24 February 2025
Hospitality refurbishes in February for the obvious reason. Trade is at its slowest, closing for a fortnight costs less than it would at any other point […]
23 February 2025
Nothing sells a new conservatory roof like February. Three months of a room that has been too cold to sit in, condensation running down the frames […]
22 February 2025
Most access problems are about width. Up Holland adds a second one, which is that a great deal of the village sits on a hill steep […]
21 February 2025
Village halls, scout huts, church rooms, sports pavilions and social clubs all have one thing in common. Nobody owns the cupboards. Things go in and very […]
20 February 2025
The flat ground around Tarleton has been growing under glass for generations, and there are still a great many old glasshouses standing on holdings and in […]
14 February 2025
Driveways fail in February. Not because February is harder on them than January, but because that is when the damage becomes obvious and the weather is […]
13 February 2025
A bathroom is the smallest room in most houses and it produces a disproportionate amount of waste when it comes out. Bathroom refit waste is dense […]
12 February 2025
Late winter is when the covers come off. Polytunnel skins that have gone brittle over three or four seasons, last year’s wrap, torn netting and the […]
11 February 2025
A shed that has gone at the bottom rarely went because of the shed. Nine times out of ten the base failed first and took the […]
