Safe installation and use of gas appliances
If you're planning on installing a gas cooktop or other gas kitchen appliance, it's important that it's installed properly, and serviced regularly by a...
Cooling maintenance
One of the most important parts of cooling your home is ensuring that air conditioners and fans are properly taken care of.
One of the...
Site prep: termites, drainage and trees
If you're installing a deck, it's important to first prepare the site and ensure that it's free from things like poor drainage, reactive soil...
Acrylic and polycarbonate pergola roofing
Acrylic sheeting is often used on pergola roofs to provide affordable protection from the elements in a range of styles and textures. Acrylic sheeting...
Steel and aluminium pergola roofs
Steel and aluminium are commonly used as roof or wall cladding for pergolas and gazebos. They offer great protection from the elements, are long-wearing...
Assessing the viability of a project
Before taking on a new job, you need to ask yourself if you really want it.
On receipt of tender documents and prior to beginning...
Heat transfer through doors and frames
Doors and door frames, if they're the wrong type, can easily let more heat in and out of your home than you might like....
Special keys
Special keys are any keys that vary from the conventional flat stripped key we're all familiar with. These can be cylindrical, magnetic, or electronically...
Performance considerations for doors
What makes a door 'perform' well comes down as much to its suitability as it does to its quality. Find out how to...
Door soundproofing and insulation
See how draught excluders, weather strips and door sweeps can be fitted (or retrofitted) to doors in order to help improve the energy efficiency...