These days, home improvement is focused on achieving maximum energy efficiency and minimum running costs but at the same time making sure that all work is completed satisfactorily, to the highest standards. This means paying careful attention to detail and ensuring the best workmanship is complemented by guarantees and warrantees and pays due attention to conservation issues.
A series of articles to be published on this website is designed to do just this and make sure that homeowners and improvers get the best information geared to their requirements and budget.
Basements & cellars – 22 August 2012. Thousands of homes have got them but they are often sad, neglected and wasting a lot of potential space. But their improvement may make a big difference to a property’s value.
Home insulation – 12 September 2012. Most home improvements are a waste of time unless a home includes the recommended level of loft and cavity wall insulation.
Extensions – 26 September 2012. Moving home is a costly business when a new extension can provide all the extra space you need quickly and economically. Also, it will enhance a property’s value salability.
Green Deal – 10 September 2012. Green Deal is the government’s new initiative to help homeowners bring their properties up to par in order to bring down running costs and reduce carbon emissions. Simplistically, you can, perhaps, borrow the money from your energy provider to have the work done and then pay them back through your savings in heating bills?
Lighting – 24 October 2012. Today there are all sorts of lighting solutions around that can help provide any home with the ultimate makeover. So it’s important to make sure that you are choosing the appropriate system for the environment and at the appropriate running cost.
Kitchens – 7 November 2012. Installing a new kitchen is not something, which the majority of homeowners commit to regularly! It’s a very special room, which is not just for cooking but for entertaining too, so it correct treatment is essential.
Bathrooms – 21 November 2012. Like the kitchen, a home’s bathroom is crucial. It can make a big statement about the homeowner and, most important, holds the key to water conservation and energy. Properly planned it can be the highlight of a home and the most cost-saving area.
Renewable heating – 5 December 2012. There are various forms of renewable heating for homes, including gas, electricity, solar, wind turbines, biomass, ground and air source heat pumps and so on. Which is the most appropriate for your home improvement and which is the most economical to install, run and maintain.
Future features on this website will also embrace windows, doors, plumbing electricity, floors, ceilings – and everything else associated with efficient home improvement.
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Photo shows a basement bathroom by Safeguard Europe
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