Hands-on Home Maintenance

28/10/2026

XTREME CLAMP 12" XTREME PRESSURE from IRWIN Tools earning their keep today 💪💪

20/09/2026

👀TAKE A LOOK AT THIS 👀

Complete renovation of a kitchen/dining room 🤩🤩

So this job involved the removal of a supporting wall and the installation of an RSJ to open up the whole area.

The small exterior door and the 2 smaller windows were removed, bricked up and larger upvc window installed.

The old and dated kitchen completely ripped out, and the process of rewire, old lead pipes removed and all new plumbing began.

Because we had the height, a new ceiling was built over the existing artexed ceiling, which helped in the way of wiring, plumbing and ducting for the extractor.

All walls were gritted, meshed and skimmed to a high standard by Craig at C.R. Plastering.

New fossil grey, classic shaker kitchen, supplied by Wren Kitchens fitted.

New herringbone flooring.

Fireplace opened up, and bespoke cupboards made with oak worktops and spotlight shelving complete the look at this focal point.

Credits in this project go to-

Chris at Chris Jones Joinery for his wisdom and his help in the installation of the RSJ and lintel for new window. His brickwork skills in bricking up the old entrance and for the mitres of the worktops 👌🏻

Shaun Perrin for the new consumer board and the wiring for the sockets and lights.

Craig at Above and Beyond heating for the alterations to the gas pipe, radiator pipes and fitting of new radiator.

Craig at .R. Plastering for his high standard and amazing work when it came to straightening the walls out and skimming 👌🏻

Very happy with the end result and even more so..... I have a happy wife 😉 😁

Pop us message if you wish for anything similar, or if would like quote on regards to a new kitchen, or any building work.

In Buckley

18/08/2026

17/08/2026

👀 TAKE A LOOK AT THIS 👀

🏠 Give your home that extra space at a price you can afford 💰💰

This timber-framed add-on was built with the existing house in mind, and makes a perfect and tranquil retreat 👌
Requires no footings and can be built upon most existing surfaces.

🧱 Matching the existing brick used in the main home, cut into brick slips, complements this extension perfectly 👌

Framework constructed with tanalized 6x2, 100mm Kingspan insulation, 18mm OSB boarded, breathable membrane, then brick slip and PVC clad to match the existing house.

Keylite roof window and fully tiled pitched roof.

Credits to-
👏 Ste Turner for tiling the roof and popping the roof window in.
👏 Chris Jones @ Chris Jones Joinery, for his help in fitting the french doors and for all his invaluable advice and assistance with the roof rafters 👌

If you fancy something similar, pop us a message and we will see what we can do for you.

Many thanks goes to Leah and Paul for their patience, brews and bacon butties 😋

In Buckley

06/08/2026

It was fair to say, this customer had waited their fair share of time getting me there to replace their driveway gates and finalIy.... I did 😄

Bespoke gates, completely made by these fair hands 🤲 and fitted over the course of a couple of days.

Made with 4x2 tanalized timber styles, 3x2 rails and tanalized tounge and groove, these are solid and will last much longer than the old one's 👊👊

Happy with the end result.

Anything similar? just pop us a message 😉

In Buckley

26/07/2026

Been a very busy period past few months and the work keeps stacking up!

This latest project was somewhat of an onion!!

What was initially a request to replace a severely rotten corner bracket support, turned into replacing almost all the timber, facias, wall plates, render etc and adding more steel supports to nearly half of the frontage to this commercial property on Mold High Street.

This involved making and machining a new wooden timber support from scratch, replicating the old timber facias with new timbers. On top of this, having found that a support was somewhat "missing" a new steel bracket had to be fabricated to spec and installed rather pronto!!

All in all, its been a learning curve this project and particularly rewarding at the same time 👌

Many thanks goes to Chris Jones Jones Joinery for getting in on this too, he's been an amazing mentor along the way and here's to more work and projects like this along the way with him.

24/06/2026

So today..... as its a blistering 200°c outside, thought best we come inside and do a bit ☀️☀️

So today involved a wall, RSJ and PLENTY of dust 😷

Come back in a few days to see the end result 😊

22/05/2026

Not had the opportunity to post on here for a few weeks as yet, what with having so much going on both with work and at home, so tonight I'm taking a night off from work! 😉

So here's just a little update of what's been going on past few weeks-

We've had a false chimney breast built down Lane End, Buckley.

Covered sun shelter in Connah’s Quay

A new gate and panel on Nant Mawr Rd, Buckley

Glazed, Pre- Finished, double doors and frame supplied from Howdens on fitted down on Southdown, Buckley

Set of Oak venner 4 panel doors in Clwyd Grove, Buckley

And a another set of cottage style oak venner doors.

And to top it off, scaffolding is up on the high street in Mold, for repair work above The Grapevine..... so its literally all "Hands-on" at the moment 😆

01/04/2026

Back over the border to one of my regulars last week, and time for a work out 💪

x12... 2.4mtr multi hole concrete posts dug in, with 4x2 rails attached for 6ft feathered edge boards, complete with double gates, all made to measure, completely on site.

All ready for part 2 of the project 😉

Anything similar, please feel free to pop us a message 📲

In Ellesmere Port

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25/03/2026

👀 TAKE A NOSE AT THIS..... 👀

You could safely say that this project was quite the learning curve!!

Started earlier in the month, I faced quite a few challenges along the way, but persevered to the end 😆

Made using light grey and onyx grey Egger furniture board for the back, shelving and facias, marble effect centre panel.

20 bespoke light columns using the onyx boards with dimmable spot lights, remote controlled led lights to shelves and centre panel.

Led electric fire supplied by www.smallbee.co.uk

Happy with the end result I think 🤩

If you fancy anything similar or have any ideas of your own, pop us a message.

In Mynnydd Isa