8 August, 2021 | Decorating, General Handyman, Maintenance
It’s been exactly 2 years to the day that I painted the Old Town Community Library, I thought it would just need a clean, but it definitely needed the new paint too, possibly because of the volume of local traffic, either way it was nice to be asked back. I also...
3 July, 2021 | Drainage, Garden, Landscaping, Patio, Paving
For this project I called in another pair of hands, I have a lot of jobs on and need to get to the next job. We removed the old slippery decking from one half and the old patio from the other, then installed some drainage channel to improve flow and prevent a...
10 June, 2021 | Bricklaying, Building, Garden, Refurbishment
This old wall has been repaired in the past but there was a large section missing and had become insecure for children and pets. Also a tree root had damaged it and opened up the footing. I have repaired it as sympathetically as I can, following the same construction...
1 June, 2021 | Carpentry, Decking, Maintenance, Safety
I spotted this landing as being a potential safety risk whilst visiting my customer for another job. It gets regular use in the mornings as a great spot to have coffee with the paper. I have replaced it like-for-like, although, as ever, I’ve tried to do a better job...
30 May, 2021 | General Handyman, Signwriting
One of the kids painted a sign, I prepared a spare sheet of ply with white paint, printed off the lettering and used a charcoal pencil on the reverse, then with a biro I firmly drew over the printed lines leaving a dusty but accurate guide to follow with paint:
