Maintenance Matters
Rhyd-y-car Terrace in St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life For those, who have not been to St Fagans in Cardiff, it is worth the trip. Great place and an ideal way to start to understand how buildings have changed over …
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Limewashing the west facing wall
Limewash picture from Heritage Directory I have spent a lovely few hours yesterday painting the rear of my house using some limewash. I made the limewash using some mature lime putty mixed up with water. The mix is around 60:40 …
Water efficient toilet – retrofitted
Simple, but highly effective Last week I suffered a common complaint from siphon toilets – that of the failure of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is the only thing that can go wrong with siphon toilets – in most systems it …
Community Work with Renew Wales
Saron Chapel in Treoes Eco Home Centre is a Rounded Developments Enterprises project. RDE is a not-for-profit organisation that does work with other partners in Wales and one of our main ones is Renew Wales (see www.renewwales.org.uk). Renew Wales is …
Maintenance and the consumer society
One might think that with the growth of consumerism that we would naturally consume more maintenance products for our homes, but the trend seems to be the opposite. The rush to be at the front of the queue for the …
Home Report Video from Profiad Ni
Thought that this might be of interest as it shows the types of advice given when we do a Home Inspection Report. The winners of the Profiad Ni competition had visits from us for around 2 – 3 hours each …
I can’t afford lime render!
Lime rendering done by Welsh Lime Works in Cardiff Lime rendering is a specialist trade (not to be confused with lime plastering or cement rendering!) and as such it takes time served craftspeople to do it well and it also …
What constitutes a ‘healthy’ home?
Health is really important to all of us, yet many of us live in houses with poor internal environments. Some of this is our own fault – we clean using dangerous chemicals; we allow properties to get into a poor …
Cabling and pipes into walls
Walls tend to have a lot of ‘punctures’ through them In the UK we build walls and then make holes in them. This is a bit strange when you think about it, but in older houses we are forced to …
Shoe missing in street
This could be titled: ‘How to get a roof load of water into your floors and walls’. Note the crack between the wall and the pavement This is a very common sight in urban areas. Downpipes have had their shoes …