, bannister and spindles. A lot of spindles
It was a straight forward two day job to refresh a staircase and landing by re-painting the handrail, bannister and the spindles. A lot of spindles. Courtesy of another decorating professional I had to start with some heavy duty degreasing as the previous painter used an outdoor paint on the bannister which started peeling off fromContinue reading “Handrail, bannister and spindles. A lot of spindles”
Screw it! 