The last few days at work I've been renovating an old roof. In the end I think it would have been easier to have taken it completely off...

Last Thursday I committed a sin. I lent my labourer a chisel (I'm sure you can see where this is going...) It came back lighter than it ...

Bit annoyed as I sit here. After getting rid of one bricklayer last week I had a replacement come yesterday. In one day he laid 32 bricks. I...

After a visit to the Bodgers Ball the weekend before last, I was impressed by quite a few of the demonstrations, Robin Wood, Sean Hellerman ...

Yesterday didn't really go as planned. I had a job to go hang one pair of 15 panel glazed doors, a 2'9" 15 panel glazed door an...

And Everything in its Place. That was one of the first things I was taught when I started to learn my trade. Andy (the guy that took me unde...

First lesson of a new term at wood turning last night. I had mentioned to Chris (my tutor) that I wanted to do a textured finish on a little...

I just thought I'd share this with you, Whilst on the Summer Field park job the other day, part of the program of work is to rip out an...

Trying to juggle my own work whist being foreman on the Summerfield Park job can be tricky. The bank holiday has let me fit in a job that ca...

They say the first part of getting over a problem is admitting you have a problem. I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't drin...

We've had a busy weekend with far too many hours spent in a car drving "Up North" and back, so it was nice tonight to spend a ...

A job from last year This is going to be a picture heavy Post! Last year I was just going self employed again and I didn't have much wor...

My little brother and I went down to Devon yesterday to visit the woodworking show at Yandles. We both had a really good day, although the t...