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    Designing a new kitchen can seem overwhelming. Even if you’ve lived in a house for years and think you know exactly what you want from a kitchen renovation, getting all the elements to gel can be an arduous task. If you’re struggling, hiring a professional kitchen remodelling expert or an interior designer can be a very worthwhile investment.   Do I need a kitchen remodelling designer? It’s entirely possible to plan out a kitchen yourself, particularly if you want minimal changes to the layout. For example, we often […]

A solid foundation is the key to any quality building project, and that’s definitely true when it comes to laying natural stone flooring. Whether you’re using tiles or slabs, it’s essential to prepare the surface properly before you start work. Can I put stone tiles on a concrete floor? Concrete or brick floors are an ideal foundation for natural stone flooring as they’re even, solid and strong. Little preparation is required to put a stone floor on a concrete foundation, but a few basic precautions should be taken. First, particularly […]

This week I have been mostly looking at Roman Aqueducts. The first, the Aqua Appia was built in 312 BC to provide the populace of Rome up to 75,537 cubic meters of water per day. The amazing thing about this structure is that the majority of it’s length was subterranean and dropped only 10m throughout it’s entirety. Aqueducts move water through gravity alone and the Aqua Appia, built from stone, brick and the special volcanic element pozzuolona also afforded itself protection by it’s underground construction. During the Samnite wars, the […]