Learn the Tricks of the Trade from the home improvement professionals
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Thinking of doing some work yourself? A visit to the Tricks of the Trade Zone will offer top tips, hints and practical advice from the professionals to help you tackle your project with confidence and really make a difference to your home.
View live interactive demonstrations of latest in power tools and gadgets to take the strain from your home improvement or renovation project. See top brand power tools from drills to cordless screwdrivers, jigsaws to nail guns and receive advice on using these to enhance your home.
Plus find out how to save yourself some money by undertaking some of the DIY tasks that previously wouldn’t have considered in the Tricks of the trade demonstrations. The DIY Doctor offers hands-on advice on practical projects that could leave you some cash to spend on finishes and furnishings that will create the wow factor.
Topics include:
How to prevent a DIY disaster
How to mend a burst pipe
How to skim a plaster wall
Sessions will be repeated on each day of the show.
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Title and Synopsis of Session
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| 10:30 - 11:25 |
Skim plastering a wall
Many plasterers will tell you their trade is an art form. This may be true of polished, Venetian plastering, but traditional plastering is simply a process that requires a great deal of practice to get it right.
This presentation takes you through preparing the wall for plastering, mixing and applying the plaster and finally how to get it flat and smooth.
There is also a section which teaches you how to mend holes in plasterboard.
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| 11:30 - 12:10 |
Repairing a burst pipe
Whether the latest bout of cold weather is to blame, or you have simply miscalculated with an electric drill, a burst or punctured pipe can be a very expensive event.
Our presentation will show you 3 ways to repair the damage with the minimum of fuss and expense. You will learn which tools you need to keep in your toolbox and which plumbing fittings to keep on the shelf in the garage.
As with all of our presentations, there is the opportunity to speak to the tradesmen afterwards.
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| 12:15 - 13:25 |
DIY Tool kit and using the tools
Although done by non builders, DIY is still building work!
The proper tools are required to get a job you can be proud of.
Learn which tools you need for which jobs and how to use them properly.
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| 13:30 - 14:25 |
Renewable energy and DIY
We all know the earth has a finite amount of energy to offer but not to many of us know how we can re-use the natural energy we have all around us.
These seminars will show how we can work with technologies like solar hot water systems and Ground and air source heat pumps. This seminar will be repeated, in a 1 hour format in the Masterclass seminars.
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| 14.30 - 14.55 |
DIY Comedy & avoiding disasters
A light hearted look at some of the dangers of DIY together with the mad, sad and downright insane antics of many DIY enthusiasts in the UK.
To reassure you, and introduce a level of humorous intrigue. we need to tell you that no Budgerigars were harmed in the preparation of this presentation!
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| 15.00 - 16.00 |
Tiling a bathroom
The smallest room in the house but the most difficult to decorate! Learn how to get tiles to fit perfectly around the toilet, basin and bath with minimum wastage and maximum effect.
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