DIY Hacks

Discover more about different painting and decorating techniques that you can use to transform your home.

Learn more about the ongoing popularity of DIY in the UK, and the kinds of tasks people can tackle around the home themselves.

Tools, tips and simple step-by-step instructions for how to re-grout kitchen or bathroom tiles.

From raised beds to brick barbecues, brickwork has so many uses around the garden. With some basic bricklaying skills, many of these projects are achievable as DIY.

Learn more about the steps homeowners can take to prevent and tackle a blocked sinks, showers, baths and toilets.

Learn more about how you can replace damaged or mouldy bathroom sealant, and how introductory plumbing courses can benefit homeowners

Find out more about how skills shortages in the construction industry have driven a major rise in people tackling DIY around the house.

Learn more about the benefits of learning how to plaster, and discover the plastering course that’s right for you.

Discover which DIY projects people are most likely to be tackling at home over the upcoming bank holiday breaks.

Thinking about installing a tiled kitchen splashback at home? Here are a few key things to remember.

Now that things are getting back to normal there is a huge demand on tradespeople of all types. People are preparing for a summer without the stress of Covid 19 restrictions and need the workforce of trades to do so.  New research from Checkatrade has found that a huge 83% of the population are planning a home […]

Making home improvements? Why not learn some DIY skills!   We find ourselves in another national lockdown, again many of us are spending more time at home. According to recent statistics homeowners spent an average of £4,000 on home improvements in 2020 and the projection is that more than half of UK homeowners will spend […]