For all things garden related, here you will find tips and advice on how to keep your garden looking its best, inspiration for unique features and more.
We love hearing from our regular clients, both business and DIYers. We are a little bit in love with the beautiful home working solutions offered by Smart Garden Offices. They design, manufacture and install a broad range of purpose-built garden offices and buildings. They create their buildings in their own factory in Suffolk, to the […]
Unfortunately, rust stains are an all too common problem on patios and other stone or concrete areas. As garden furniture and equipment is often metal it can rust when exposed to the delightful British weather leaving unsightly marks on your patio. These stains can be particularly stubborn and generally cannot be removed using water alone […]
Following on from last week’s post on how to decorate your wooden playhouse we thought we’d scour the web for some great inspiration if you’re having trouble (image credits are all included in the captions). For tips and ideas on how to decorate your playhouse check out our how to guide. Awesome Playhouses These might […]
The variations on a child’s wooden playhouse are almost endless and whether you’re looking for something small or large, traditional or quirky there’s bound to be something out there for you. If you can’t find what you’re looking for then perhaps attempt to make one yourself! Regardless of your chosen method of obtaining a playhouse, […]
Case Studies are one of our favourite things to write about here on the Owatrol Direct blog. We think there is no better way to show off the possibilities when using Owatrol products than to show you things that people have done already! This week we’re demonstrating one of our lesser-known products called D1 Pro […]
Following the success of both our Wood Care Guide and our Fencing Guide we have written a comprehensive Decking Guide. This takes you through step by step from choosing the type of deck you are looking for to complete your project, to preparing your deck for finishing and even maintaining it for years to come. […]
This is the first in a series of posts we will be running over the next few weeks to help with the minefield that is choosing, installing and maintaining a garden deck. In this post, we will be giving a brief rundown of the main types of decking available as well as some of the […]
We get a lot of enquiries from customers asking what they need to do to their deck in order for it to be ready to paint or treat with their choice of finish so we thought we’d give some guidance as it’s not a one solution fits all sort of question! The preparation you need […]
Following on from the success of our Wood Care Guide we have produced a series of posts taking you through the process of erecting a new garden fence – right from choosing which type to protecting and maintaining your completed fence. Below you can see each post in the series as well as a brief […]
This final post in our garden fencing series explains how to keep your brand new garden fence looking at it’s best and what maintenance will be required depending on the options you have chosen when erecting it. The main thing to remember when maintaining your fence is that prevention is most definitely better than cure. […]
