If you’re like me and can’t wait for the seasons to change, you’ll certainly be counting the days down until the first day of spring, officially Sunday 20th March. But before spring is sprung there’s plenty of things to be…
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Tears over taps!
Like many I assume, I had always dreamed of building my own home – just as the way I wanted it. About 18 months ago my dream became a reality. Well, a reality within a budget so not quite the…
Recycling Glass from Buildings
Every year many thousands of tons of window glass from building demolition and refurbishment ends up as aggregate or in landfill. Thankfully British Glass and their European equivalents have come together on a €9 million project to change all that. It…
Lichtenberg Lightning Glass
My mother has just returned from one of her Saga extravaganza holidays. Typically enough, she turned up at my house with the usual t-shirts and tat for the boys and “something rather special” for me! Now, my mother’s taste and…
Estate agents v online estate agents?
Recent reports about the housing bubble say that 25 people are searching for each house which is on the market, blaming the raise in buy-to-let house hunters for the shortfall, which has in turn been fuelled by low interest rates.…
Beer Gardens in the Sky
I know that at TTDI we tend to focus on the latest gadgets and gizmos, technology of the future and improvements and advances in the non-stop world of cyber connectivity. Yet now its summer, the sun is shining and we…
Quirky and practical green upgrades for your home
We all know that doing our bit for the environment is sensible and does make a difference. There’s the obvious such as having better insulation in our homes and the more expensive such as having solar panels and new bathroom…
A summer garden to be proud of!
This year in the UK we have had a slow start to our summer but thankfully things are looking up as we recover from a tiny heatwave with the promise of more to come! With the lack of rain many…
Hong Kong Bamboo Scaffolding and Hard Hats!
Recently I was lucky enough to go back to Hong Kong, a place I had not visited for many, many years when I lived there in a former life. As soon as I got off the aeroplane and chewed the…
Mobility Scooters – Three cheers for Top Gear
On a soggy Saturday evening, my 10 year old son and I decided to ditch the idea of a much longed for BBQ night in favour of making our sausages the “normal” way and settling down to watch something on…