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I know lots of people think building is easy or at least straight forward. Don’t kid yourself though. If your building expertise is limited to hanging a painting, get an expert to help you check the building quality of your renovation - well before it’s finished.
There are enough building regulations to fill a phone book [...]
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With all this swine flu going around, it might seem merely opportunistic to add a pig to the title of this post. But then, you probably can’t see the bricklaying on my neighbour’s renovation.
My partner who’s a carpenter, frequently has a gentle whinge about brickies. (Oh, and for those who have my book about my [...]
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When you’ve just spent thousands on your new bathroom, the last thing you want is to rip it all up a year down the track and do it again.
I was chatting to builder and TV presenter Luke Van Dyck earlier this week and he told me it was “standing room only” at his seminar at [...]
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To the layperson, a 30mm shortfall in the length of a roof sheet may not seem like much. To an expert, it’s a key ingredient in causing moisture damage that could cost thousands.
Homeowner Steve Jackson renovated his 60s Castlecrag home in Sydney about 2 years ago. At the time, his builder installed a totally new [...]
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Tiles, taps and vanities can be the exciting things to shop for during your renovation, needing hours of research through Vogue Living, Belle and Interiors. However often it’s the products that lie beneath that really need our attention.
In the first episode of RENOVATION SURVIVOR TV we take a look at a top product for balconies. [...]
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