Diary page. What's been happening?
Interested in buying a new domain name?.
August 7th 2010
A domain sales page has been created to part company with some spare keyword rich url's we have
gathered over the last few years. Click here for more info.
Warehouse at Speedy Hire Centre in West Edinburgh.
June 14th 2010
Our toughest contract of the year so far involved a tricky 325m2 detailed ceiling at a minimal height of 2.7 metres
plus a few extras for Windmill Contracts. Jobs done but my neck and back will surely ache for a
few days.
6 mile charity walk.
June 5th 2010
I intend to walk a 6 mile charity fundraiser tomorrow with my son and his grandmother. Donations
to Headway East Lothian would be kindly
accepted. Fingers crossed the good weather keeps up.
Leaflet drop.
May 20th 2010
The new flyers have arrived back from the printers and we are looking forward to the many miles
about to be walked over the weekend raising awareness about how we can repair problematic walls
and ceilings in recently built properties. A decoration service is also offered so minor cracking
due to house settlement and plasterboard damage can disappear in just a few days.
Website copyright issues.
April 2nd 2010
Do we get mad or should we be flattered that some builders in the same line of work as us have
no originality and steal our
content and photo's? If they wanted to borrow some material then all they had do was ask,
rather than nick it with a copy/paste. The original photos have a much better resolution and no
digital footprint or watermark in them.
Anyhow, we are so happy that some competitors think our site has good enough content that's worth taking. Even though a courtesy link back to the original content as a thank you wouldn't have gone amiss, we can live for a month on a nice gesture like that. Thanks guys!
Cracking wee taping job in East Lothian.
March 19th 2010
Working on a great number at the moment. This house extension has 4 velux skylights in the ceiling. A very
nice feature in a custom built north facing room that lets lots more sunlight in. There were
a lot more corner beads than normal for a job of this size so I completely taped the job out
by hand. The only machinery used was the drywall sander.
Building work in Europe.
February 14th 2010
We have returned from our short trip to Holland and it's back to business as usual again in
the East of Scotland. All taping, painting, plastering, coving and textured finish contracts
will be considered.
Custom build work in Prestonpans.
January 11th 2010
This work has been ongoing for the best part of 9 months. An empty house and double garage
have been carefully renovated and rebuilt into a unique creation that has been a good
experience for us to be involved in. There is nothing 'off the shelf' about this beautiful home and a lot
of the existing features such as the brickwork and ceiling beams have been fully
integrated into the new design without looking out of place. Truly a one of a kind.
Drywall and taping forum for professional contractors.
November 26th 2009
Looking for work? Please consider becoming a member of our drywall forum. Half the
calls I receive are tradesmen looking for work, unfortunately it's impossible for me to help
everyone during these tough times. How would you like to introduce yourself and build a
working relationship with nearly 200 other tradesmen and tool suppliers from around the
world?
Not so much house bashing these days.
October 9th 2009
Been so busy over the last month doing small contracts. House bashing on new build sites has
taken a back seat while I work on custom build renovations for new clients. I can honestly
say I don't miss the site contract work at all.
No rest for the wicked.
September 21st 2009
The Famous Peacock Inn in Newhaven, Edinburgh was completely renovated by D &
S Joiners and Builders. Even the roof was removed, and we had 10 days to get this area
back to a decorated finish while one of the busiest restaurants in the city continued to
operate around us. Before, during and after photo's.
(I have yet to take this photo)
Small jobbing contracts, lots of driving and always a pleasure.
September 16th 2009
At 3 different jobs on the same day? ...who said men can't multitask?
Taping site gets a rename and an overhaul.
September 1st 2009
I decided to freshen up the site a wee bit. Nothing radical, just a lick of paint to change
the colours so I can upload some photo's and new logo.
