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Our Best Black Friday OffersWith Black Friday only a few days away, we thought we’d take a look at some o Continue reading
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Caring For Your Doors This WinterWinter in the UK can be quite unforgiving at the best of times, but with early forecasts suggesting that this winter could be one of the harshest on record, it's essential to protect your home.
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How To Paint A Panelled DoorSee How to Paint a Panelled Door in PDF format Spend what you will on the quality of build and materials on any door and that investment is jeopardised by the choice and finesse of the finish. We will cover our guide to the selection process for which options are available in different types of finish in another one of our guides.
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Guest Pests – How to Prevent and Treat Woodworm Then Hide The EvidencePurchasing products from reputable sources (such as UK Oak Doors) using good wood and reliable treatments is the best preventative action to the introduction of wood pests into the home. But whether by flying insects or the introduction of new furniture in the home, any modern house may inadvertently bring wood pests into the house, particularly if home designers prefer a more classic look with antique furniture.
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THE BOWERS BLOGMany people see being an interior designer as a busman's holiday. To some it's not even a real job, up there with 'party planner' and 'personal shopper' because to most people the process of choosing the tone, feel and flavour of their home environment is a pleasure not an ordeal (excluding any 'ding dongs' at Ikea that is). Buying doors should be one of the lasting delights from interior renovation as the surrounding soft furnishings and wallpaper etc will change far more often than the hard furnishings. Overlooked but an integral part to the look of a room is the skirting board.
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Fire Doors – What You Need to Know About FD30 Fire DoorsFire Doors are not part of the “Health and safety gone mad” bureaucracy the Daily Mail and Sun newspapers love to lampoon. Sadly there are around five hundred lives lost every year in the UK as a result of house fires with thousands more injured. Doors and doorways are a critical part of the defence against injury or death resulting from fire in a building.
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Contemporary or classic? Probably the most commonly asked question regarding the choice of door for a home, closely followed by 'painted or natural finish?' But the choice of door style may not be confined to the fashion considerations but the possibility of using the door panelling and construction patterns to change the perceived size of the door, the doorway it sits in and therefore the proportions of the room surrounding it. Whilst specifically chosen panelling won't transform a broom cupboard into a banquet hall it's a small trick of the eye worth knowing that may stop you buying the wrong door for your room or ceiling heights. Continue reading - Using Door Panelling to Alter Room Proportions
Contemporary or classic? Probably the most commonly asked question regarding the choice of door for a home, closely followed by 'painted or natural finish?' But the choice of door style may not be confined to the looks. Door panels and patterns can change the perceived size of the door, as well as the doorway it sits in, and the proportions of the room surrounding it. Whilst specifically chosen panelling won't transform a broom cupboard into a banquet hall, it's a small trick of the eye worth knowing that may stop you buying the wrong door for your room or ceiling heights. Continue reading -
Solid Oak Doors – Living and BreathingOK, so the title is a bit misleading, solid oak doors are not living things in the strictest sense of the words but in comparison to other home furnishings, even other types of door, solid oak doors do react and change to their environment more than anything else.
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Top Five Things To Consider When Buying a New External DoorDid you know that your front door is one of the most important aspects of your home? Aside from the actual selection of the home in the first instance there are very few additions or modifications that the home owner can do to change the look and feel of the house they live in from the exterior.
