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Self Build & Renovation Workshops at the National Centre in Swindon.
Workshops on renovation, DIY, remodeling, building for amateurs.
There are Masterclasses and also open format Ask the Experts sessions.
Masterclasses are on:
9.30 to 10.15 am Walking Tours – Self Build & Renovation
These are on all day and comprise an expert walking and talking around the many standing [...]

On 16th – 17th April 2011 is another exciting event at The National Self Build & Renovation Centre in Swindon, off the M4 junction 16.
Coming soon, 3 weeks away, this event is a practical guide to what to do to renovate, refurbish and generally spring build your home.
With 200 exhibitors, many workshops and master classes [...]

Hanse Haus make modular eco-friendly houses that are simple to construct and cheap too. They are ideal for quick builds on cheap land, as normal housing development involves buying expensive land. This means the new build property has to maximize the potential of the site, and be custom built, to get the best price on [...]

News here is that we adding a big new section on how to buy wholesale supplies and wholesale products for all aspects of building and construction. We think that DIY and small time and amateur builders should also benefit from cheap and low cost building supplies. Already suppliers like Wickes, B&Q and Homebase, Home Depot [...]

Happy New Year!
We have removed the Christmas articles on trees, decorations, green Christmas and presents.
We are adding articles on

fireplaces
double glazing
insulation
snow clearance

These will be online in the next week.

Registration is now open for the big Ecobuild exhibition at London’s ExCeL. This is in Canary Wharf and is a very interesting place to visit.
Dates are Tuesday 01 March to Thursday 03 March 2011.
There are 1300 exhibitors, all sorts and sizes, since everyone does green certified materials and processes these days. This is a fun [...]

Seminars and show, this Saturday 27th November, at National Self Build & Renovation Centre, Swindon, off M4.
Eco Technologies Workshop – Retrofit Your Home – 10am – 5pm
95% – 99% of housing is old not new – so green and sustainable technology has to be added to OLD homes and office snot just glamorous new housing.

solar [...]

This major DIY building event has crept up on us a bit, recommended to get down there, usually quite interesting, and you can go to Lydiard House afterward (look it up on Google maps). Or central Swindon, or the Outlook Centre for some cheap clothes… or even the Steam museum.
There are green DIY info Seminars, [...]

We have a whole new section on Lights and Lighting, to add to our existing light and solar power sections.
See our lighting and lights pages:

Lamps, lighting, lights design, uplighters, chandeliers >
Light in basement, cellars, underground lighting >
Lighting the home, house, commercial, shops >
Llighting, lights, technology types, halogen, neon, LED, solar, laser >
Llighting outdoors, garden [...]

B&Q the huge UK DIY store, are campaigning for lower VAT on energy saving green items.
They say green goods (energy efficiency, glazing, insulation, solar powered gadgets etc) should have a lower rate to encourage take-up. This is a good idea, since cost is a major factor in going green.
As builders, and architects specifying [...]