When you’re improving your home, there’s almost always a need for items made of wood. When you can’t find what you want as a standard item, you’ll need to commission bespoke joinery.
Ever been looking around the house of your dreams and found that something as small as a faulty light has unearthed a host of electrical problems that suddenly turns your palace into a shed? You’re not alone.
Carpentry always looks very easy to do, putting up a few shelves, but my word you can get yourself into all sorts of trouble – especially if you haven’t done it before! Many a time before I realise you had to check what you wanted to drill through first and choose the right type of fixings I have made a real mess of perfectly good walls!
The winter tends to make the signs of damp, mould or condensation problems in our homes easier to spot. Just as the cold and damp weather hits many of us with achy joints, so too do many older houses suffer in the winter from problems associated with cooler temperatures and too much air moisture, whether you live in the city, where it’s a few degrees warmer, or out on the wet and windy coast!
