We have done so much painting in our time – from ceilings, to fences, to walls, to doors, to trim, to guttering – you name it, we’ve painted it! One simple tip (which you may or not know) which we consistently put into practice is this:
“When having a break from painting, wrap the bristles of […]
One piece of advice that we would give any aspiring renovator is to invest in a set of tools that will meet the needs of day in day out repair and renovation work Examples of this would include:
have the right range of drill bits. this would include having masonry drill bits, wood drill bits and an assortment […]
Our work can be very varied and present a few interesting challenges. A friend asked us to see if we could fix some broken parts on an old 1940’s bakelite radio. The broken parts were ‘spars’ on the speaker grill that had come off and needed re-fabricating. bakelite was really the earliest ‘plastic’ to be commercially […]
Anyone who has used power tools for a while knows they can be potentially dangerous. The wattages of modern power saws, hammer drills, electric planers, drop saws and the likes have increased and these tools can do serious damage to their users if care is not taken. By no means an exhaustive list, here are […]
Many of the newer apartments in the eastern suburbs of Sydney have relatively small laundries. As a result of this we get a number of people looking to improve the storage options in their laundries for their mops, brooms and other cleaning accessories. A number of ‘smart storage’ solutions are available to make keeping these […]
There are many instances where hinges need to be changed. This can be because the existing hinges are damaged, rusted or inoperable. We recently replaced hinges on a bathroom door in a very old eastern suburbs home. The hinges were probably made from mild steel that, due to the high humidity conditions in the bathroom […]
We get asked to look at electronic jobs from time to time. Depending on the job we can often do basic fault finding to determine if we can get a piece of electronic equipment running. We were asked to setup a set top box for an owner of an old Panasonic television set that dated […]
We get a number of requests to install fittings in the bathrooms of homes, offices and units in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. These fittings are quite varied and can include any or all of the following:
installing toilet roll holders
installing towel rails
installing towel rings
installing shower curtain rails
installing shaving cabinets
installing bathroom shelves
Whilst these jobs may seem fairly straightforward, […]
Many residents in the eastern suburbs are looking to upgrade their kitchen in 2016. Most kitchen installation companies will install the new kitchen you have ordered but may not remove the existing kitchen! We can remove the existing kitchen in your house or unit in most instances. Some old kitchens date back to the 1930’s […]