diy disasters put right

Advantages: great ideas
Disadvantages: comedy sketches

...DIY SOS is on BBC One and it is a programme that i enjoy as it is about DIY and gives you some great ideas in how to decorate your home and it is now ready to start its 10th series. DIY SOS is a show that picks someone each week that has a DIY disaster and they then go and redecorate the whole of the space whether it be a kitchen or the front room they always do a great job and give me some great ideas on how to decorate the home. Also unlike most DIY shows they have a week to do the show in so manage to do a proper job where as some shows these days have 60 minutes or something silly to try and decorate a house in, which to a high standard is impossible. With the presenter Nick Knowles, Billy the electrican, Jules and Chris the plasterers, combined with the Irish charm of carpenter Mark no job is too big or too small. The team work...

jo_field26 08.09.2008 · Read review
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DIY: Destroy It Yourself

Advantages: Lots of Pictures
Disadvantages: Impossible Dream!

...and a promising start. (I might add here that I'm one of those weirdos who reads manuals, encyclopaedias etc from page one all the way through, instead of dipping in here and there. I also read instruction manuals. Does anyone know of a good self-help group?) The ensuing chapters are as follows: Decorating, Repairs & Improvements, Home Security, Infestation, Rot & Damp, Insulation & Ventilation, Electricity, Plumbing, Heating, Working Outdoors, Tools & Skills, and finally Reference & Index. At first sight, the impressive 550 pages would seem to cover absolutely everything you could possibly want to know about DIY. Each topic starts off with a brief introduction, sometimes with some historical facts, often with a comment about how easy or hard the task is, and one or two top tips. This preface is in bold at the top of each page. Next you get step...

Tricksty 22.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Collins Complete DIY Manual - Albert Jackson, David Day

  Base your Home around the kitchen

Advantages: customer service, quality of units, price offers
Disadvantages: need larger display area

...minutes, then queuing at the customer service desk a young man wanted to take our details and then get back to us about booking a home measure and quote. "Can you not give me a booking date now?" "No" He said "We are booking into February now. If your serious I might be able to get a cancellation" "So what if I do the measurements myself and plan it here?" "Well you can, but we will still have to come out to do them again" With this we turned tail vowing never to darken their doors again. Driving home mumbling about the state of customer service and retailing attitudes it dawned on me that we may have the solution a mile away from where we live. Homebase for me had always been the DIY place just up the road for all the decorating and household needs. I had had a quick look around the gallery upstairs where they display kitchens and bathrooms...

getscenic 15.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Homebase DIY Kitchens

Home Alone

Advantages: Comdey none stop
Disadvantages: None

...Home Alone, was a classic hit comedy film that was first released in 1991. Even in my adulthood, I am more than happy to watch the film again, and when I was a kid I use to remember watching this film a hundred times during the Christmas holidays and summer holidays. It was such a feel good family fun film; it was the sort of film that even if you?ve watched it once you would never gets bored watching it over and over again. Plot: The film opens with the entire McCallister family packing for their Christmas vacation to France. The family is exceptionally big, some 30 plus including adults. Kevin McCallister the youngest in the family needs help packing his luggage, the older kids simply don?t have the time or the patience to help him, he feels left out and unwanted, just like most teenagers. A patrol police man Harry played by Joe...

jaygami1986 06.08.2009 · Read review
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The home of the bargain DIY products.

Advantages: Great Shop full of bargains
Disadvantages: Queues on a Sunday

...With my Wedding fast approaching (saturday) and Honeymoon straight after (Monday for 2 weeks ) and my new house needing everything doing to it, I thought I should write my last op as a free man on my next big task. DIY-ing. There are several good DIY shops around my area but one stands out from the rest due to the quality and price of the products. B & Q are simply the cheapest and best option you could ask for when it comes to buying your decorating and house repair products. They have everything under one roof. Whether it be Plastering, Plumbing, Electrical, Painting, Tiling, Garden, you name it. They have it. They have followed the trend set by supermarkets to by launching their own brand of "value" products. These come without the fancy packaging and are on the whole, very good. The paints a re a bit watery...

andycharger 14.06.2001 · Read review
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DIY SOS - if you can't do it yourself, ask these guys for help!

