Radiators are a necessary evil if you want to stay warm. As such, while we are glad to have them, we generally try to minimise their appearance in our rooms. This generally means painting them.
The first question to consider is what colour to use. You may choose to blend into your wall, but it is [...]
Conservatory underfloor heating is usually installed in such a room to allow its use throughout the year, rather than just during the spring and summer months.
Underfloor heating is the most common alternative to the more conventional forms of heating such as radiator networks or wood, coal, gas or oil burners. In contrast to the [...]
When you are planning where your furniture will be placed in a room, the position of the windows and doors has to be taken into consideration. In homes with traditional central heating systems, you will also be restricted by where the radiators or storage heaters are positioned. If you position a wardrobe, sideboard or a [...]
This does require a degree of skill, but if you never try new DIY projects you never get any new skills that can be used again in the future. Plastering a wall is as good a place as any to begin.
Pour water into multi-finish plaster, mixing in a bucket extremely thoroughly until you have a [...]
For an underfloor heating system to work efficiently it needs an insulation layer below, to ensure all the heat goes up directly into the floor. This also allows the floor to heat up more quickly and keeps running costs down. The type of underfloor heating insulation will depend on the type of system that you [...]
Laying expensive stone tiles on a new kitchen or bathroom floor requires a very level surface or very shortly they’ll be looking like a set of dodgy teeth, wobbling alarmingly if you so much as touch them.
To avoid such a dismal outcome, a sure-fire way of getting a dead-level floor is to use a [...]
When it comes to fitting bathroom sinks, planning the exact location of your bathroom sink needs careful consideration. Bathroom sinks require sufficient space around them in order to ensure comfortable use. Bathroom sinks that are to be wall-mounted need to have substantial fixings – ensure that the wall is in good condition, with something solid [...]
Underfloor heating is gaining a huge amount of popularity these days because it has got a lot of benefits over the conventional heating system like low maintenance and installation costs. The best thing about this kind of a heating system is that the heat produced spreads over the entire room this makes it very popular. [...]
An ambitious DIY project, not too far removed from serious property development, is installing a new kitchen. Underfloor heating is a great way to heat it and should only take you about a weekend to do. Don’t worry, it may sound daunting, but it’s hardly the province of architects and you won’t need a degree [...]
They say that Rome was built on Travertine, which to some extent it was, certainly many parts of it was, including large quantities of Travertine used for the Colosseum which dates back to the year 80AD! Belonging to the limestone family of stone Travertine is a beautiful natural stone which in its purest form is [...]