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Furniture / Flat pack Assembly

• Entertainment Unit and electric fire (Wall hung)

• Bookcases (modified to suit)

• Garden swing (the old one became the gate by the shed-see below)

• Great big gas BBQ

• A flat full of furniture - two days to assemble all this

• Shoe racking / Shelving

• Garden table

Furniture Modification

• Wardrobe into coat hanger? No problem

• Shelf and draw removed and refitted at the bottom (including trimming the tricky curved profile).

• Rail added

No Pax to (IKEA) PAX in our time

• The classic IKEA PAX assembly.

• Regardless of if it's single or double it always seems to take 1.5 hrs per wardrobe.

• And another

Replacement Outside Light

• Old lights tired, dull and the cover keeps blowing off in the wind.

• New lights

• And next door at the same time.

Staircase Renovation

• The stairs up to the loft conversion were never finished by the original builder.

• New parts fitted to give a nice match to the existing banister.

TV Mounting

• 55" OLED TV, 14.3kg , Mounted on plasterboard over block using bespoke plywood load spreading plate, (shown before cable trunking fitted)

• 85" Hisense TV. Mounted onto brick wall

Sliding Door and Partition Wall

• Rather than having free standing wardrobes there was enough space in the room to partition it off and add a sliding door.

• Steel framing.

• Pocket (Sliding) door kit from Eclisse.

• Plasterboard finish.

• Over to the plasterer and decorator.

Relocating Flatpack Furniture

• Old wardrobe, new location?

• No instructions, no photos, just a well meaning note?

• No problem

Concrete Pad for Bin Store

• The bins had to go in the front garden, but leaving them on the grass/soil isn't a good idea.

• Prepared and laid a concrete pad for bins and for a bicycle store.

• 0.7m3 of concrete poured (Barrowmix) which is about 2 tons.

• The grass might grow back one day.

Wall Repair

• The wall had collapsed onto the pavement due to years of rain (and a broken drain).

• The blocks didn't have a repeat pattern, but they came out so they should go back.

• Google maps' historic photos to the rescue.

• And 5 days of doing a concrete block jigsaw as the whole wall just lifted apart.

Wardrobe Repair

• The weight of the mirrored doors had slowly failed the hinges. Strangely it was the left hand door on both wardrobes (the pics taken after the rhs was repaired).

• The standard IKEA mounting screws weren't suitable to refit in the same holes with any kind of filler.

• Fitted new hinge plates that sat slightly further into the wardrobe and used the wide diameter furniture screws.

Old toilet, new toilet

• Old toilet. Stylish and chic when new, but very difficult to service when the flush fails

• New toilet. Simple, just as chic and easily serviceable. Like it has always been there.

Old tap, new tap

• Old tap. Dribbles, flow cartridge fused into the body.

• New tap. Turns out they got themselves exactly the same tap, but now it works.

House Painting

• Renovation of front of house.

• Both houses painted in the same job.

• Scaffolding required, way too high and awkward for ladders.

• Scaffolding supplied by https://sbcscaffolding.co.uk/

• Included render repair and personalised facia board plates.

Shed Repair & Renovation

• Painting, balustrade repair and new gate made from their old swing

Bespoke Alcove Shelving

Patio Door Awning

• Curved acrylic sheet canopy and frame

Towel Rail Heating Element replacement

• Heater element replaced and thermal imaging test of performance

Decorating Repairs

• Patched Artex ceiling (before painting). Hole caused by leak above. When dried the match was "invisible" - the customer.

• Fitting of wooden moulding below existing coving to blend the finish after the plaster had been removed (for stylistic reasons).

Minor Brickwork

• Bought a car that fills the drive?

• Just move the gate post!

Floor Tiling

• Replaced kitchen tiling.

• Added electric underfloor heating (thermal image)

Kitchen Tiling

• Kitchen fitters "don't do tiling" (said the customer's kitchen fitter) and left them with a small area to make good.

• Metro tiles fitted

Wall Panelling

• Wall left unfinished after insurance claim.

• Wall panels, top cap (made to measure) and skirting fitted and painted in this high traffic area.

Washing Line Fitting

• Yes, a washing line, but a retractable double at that.

Cladding Repair

• The patio doors were originally a window.

• The doors replaced the window after the rendered cladding was fitted.

• The door fitters made the best of the patch using filler.

• Plastic facia boards fitted on the reveals to give a tidy, clean new look.

Guitar Refinish and Setup

• Musicman Stingray5 (belong to a professional musician).

• Neck relief and string hight set to suit his playing style.

• The body was tatty and damaged on the rear (after years of being played sat down).

• Original polyester sunburst finish removed.

• The customer was happy with the look of the naked body.

• Nitrocellulose gloss finish applied.

Mobility Safety Grab Handle

• Grab handles fitted in the shower.

• Plasterboard wall behind tiles.

• Care need to ensure they were secure enough for their purpose.