Archive for the ‘Tips and advice’ Category
3 Mar 2008: Get a little help at Screwfix
Screwfix has got together with publisher Collins to help you sort out your DIY woes. It’s published a series of how-to videos to promote the publication of The Complete DIY Manual and to help you tackle some common jobs around the house.
15 Jan 2008: Advice on buying curtain poles and tracks
Here’s a tricky little household job that you might be considering – replacing curtain tracks and poles. It’s important to get it right because, unless you do, those lovely new curtains are never going to hang properly. And that would be a bit of a shame.
28 Nov 2007: Electrical safety: get the info you need
Our latest feature on AllTheToolsYouNeed.com is a look at your legal obligations these days when doing electrical work. In summary: you should almost always get in an electrician.
27 Nov 2007: How to choose power tools
With Christmas on the way we’ve put together a guide to buying power tools. Now, this could serve as a briefing for present-buying for the DIY fanatic in your life, a handy hint sheet to print out and leave lying casually round the place, or even a shopping list to get you launched on that New Year project you swore you’d get started on.
21 Nov 2007: Make sure you're snug for winter
It’s National Maintenance Week! But all you DIYers don’t need a special event to encourage you to get on top of home improvements. We know that you’ve been looking after your properties year-round, and so won’t have a backlog of jobs to do. Well, apart from that niggling little problem you’ve been meaning to solve for a while. Then there’s that thing you knew you needed to get sorted out before it got cold…
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