DIY

This winter, we checked the house for potential heat leaks using a thermal imaging camera, which was a very helpful and insightful exercise. One of the areas that we identified…

We’ve got a sweeping gravel driveway leading up to the house, which looks great and that doesn’t flood with heavy Welsh downpours, but it’s a nightmare to keep it weed-free.…

One of the best features and selling points of Felco secateurs, pruners and loppers is that you can take them apart to clean, fix and maintain them, which is very…

It doesn’t matter how careful you are. At some stage your garden shredder will block up, whether it’s a twig or branch that has gone in at a funny angle…

Silicone, sealant, caulk and adhesives play an important role in DIY projects. In three years, we’ve lost count with the amount of ‘specialist’ products we’ve tried. Today we’re reviewing a…

When it works as it should, you can’t knock the Vortex home sewage treatment plant that the previous owners installed. It works brilliantly. In three years, however, we have learnt…

This week we put up another Netatmo security camera to monitor our back garden, which was a tricky installation because we needed to drill through a thick, insulated wall to…

I have always loved paper pompoms, but there is only so many times you can use them before they get torn, frayed, flattened or squashed. These fluffy tulle ones are…

Two years ago we sanded down and treated all our garden furniture using a variety of products from different brands. Some have been better than others, and the Sadolin varnishes…

From the time we moved in, we had two cheap taps on the basins in the guest bathrooms. Last week, one of the taps finally broke so we purchased some…