Shower Enclosures by Daryl

If you are looking for a stunning shower enclosure to create a truly eye-catching feature in your bathroom, then look no further than a Daryl shower enclosure. Having been market leaders for over forty years, Daryl ensures that each of their showers is put through a rigorous testing regime to ensure that you receive the [...]

Underfloor heating kits – a great DIY project

Underfloor heating kits are DIY kits for the installation of typically domestic types of underfloor heating. Underfloor heating provides an alternative to more widespread forms of heating, such as networks of radiators, a wood, coal, gas or oil stove or burner. There are two forms of underfloor heating generally used: water and electricity underfloor heating. [...]

What Goes With Outdoor Food? A Patio, of course

If you like to dine al fresco in the summer months, building a patio will make a stylish platform for your table and chairs. It’s a DIY job that takes a bit of hard work, but it’ll be well worth the effort in the end. Using pegs and string take care to mark out the [...]

Hot tub gazebos – a great garden accessory

If you are lucky enough to have a hot tub in your outdoor area, you will need something to protect it, and also to protect the people inside the hot tub. Many people enjoy relaxing in a hot tub after a long hard day at work and there will be nothing worse than having this [...]

Bathroom design – tips and ideas

Modern bathroom suites tend to put emphasis on the view that bathrooms can be practical as well as pleasing to the eye. There are certain basics to think about when planning modern bathrooms such as bathroom sinks, showers, bathroom radiators and furniture. Selecting the best bathroom furniture and bathroom accessories is considered to be of [...]

Contemporary Extension Interiors – Some Ideas

If you’re about to splash out on a major piece of property development or home improvement, getting the interior spec of a new extension right can be of critical importance. Architects can design the structure for you, but it’s good to have certain ideas in mind before plans are drawn up. A fabulous contemporary feature [...]

Choosing an underfloor heating system

People choose underfloor heating for different reasons, such as the benefit of having warm floors to walk on, an even distribution of heat, and saving energy costs. Also, with no visible radiators or pipes, it appeals to the minimalist in us all. Once you have decided that underfloor heating is what you need for your [...]

Cembrit slates make all the difference to exclusive development

Cembrit Westerland fibre cement slates are the finishing touch for Hill House, an elite eco-development in Ropley, Hampshire. Specifically chosen to give the development a contemporary architectural feel, over 6,000 blue/black slates were used for the 6,700 sq ft timber frame house. Westerland slate comes in graphite, blue-black and also Welsh blue and looks very [...]

The Novice’s Guide to Replacing a Radiator

Although adding a new radiator to an existing system will require the advanced building trade skills of a plumber, replacing an old radiator is a straightforward DIY job. If you’re painting and decorating, why not ditch those rusty old radiators and install some efficient new ones? Close the radiator by turning the large plastic cap [...]

Designer radiators – brining your bathroom to life!

With the ever increasing popularity of bathroom radiators as a unit of bathroom furniture, many specialist manufacturers have embarked on a period of producing exquisite designer radiators as a key home improvement feature of any bathroom. The benefit of having designer radiators in bathrooms is usually aesthetic in nature, as the appliances can operate just [...]