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Painting the Exterior of My House this Spring

January 21, 2017

Springtime is the time of the year when everybody starts getting outdoors on a more regular basis, and they start thinking about doing all those exterior jobs that need doing around the home. A big job that I will be undertaking this springtime is to paint the exterior walls of my home. It’s all starting…

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Painting and Decorating in Summer

June 17, 2016

I have been a painter/decorator for approximately 20 years and summertime is time is when I’m normally outside doing exterior painting. Spot me on the ladder! This is me about 30 feet up a ladder. One of the problems in the UK is the weather. We don’t get wall to wall sunshine. After all it’s…

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Why cladding will give your home exterior a stylish new appearance

May 5, 2016

One sure-fire way to improve the look of your home is to update it with external cladding. Adding style and class, thisversatile product can give a tired old home a dramatic facelift and bring it into the modern era without compromising theoriginal character and charm. Not all claddings should be thought of as the same though; there are many different types of cladding and some have…

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Exterior painting of bungalow in two colours

August 11, 2015

Just recently I was employed to paint the exterior of a bungalow which is part brick and part pebble-dash using two different colours. The trick was to use colours that complemented each other. The first part of the job was to prepare all of the surfaces for painting which involved removing any loose paint and…

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Staining exterior wood panels and sheds

June 25, 2015

I was recently asked to stain wood panels to the front of a house, a garage door and a shed. It has been some time since the wood had been treated with stain. The first part of the job was to remove any loose material and make sure everything is clean and dry. I decided…

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