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We sort of love Toolstation

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

We’ve just come across the ad for Toolstation. Although we are great fans of Toolstation we don’t love it as much as we did since the returns policy changed. Instead of getting a year to return unused items Toolstation now offer a pathetic 30 days which means we have been buying a lot stuff more [...]

Pallet shed and leaks

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

When  people discover that the shed has been made from pallets they immediately infer it will be full of holes. There are some good examples of this here http://summerville-novascotia.com/PalletWoodShed/. However we wanted the shed to have some sort of water resistance and not be open to the weather.   Your average shed uses ship lap wood [...]

shed progress

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The new shed now has a roof and is nearing completition.

New Shed

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Work is underway to build a new shed. Mostly constructed from surplus pallets this shed will stand 84″ high, and is 8′ by 11′ in size.

DIY in Wimbledon

Friday, February 6th, 2009

DIY in Wimbledon has suffered another loss recently. The local B&Q store at Alexandra Road has now closed. This follows the closure of the store on Western Road, Colliers Wood some time back. However, the new B&Q warehouse is now open at Shannon Commercial Centre, Beverley Way, New Malden. On our first visit we were [...]

DIY in Wimbleddon Profile: Kevin

Friday, February 6th, 2009

During the last few months Kevin has completed several DIY projects. The most recent being to box in the area under the stairs by building some very attractive cupboard space using wood from Merton Timber on Endeavour Way . Before that he constructed a very smart looking front path using some left over crazy paving.