15 July, 2024 | Fireplace, Livingroom, Refurbishment, Tiling
For this project the customer wanted a cleaner fireplace now that they no longer want to burn logs. The riven tiles in front of the hearth were knocked out and I lined the inner walls with plasterboard, I also installed an adjustable vent to allow the room and flue to...
16 April, 2024 | Bricklaying, Fireplace, Livingroom
My customer wanted to upgrade their fireplace with a new woodburner, this involved a new flue and many other features including the surround etc. I was tasked with lining the back and sides with brick-slips and installing the LED lighting, the rest was done by a HETAS...
21 March, 2024 | Carpentry, Door hanging, Doors, Livingroom, Special projects
For this project the customer wanted to partition off part of a long open living room so that they had an office too. We discussed various solutions and they settled on pocket doors so that they wouldn’t have to deal with the swing space around furniture. As you...
3 March, 2023 | Carpentry, Livingroom, Shelving
There are many benefits to alcove shelving. It can add storage space, style, and functionality to any room, one of my customers asked me to install a shelf to replace the original TV stand, once made a further two were requested. I made them from 8×2”...
7 February, 2019 | General Handyman, Livingroom, Windows
Lots of little jobs have occurred over the last week, but this was a nice easy and slick one. A little bit of privacy film for a front room with large windows on a busy street. These were an inexpensive way of adding some obscuration without the faff and cost of...
22 November, 2018 | Carpentry, Livingroom, Shelving
This mornings little job was to install a new solid oak mantelpiece above a log burner in Heathfield. Some careful measuring and precise drilling meant a straightforward job that is all ready for some Christmas cards and...
