If you have a water meter rising water bills are a common issue as the weather gets warmer and the children come home from university. But this year households across the UK have had a third reason to worry about the cost of water – the Coronavirus lockdown. With entire families self-isolating together, it is…
Some of the worst home maintenance mistakes you can make, will start off as innocently looking chips, cracks and drips, until one day a big (and unpleasant) surprise is revealed. This is why it is crucial to know how to responsibly handle your home maintenance, and avoid expensive breakdowns. To ensure your home is safe…
In the bleak midwinter the last thing you possibly want to do is create and complete a home maintenance checklist. It’s exhausting, time-consuming, and not at all inspiring. But February is also the perfect time to prepare your house for the upcoming spring and freshen-up the space. Your February home maintenance checklist will have to…
Frozen and burst pipes are one of the most common, and coincidentally, most expensive causes of property damage. While the general misconception is that frozen and burst pipes are only an issue for really cold climates, the truth is quite the opposite. Usually in countries with a milder climate, pipes are left unprotected during construction,…
It’s the season for foggy mornings, snowy hills and cosy nights with a cup of hot cocoa in hand. But as beautiful and romantic it can be, the cold weather can damage your house as well. Without realising it, all this snow, rain and frost are not forgiving your house, and might slowly be taking…
If your home is your castle the toilet is the throne. It is so important it gets its own World Toilet Day. It might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the greatest invention in human history but it should be – the toilet. For hundreds and thousands of…
Whether you just bought your first house, or you’re an experienced homeowner with a few properties under their sleeve, there are some plumbing tips you should know. Problems with your plumbing system are bound to occur at some point, and knowing what to do can be crucial in preventing damage to your property. There are…
Flooded basements are not as uncommon, as you might think, especially once the rainy season really hits. Apart from rain, your basement might flood because of internal drainage problems, burst pipes, back up in the city sewer lines or failing appliances. The different source of the problem will require taking different actions to tackle it.…
Living sustainably, reusing and recycling are all hot topics in today’s world. Yet there is still a lot of uncertainty when it comes to correctly disposing of bigger appliances such as furniture and appliances. Regardless of whether the life of your appliances is slowly coming to an end, or you’re just looking for a fashionable…
Plumbing is undoubtedly the greatest invention of the human kind (well, at least one of them) but we still don’t know much about it. We’re so used to turning the tap on, flushing the toilet, or enjoying a hot shower but how does water get to our house? What is a stopcock? For most of…