Guide to Basic DIYPart one: The BasicsTop ten DIY jobs for homeowners
From foundations to the ground floor slab
Brickwork and blockwork
Roofs, roof coverings and loft conversions
Home electrics
Plumbing, central heating and drainage
Plastering, plasterboard and partition walls
Part two: ProjectsBasics 1. mixing concrete 2. laying bricks and blocks 3. mixing sand and cement mortar 4. matching mortar colors 5. pointing and jointing brickwork 6. replacing a damaged brick or ceramic tile Outside 7. installing land drainage 8. building a soakaway 9. brick and block paving 10. laying edging stones 11. repointing a patio 12. concreting fence posts 13. basic timber decking 14. building a shed base Inside 15. fixing to masonry 16. screeding a floor 17. laying floor tiles 18. laying on undercoat plaster 19. applying a plaster top coat (skimming) 20. building a partition wall 21. repairing a hole in plasterboard 22. sawing timber 23. pilot holes and countersinking 24. boxing in pipes 25. working with skirting, architraves, coving and dado rails 26. hanging a door 27. fitting a mortise latch 28. making shelves 29. building a cupboard electrical 30. stripping cables and wires 31. wiring a plug plumbing 32. repairing a burst pipe 33. repairing a dripping tap 34. replacing a tap 35. curing an air lock in the hot water system 36. unblocking toilets and drains 37. repairing a toilet that won’t flush decorating 38. painting or papering new plaster 39. blocking stains before decoration 40. ceramic tiling 41. wallpapering 42. stripping paint 43. painting timber |
Browse by Product Category:
Our catalogue is comprised of nearly 6,700 individual products. Below, we've broken the catalogue down into 100-items-per page lists:
|
|
Our Online Catalogues -- Tens of thousands of items to choose from:
About Us...We're Britain's top resource for DIY (Do-it-Yourself Resources), Home Improvement, Tools, Repair, Lawn and Gardening, and much more. We've partnered with UK's top vendors -- like B&Q, Argos, Homebase and Wesfalia -- to bring you the best products and most-useful information. Here at Construction Resource Intro, we want to help you make informed DIY decisions when it comes to home construction, improvement and repair. Whether you are repairing a leaky faucet or installing a complete plumbing system in your new home, we have durable and reliable parts for your specific application and budget. We have partnered with the UK's largest DIY resources to give you with the widest possible range of do-it-yourself products. We hand-select do-it-yourself and home improvement vendors. Although this research is time consuming, it is the only way we know to filter vendors that offer quality products that are also reasonably priced and backed by superb customer support. Our affiliate partners firmly supports environmentally- and socially-responsible practices. In fact, we only partner with suppliers committed to environmental issues, such as energy and waste management, careful timber-sourcing policies, chemical strategy, ethical trading conditions in our supply chain, and participation in supporting community activities Our core values:1. Greener supply chains: To continue to build active partnerships with their suppliers to develop more sustainable supply chains for all the products they sell. 2. Product stories: To give their customers confidence that the environmental and social issues associated with the products they buy from us are properly managed. 3. Timber (Wood): To ensure that all their wood and paper products come either from proven, well-managed forests or recycled material. 4. Chemicals: To ensure that the products they sell do not adversely affect the health of their customers or staff or that of their environment. 5. Climate change: To reduce their contribution to climate change by reducing the energy they use to run their premises and transport fleet, and by promoting and selling products that are energy efficient both in their manufacture and use. 6. Packaging: To reduce the amount of packaging associated with their products and, where packaging is unavoidable, to reduce the impact of its use. 7. Product disposal: To reduce the quantity of B&Q products that are thrown away at the end of their useful lives 8. Transport: To reduce the transport impacts of their store operations and other activities. 9. Store waste: To reduce the amount of waste generated by their stores and other activities 10. Respect for the diversity of people: To treat both employees and customers with dignity and respect, and to value diversity and utilise the differences people bring to the business. 11. Ethical trading: To ensure that everyone involved in their supply chains benefits from trading with us. Links and Resources:
|