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”
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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”
DIY coat hooks within a few hours
This was a project I made back in late 2019 at home. At work we received a few very fragile parts and this was all shipped in a wooden crate. The top of the crate came off in one piece but the rest of the wooden box had to be broken up into pieces inContinue reading “DIY coat hooks within a few hours”
Hanging some pictures in Acomb
Last week I’ve been asked to hang some family photo prints in Acomb. I’ve met a lovely family and the job only took me a little over an hour. The photos are printed on a metal plate which is sitting over a wooden frame. The fixings were a bit unusual as I had to screwContinue reading “Hanging some pictures in Acomb”
Screw it! 