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On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:48:45 AM UTC, Tim Lamb wrote:
What comes after engineered wood floor? Possible house rebuild next year
and I'd like to be in front of the trend:-)

Recycled plastic planks?
http://www.filcris.co.uk/products/bo...s/solid-planks

What footballers' wives have this year, Argos sells next year.

Owain


Bucknell was possibly the first TV DIY individual, but encyclopedias/compendia from the
20s and 30s gave full instructions for making your own paint, hanging wallpaper,
bricklaying, plastering and tool usage. My father built his mothers first radio from a
kit somewhere around 1930 and most people made many of their own clothes in the late
19th century. DIY was a necessity.


A changing pattern of home ownership probably had a big impact on DIY.
All the newly built houses built between the wars probably wouldn't have
need much DIY for decades while all the older stock was probably either
rented out and so not the responsibility of the tenant, or owned by people
who relied on tradesmen. However with the decline in the rented sector
after WWII all that changed.


michael adams

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