Timber floors Solid wood timber floors. Not engineered not click clack. Solid bits of wood. Why it’s a bit blase considering were running out of wood. However, the actual floor I’m on about to review for you guys is cheap as chips softwood. Stuck to a concrete floor with an expensive adhesive, it does not work out that cheap. Having laid this floor myself Eighteen…
Timber today Absolute shite most of the timber, especially in this country. So why is that? Let’s investigate… I observed this door in the merchants just yesterday. Obviously brought back for return because of that nasty split. Was it damaged in transport or is it just a shite door? This is Sapele timber and its kind of a replacement for mahogany or teak that you…
The Birds and the Beehives Continued … So to make a bit more sense of last weeks blog. Here I am again still trying to explain the Birds and the Bees! Or at least my theme which this is week is Beehives. Now we have heard the numbers of bees are dwindling. According to the Guardian insects, on the whole, are in trouble? Why…
The Birds and the Bees I remember this saying as a kid wondering when I would be old enough for someone to actually explain what it was all about. In reference to sex in the human world, it had nothing what so ever to do with the Birds and the bees Cole Porter This guy wrote a song back in the 30’s “Let’s Do It,…
Consumer Direct With online shopping we can now skip out the middle man , well a lot more of him. With companies like E-Bay taking a very small percentage of your sale. Although it may have been the demise of some of the high street stores and probably many a business small and big. By the looks of things Online Shopping is here to stay.…
Shopfronts and re-fits Leamington Spa So again like Sash Windows a lot of Shopfronts in the Leamington Warwick and Stratford upon Avon area are listed. This means if you want to change the appearance or the design of your shop front. A fee has to be paid, roughly half a thousand pounds! Plans have to be submitted and they can be refused. If you…
Joinery and Cabinet Making in Royal leamington Spa So joinery it is then the subject of the blog for today and well it dates back a very long time. Like if Jesus himself’s auld lad Joseph was a joiner then it’s b.c for sure. I mean I’m struggling with the maths here but I think the Japanese were the first to master the trade. No…
Replacement and repairs to Sash Windows in Leamington spa History and facts The oldest sash windows to be known to go back to 1670. Some are still in existence in Ham House in London. Some believe without any conclusive evidence that they were designed in England. By a guy called Robert Hooke a philosopher architect and polymath. Others believe they are a Dutch invention.…
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail Its 8.30 a.m on Monday morning you have several tradesmen drinking tea. All-knowing their separate jobs and what they have to do all masters of there own trade. Chances are first fix or second fix if all the trades are there at once or even two or three different trades. They’re going to be in each other’s way.…
