Straight answers on bathrooms, kitchens, tiling and home maintenance, from the team that does the work across the Solent coast week in, week out.
If you're pricing up a new bathroom in Fareham, you've probably already found that quotes can vary by thousands of pounds for what looks like the same job.
A dripping tap rarely gets better on its own, and in Gosport the hard water usually makes it worse over time.
Plenty of kitchens in Stubbington look tired long before they are actually worn out.
Plenty of kitchens around Fareham look tired, but the units behind the doors are often still solid.
A dripping tap is one of those jobs that gets ignored for months, right up until the water bill arrives or the limescale stain in the basin refuses to shift.
A toilet that keeps running, trickling or hissing long after the flush is one of the most common jobs we get asked about across Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport and Fareham.
Swapping doors and worktops can make a tired kitchen look brand new for a fraction of the cost of a full refit, but only if what sits behind those doors is still sound.
For most family bathrooms, a full ripout and refit takes between 8 and 15 working days from the first hammer blow to the final bead of silicone.
Tiling over existing tiles is one of the questions we get asked most on bathroom and kitchen quotes around Lee-on-the-Solent and Gosport.
Most full bathroom refits take between two and three weeks from rip-out to final clean.
Bathroom floors in the UK have a hard life: steam, splashes, bare feet on cold mornings and, in coastal spots like Lee-on-the-Solent, plenty of damp air year round.
Ask three people what a new bathroom costs and you will get three very different answers, usually because they are describing three very different bathrooms.
Call, email or WhatsApp a few photos of the job. We will come back to you with an honest opinion and a clear price.
Lee-on-the-Solent, Gosport, Stubbington, Hill Head, Fareham, Portchester, Warsash and along the Solent coast.