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The small jobs….

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 8 May 2026

Friday was spent ticking lots of little jobs off for a customer in Edwalton who was moving to a new property.

Fit extension lead through cupboard
Shorten pendant light fittings
Wire up an electric oven using 4mm cable
Fit a dummy alarm box with integral flashing light
Extend the TV into the bedroom
Remove handrails and seat from the bathroom
Swap which side the fridge opens
Take apart and store galvanised handrail using a large size hexagonal tool fitted on a wrench

Thorough preparation meant that we arrived prepared and managed to tick all the “to do” items off of our customers list apart from staining the front fence. We cleared the rubbish in the garden and took it to Beeston tip.

Overall a very satisfying day.

The customer gave us a really good testimonial

Absolutely brilliant, even though Rob’s company is a highly regarded “proper” building firm, he was more than happy to accommodate my small but important to me list of works. I am so grateful I found such a good, honest and hard working professional.

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Resin bonded gravel landscaping & path

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 27 April 2026

We laid a landscape plan for a customer with products from the Resin Mill The The customer wanted a base for a shed and a base for a breeze house. We used block paving bricks to make a boundary to the lawn, then made a pathway. the base for the breeze house was laid in Concrete with Bullnose kerbs laid in a circle.

A base layer is put down to hold the final gravel layer in place. Resin bonded gravel is permeable to water so the substructure underneath

Tags bonded, geogrid, gravel, resin, the resin mill

Groundwork Uncategorised

Fire hydrant commissioning and drain cover install.

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 22 April 2026

We needed to expose the fire hydrant valve which had been tarmacked over, we the approximate area from the plans. Cut out a square of tarmac, exposed hydrant valve. Fitted the correct sheathing around it & lid, then backfilled with cold lay tarmac.

Whilst installing the manholes we also installed 2 new drain covers over the rainwater gulleys.

When the work was complete we added cold lay tarmac, its ideal for low traffic use area’s or temporary repairs as long as it is suitably compacted.

Brickwork Renovation Uncategorised

Steel RSJ install

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 9 April 2026

Tags bay window, brickwork, hucknall, lintel, RSJ

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Fitting condensate traps to extractor ducting in loft space.

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 16 January 2026

The customer contacted us as they had staining on their ceiling, this was being caused by water condensing in the extract ducting in their loft space.

We installed new ducting with water drain traps on that took any condensation out of the property.

It’s never very pleasant working in loft but this roof had a high pitch so there was a good amount of space to work in.

It is very important that the condensate traps are fitted correctly otherwise they will not work.

As part of our quality process we ensured we took poke pictures showing the condensate traps have been fitted the correctly.

Roofing Uncategorised

Lead Valley replacement

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 18 December 2025

The source of the problem

The work completed

Full respect to the roofers for carrying these pieces of lead up the scaffolding.

Bathroom Brickwork Extension Flooring Groundwork Kitchen New build Renovation Roofing Uncategorised

Nottingham Refurbishment & extension

Post author By Rob Bailey
Post date 24 October 2025

Quality finishes

This was a large contract which involved building onto a 1930’s house.

We built a large open plan kitchen diner downstairs with a boot room, playroom and for home working. Upstairs we created an additional en suite bedroom .