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Posted in Bricklaying, Carpentry & Joinery, Cleaning Services, Disposals & Waste Removal, Electrical Work, Gardening & Landscaping, General Building, Handyman Services, Kitchen Fitting, Locksmith, Moving Homes & Hauliers, Other Craftsman Services, Painting & Decorating, Planning & Consulting, Plastering & Drywall, Plumbing, Heating & Gas, Roofing, Gutters & Drainage, Tiling & Flooring, Window & Door Fitting on Oct 16
 The insurance company Aviva recently conducted a survey amongst their clients which dispelled the myth that “White Van Man” was no more than an urban thug.
Tradesmen in London are the smartest, sexiest and most successful drivers on the road their research showed, with over 70% having an interest in politics and current affairs.
Smart Tradesmen in London
Over half of the white van drivers surveyed said that they regularly read books, compared to one-in-ten sports car owners.
Sexy Tradesmen in London
Most of the white van drivers questioned responded that they like to keep themselves in shape and pursued some form of outdoor leisure activity.
Successful Tradesmen in London
Half of all van drivers were the boss of their own business, as compared to 83% of sports car drivers who work for someone else.
Nigel Bartram, motoring expert at Aviva, who carried out the survey, said: “It’s great to prove what we already knew – van drivers are switched on and enterprising! Gone are the days of the traditional white van man stereotype. What our research shows is that van drivers are entrepreneurial and responsible. This is why we have tailored direct motor insurance to cater for the 21st century van driver.”
With half of van drivers opting to fix household appliances when they break rather than ask for help, they are also the handiest to have at home. After a hard day’s work, a tradesman in London is more likely to catch a news bulletin or documentary than anything else on the box and, out of all drivers questioned, is the least likely to watch reality TV.
Sofeminine.co.uk added a female perspective to the results of the survey with the comment that “A white van driver may not be so likely to have a degree, but he has a big package” – So much for stereotypes!
For a deeper look into the psyche of a white van driver tradesman in London, visit the Social Issue Research Centre web site, who produced a quite eye-opening and humorous insight into this social phenomenon, and concluded that in order to change their image, tradesmen in London should paint their vans a different colour!
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Posted in Bricklaying, Carpentry & Joinery, Cleaning Services, Disposals & Waste Removal, Electrical Work, Gardening & Landscaping, General Building, Handyman Services, Kitchen Fitting, Locksmith, Moving Homes & Hauliers, News, Other Craftsman Services, Painting & Decorating, Planning & Consulting, Plastering & Drywall, Plumbing, Heating & Gas, Roofing, Gutters & Drainage, Tiling & Flooring, Window & Door Fitting on Oct 16
 The cost of DIY bodge-ups according to the Clydesdale Bank Research from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has revealed that bodged DIY jobs in the home cost homeowners £235 million to put right last year.
The recent survey was conducted amongst two thousand of the banks´ customers and showed that over a quarter had experienced a DIY disaster within the past twelve months.
With one in ten respondents having to pay up to £500 to get their mistakes fixed, a spokesman for the Clydesdale Bank commented that while DIY may be a great way to save money, it is important to have the correct tools and right set of skills to avoid a job around the home becoming a very expensive exercise.
The bank estimates that nearly 5 million people across the country ended up paying for DIY mistakes after they attempted to do DIY jobs such as decorating, plumbing or gardening. Instead of wishing you had never started a job that is ultimately going to cost you a lot of money, why not consult Mr Skill´s Tradesmen’s Directory and benefit from the financial advantages of using a London tradesman.
Tags: decorating, DIY, Find a Tradesman in London, fix, Home Improvements, Home Maintenance, Mr Skill, Plumbing, tools, Tradesmen´s Directory
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Posted in Bricklaying, Carpentry & Joinery, Electrical Work, General Building, Handyman Services, Plastering & Drywall, Plumbing, Heating & Gas, Roofing, Gutters & Drainage, Tiling & Flooring, Window & Door Fitting on Sep 15
 According to research conducted by Saga Personal Finance, more than a third of UK homeowners over 50 say that their homes are in need of repair, and an alarming one in seven state that they cannot afford to fix their problems.
London appears to be the worst hit area, with 42% of respondents from the capital saying that their houses needing some sort of repair, with the most common complaints being inadequate roofing, blocked gutters, and failed central heating systems – jobs that the elderly are unable to do themselves and need a handyman in London to perform.
The findings disclose that as many as one in five women over 50 living on their own are forced to let their homes deteriorate as they cannot afford to make the necessary repairs, whilst over half have to reluctantly dig into savings, as their pensions are inadequate to cover the cost of home maintenance.
