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AWD RESTORATIONS: Garden Arbour Swing
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Tuesday, 8 June 2010. I've always had a hankering to try and knock up a Period-style Garden Arbour - you know, the kind you see regularly in the home magazines that cost as much to buy as a new car. The hen coup started to look up when I turned the gable ends inside out, to expose the studwork, and cut out a hole in the front panel to make a 'window'. Re-positioning the roof rafters added 4 inches to the eaves height - just enough...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: June 2010
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Tuesday, 8 June 2010. I've always had a hankering to try and knock up a Period-style Garden Arbour - you know, the kind you see regularly in the home magazines that cost as much to buy as a new car. The hen coup started to look up when I turned the gable ends inside out, to expose the studwork, and cut out a hole in the front panel to make a 'window'. Re-positioning the roof rafters added 4 inches to the eaves height - just enough...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: February 2010
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Wednesday, 10 February 2010. I do love a well dressed window. and the humble roller blind is today's hot tip from AWD. Plenty of DIY chains do ok' ish roller blinds in a variety of colours that you can trim to size - but frankly, why bother? We usually specify a semi-opaque fabric, so as to let a good amount light in during the day, even fully drawn. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Hi, Im Alan Denyer, owner of AWD Restorations - welco...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: May 2010
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Friday, 28 May 2010. Portrait or landscape. the astonishing difference windows can make. We're giving a 1950's brick built garage a little makeover to blend it in with the Victorian house it sits next to - and are replacing the metal framed existing window with a 'cottage style' reclaim. With the trend continuing to be popular up until the late 80's there are many examples. After taking out the window, we carefully removed the abu...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: April 2010
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Saturday, 17 April 2010. Converting a cellar can be a daunting proposition; questionable air quality, damp ingress, restricted headroom, absence of natural light. is it really worth the bother and expense of getting someone in? We recently completed the conversion of a 40m2 basement area within an edwardian detached property, and you might be surprised how straightforward the process is so long as you follow the basic rules. Then ...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: March 2010
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Saturday, 13 March 2010. Selling your home - estate agent or private sale? Lots of talk in the press at the moment about homeowners ditching the agent and going it alone. Sounds great. Who wants to pay big bucks to an agent for doing nothing eh? There certainly are an increasing number of private sale sites springing up online, some of which are free to list, and charge no commision when you sell, so isn't this the answer? Are com...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: Selling your home - estate agent or private sale?
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Saturday, 13 March 2010. Selling your home - estate agent or private sale? Lots of talk in the press at the moment about homeowners ditching the agent and going it alone. Sounds great. Who wants to pay big bucks to an agent for doing nothing eh? There certainly are an increasing number of private sale sites springing up online, some of which are free to list, and charge no commision when you sell, so isn't this the answer? Are com...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: Cellar Conversions
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Saturday, 17 April 2010. Converting a cellar can be a daunting proposition; questionable air quality, damp ingress, restricted headroom, absence of natural light. is it really worth the bother and expense of getting someone in? We recently completed the conversion of a 40m2 basement area within an edwardian detached property, and you might be surprised how straightforward the process is so long as you follow the basic rules. Then ...
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AWD RESTORATIONS: Portrait or landscape.. the astonishing difference windows can make.
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Property Restoration hints and tips authored by Alan Denyer, owner of AWD. Friday, 28 May 2010. Portrait or landscape. the astonishing difference windows can make. We're giving a 1950's brick built garage a little makeover to blend it in with the Victorian house it sits next to - and are replacing the metal framed existing window with a 'cottage style' reclaim. With the trend continuing to be popular up until the late 80's there are many examples. After taking out the window, we carefully removed the abu...