Advantages: A thoroughly enjoyable show
Disadvantages: None really!

...WHAT IS IT? DIY SOS is a home makeover show that focuses on those who really desperately need help after an unsuccessful attempt at some serious DIY. I'm not talking the odd wonky shelf here or there, more like massive holes where walls should be and rooms that look more like a building site than a home. The team have 5 days to turn these houses from disaster zones into beautiful living spaces that fulfil the owner's wildest dreams. There is usually a genuinely good reason why these people ask for help sorting out the mess they have made - often illness or a sudden change in circumstance has left the family with no proper home. DIY SOS has been running for 10 years and is currently on its 18th series! You can catch it on a Thursday on BBC at 8.30pm. THE TEAM What sets DIY SOS apart from other home makeover shows is that the team is so...

jesperado77 20.05.2009 · Read review
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Take this Home for Christmas!

Advantages: Lovely story, festive, well written
Disadvantages: Short

...Alison Dunwoody thought she had it all - a great job, good salary and a great life in New York City. But when the recession hits, Alison is shocked to find that she's lost her job. She's too embarassed to tell her family, and instead decides to fly home to Ireland and have Christmas with her parents, sister and 3 gorgeous nieces. Alison loves the feeling of being back home, but misses her new friend Jack from New York - he knows about her job loss and she can confide in him. Will Alison be able to keep her secret away from her family for her holiday? Or is Coming Home exactly what Alison needs to make her feel happy again? I have enjoyed a few Patricia Scanlan novels in the past, but I haven't read anything by her in a while now. I am a bit partial to anything festive so when I saw that her latest book was going to be based...

mummy2harry 13.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Coming Home - Patricia Scanlan

  Bargains For Your Home

Advantages: Can save you money on your normal shop
Disadvantages: You pick things up you wouldn't normally. Items change regularly.

...I've done a number of reviews on items that I've picked up cheaply from Home Bargains, so I thought why not do a review on the shop itself? Home Bargains is owned by a company called TJ Morris Ltd and the stores are currently popping up all over the country. I am lucky to have 2 different stores nearby which stock some of the same stuff and some different, so it does go to show that some different products are available at different stores. What things do they sell? You can pick up loads of different things off of your main shopping list in Home Bargains. It is not like a pound shop, which are normally just full of tat and the odd bargain. Home Bargains sell products that you would find in your local supermarket, just at a much lower price. Health and Beauty In my most local store, the first aisle that...

lizngaz 11.08.2008 · Read review
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Home a place for learning

Advantages: Learning a new trade and doing it in your own time
Disadvantages: Tutors can take forever to mark your work

...My Review is about the Home Learning College. Who Are They? Most of us are all aware of whom ICS are due to their television advertisements and The Home Learning College is very similar in every way. The Home Learning College is a simple way for people to try and gain a qualification in an area they either feel they want to learn more from or perhaps try again due to failure at school or either a workplace. They offer a wide range of studies for people to take part in and are always there for you if you need any assistance at all. My Experience When I was sick from work with depression I found myself at a lose end and plus I was just not going anywhere in terms of career. At school I did psychology but I was someone who had time off from the A Levels and I found myself worried by a poor result. I achieved...

tink-er-bell 30.11.2009 · Read review
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Back Home

Advantages: Westlife, great songs and voices
Disadvantages: A few week links and very ballard orientated

...This is another great album from the 4 Irish men. It is titled Back Home. There are 12 tracks on this CD:- 1 - Home - This is a beautiful ballard from the group which you will have probably have heard on the radio or advertised on the TV when the adverts for this album appears. It has a lovely tune and is very easy listening. 2 - Us against the world - This is another ballard but has a different edge to it from their usual ballards. The tune is very catchy and the song has great words. More upbeat than some of the songhs on the album. There is a very catchy chorus which is very easy to pick up so you will soon be singing along! 3 - Something right - This song has a lovely tune which makes easy listening. The words are very nice but this is not one of my favourite songs. There is a very upbeat feel to this song which does make...

sewbizzie 13.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Back Home - Westlife