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Saving Money on a new kitchen – Tips and ideas from the Professionals

Posted on January 18, 2020 by DIY Doctor

If your budget is tight – or you just like to be economical – you can make easy savings on your new kitchen without compromising on style, or having to go for the cheapest units on the market. .... Read More

DIY Rope Screen – Using Rope in Unusual Screen Ideas

Posted on November 22, 2019 by DIY Doctor

A rope screen is a relatively easy way to create a partition between rooms or areas of a room. Rope screens can be simple or complex, colourful or made utilising the variey of naturial colours in .... Read More

Are you Ready for Autumn – Autumn Checklist for Home and Garden

Posted on October 11, 2019 by DIY Doctor

Make use of the last lovely days of autumn to complete any tasks you have been putting off over summer. As long as the weather is bright and clear it makes sense to do outside and gardening jobs. .... Read More

DIY Doctor Rides from Lands End to John O’Groats

Posted on August 20, 2019 by DIY Doctor

A crazy idea hatched at the DIY Doctor Christmas party last year has become reality. Gervase Evans, our Master Joiner, announced that he was going to build a bike from bamboo and then ride if .... Read More

Do You Know how to Change a Tap on a Bath, Basin or Sink?

Posted on January 22, 2019 by DIY Doctor

If you are a keen DIY’er or have done any plumbing in the past then you should be fairly confident when it comes to changing a tap, but if You’ve never done any plumbing before and are new to .... Read More

Cutting Timber and Other Materials to Fit Odd and Uneven Surfaces Perfectly

Posted on January 11, 2019 by DIY Doctor

If you have ever tried to fit a shelf, window sill, kitchen unit or other object to an odd shaped or uneven surface then you will know this is no easy task. Although you could just push it up as .... Read More