Although Saga Personal Finance suggest that the way forward for these London homeowners is to take out equity release on their homes, we would suggest that anybody requiring a home roofing repair or central heating service done before the winter sets in should use the “Post-a-Job” facility at the top of the page to attract quotes from tradesmen in London and get the best deal to prevent your London home from falling apart.
Tags: Central Heating, find a Heating Engineer in London, Find a Roofer in London, find a tradesmen, Guttering, Guttering & Drainage, Heating Engineers, Home Maintenance, home repairs, Roofing, tradesmen london, tradesmen quotes
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 A new craze in bathroom safety is developing with the colour-changing GlowFlow tap lights. Not only an attractive feature to a bathroom sink, these lights change colour according to the temperature of the water – great for teaching kids when water is too hot and preventing them from being scalded.
The lights are battery operated and respond to the tap being turned on, with an LED bulb initially shining blue to indicate that the water is cold and then changing to red once the temperature of the water reaches 30 degrees. As soon as you introduce more cold water via the mixer tap, the colour of the bulb returns to blue and indicates that the water is safe to run your hands under.
 GlowFlow tap lights are available from plumbers in London and are easy to install – although it should be pointed out that they will not work on all faucet installations and you need to check the thread on the inside of your tap (20mm and 22mm female or 26mm male) to ensure the fittings are compatible.
GlowFlow taps lights cost between £10.00 and £15.00 to buy and represent excellent value for anybody who has ever had a child burn their hand because they were not conscious of the water temperature. More so, they cast a nice light over a bathroom when in use and can also be used in the kitchen or to light up an external water feature. You will have attractive protection for your family when you Glow with the Flow!
Tags: bathroom, faucet, Find a Plumber in London, kitchen, LED light, lighting, mixer tap, plumber, safety, tap, water
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 Hackney Council have been active in alerting their council housing tenants to the dangers of CO (Carbon Monoxide) and have supplied and fitted carbon monoxide alarms to safeguard their tenants from the silent killer. They have also followed up at each home fitted with the alarm with regular inspections and servicing, however when they had a high amount of alarms being triggered, the inspection team wanted to know if they had a faulty batch of CO detectors or something more sinister was going on in people’s homes.
It transpired to be a more common cause than anticipated. Certain forms of cooking were in fact triggering the alarms to go off as Carbon monoxide is produced when fossil fuels are burnt – i.e. charcoal, gas or oil – in an area without the correct amount of ventilation. This can cause a build up of carbon monoxide, which in turn can result in feelings of illness and even death. The council carried out an investigation and they found that the problems was caused by cooking oil in pans in badly ventilated kitchen areas starving the area of oxygen in turn creating a dangerous level of CO.
The CIPHE (The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering) and Carbon Monoxide Awareness Ltd recommend that areas are well ventilated and suggest not using aluminium foil inside trays under grill pans, as this stops the air flow in the cooking, despite it being a popular method of keeping drip trays clean.
If you have concerns about inadequate ventilation in your home, or would like a carbon monoxide detector installed in your kitchen, please speak with one of the local handymen in London featured in our Tradesmen’s Directory and attract competitive quotes from handymen in London with our “Post-a-Job” facility at the top of this page.
Tags: alarm detectors, carbon monoxide, cooking, fossil fuels, health, kitchen, security, ventilation
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 The daughter of Sir Roddy Llewellyn – most famous for his eight year relationship with Princess Margaret – has turned her back on a privileged university education to train as a plumber. Speaking to the Daily Mail, 23-year-old Rose Llewellyn admitted that she had enrolled on a City & Guilds NVQ 6129 level 2 course, which is the required foundation course for beginners as it allows progression onto the NVQ level 3. The young royal discovered that her heart was in plumbing when she fixed a tap at her home and decided to follow her dream and ditch university in favour of plumbing courses.
She told the publication: “I was sitting with Dad in the kitchen. A tap was leaking, so we took it off, fitted a new washer, and it didn’t leak any more. It was my light-bulb moment.” Rose revealed she was delighted by her decision to take plumbing courses and that her friends, who had been pressured into going to university, were jealous that she was doing something that she actually enjoyed. She told the Mail “I’ve always liked making things, and suddenly realised I wanted to learn a skill I can make use of – I was going to be a plumber. It was a huge relief and a lot of people around me were very envious.”
Rose said that she is extremely enthusiastic about plumbing despite coming from a privileged background and is happy to do the dirty work as it provides her with great job satisfaction. She told the Mail “I’m not a prissy girl and have no qualms about getting dirty or wet to do the job. I’m 100 per cent committed and have done everything on this course to the best of my ability. I don’t want to be a bog-standard plumber” she quipped.
If you have an urgent plumbing problem and are unable to wait until Rose qualifies as a professional plumber, use our Tradesmen’s Directory to locate a local plumber in London near you.
Tags: City and Guilds, Find a Plumber in London, leaking tap, NVQ, training, washer
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