Image from Burley Stoves Wood burning stoves are gaining in popularity. Good thing too. However, you need to know more than just that you want to have a carbon neutral energy source. Efficiency. The efficiencies of wood stoves vary tremendously. …
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 …
Preparing floors can be time consuming and dusty task Wooden floors are glorious things. They have beautiful feel that shows the history of the wood used and reflect the wonders of their individual growth and characteristics. However, if you are …
Getting a lovely white finish to a floor can be a bit tricky and so here is a little tip that I gleamed from Osmo last week. If you are wanting to get a ‘pure’ white finish on a floor …
The guttering at the front of the house is aluminium and so is well worth keeping, so I am planning to rub them down and repaint. However, the last set of workers managed to dislodge all the brackets on it. …
Removing render exposes timber issues under cracks One of the other issues that the removal of the cement render exposed was the condition of the wood in the structure. Admittedly the house has a strange array of wood that has …
IAQ = Internal Air Quality Shame that she has her mask upside down, but nevertheless she is asking a question that many of us are just not fully appreciative of. Internal Air Quality is becoming an area of study that …
As you may be aware there is a major choice to make when treating wood with a natural protector. An oil based or a water based solution? Oil based treatments are harder wearing and last longer, BUT they do change …
Eco Home Centre has a great relationship with ARU Joinery in Estonia. Now the lovely people at ARU have developed a brand new ultra insulating range of doors and windows for the Passive House / Code for Sustainable Homes Level …
As I am a believer in trying out all the products that we sell (I always want to be sure that the products work as expected to) and this summer I had a chance to try out Osmo Powergel on …
