Tiles are a popular choice for a number of rooms in the home whether you’re tiling a wall or retiling floors. Tiles are durable, easy to clean and can be used with underfloor heating which reduces the need for radiators or other heat sources. There are a number of different types of tiles that you can choose from with varying suitability for use in different rooms.
Household Repairs – DIY or Call A Local Tradesman
When things go wrong in your home, it can be difficult knowing whether to choose the DIY option and try and solve the problem of the leaking tap, repair that hole in your garden fence or fit a new carpet yourself or to pay a professional local tradesman to carry out a quality job for you.
Driveway and Paving Rogue Traders Hit Portishead
A Bristol paving company and its director misled Portishead residents over the past year for the cost of paving their driveways. Trading standard officers were called to five different residents in connection with work that had been carried out at their homes in various parts of Bristol.
East Riding Council Teams Up With Police In The Fight Against Rogue Traders
The number of con artists praying on the confidence of local residents and undermining the quality tradesmen who complete a professional job is on the increase. Trading standards are warning the public to be on guard against door to door traders, especially those in the business of paving, driveways, landscape gardeners, roofing as well as other home improvement trades.
Localtraders.com – The Best Way To Avoid Disputes With Tradesmen
I begin with a tale about a couple that was just about to get hitched who woke up one morning to find eight tonnes of rubble in their driveway. The couple had recently spent £20,000 renovating their home and garden in the month leading up to their wedding in order to get the home of their dreams, but trouble struck when they ended up in a dispute with a skip hire company because the firm said that the couple had overloaded the skip and refused to take it away.