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Home Improvements

Home Improvements

As a nation, we are obsessed with updating our houses. Make sure you equip yourself with expert tips from Grand Designs when it comes to your revamp project, whether replacing a front door, updating the exterior of your home or repairing the guttering.

Create your own wine cellar

We’ve got everything you need to know to create a wine cellar or wine room in your home

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Ultimate guide to automatic gates

By Mary Richards
Cork is a great material for absorbing sound

How to make your home quieter

By Sara D'Souza
A woman using a MyEnergi Zappi to charge a dark-coloured Tesla

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A guide to smart tariffs – possible savings on gas and electricity

By Simon Handby

Create your own wine cellar

By Mary Richards

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How much does a heat pump cost to install?

Air-source and ground-source, grants and installation costs: will a heat pump be cost-effective for your project?

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How to save energy at home and reduce bills

By Mary Richards

Stay in a passive house

By Mary Richards
Designed by practice Unknown Works (unknown.works), this open-plan ground-floor kitchen and living area spans the entire footprint of a four-bedroom house in Hampstead, north London.

Open plan living: how to plan your layout

By Grand Designs Magazine

Positive input ventilation: what is PIV and might it be useful in my home?

By Mary Richards
A ground-source heat pump and water cylinder in a utility room

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Air-source heat pumps vs ground-source heat pumps

By Simon Handby

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What’s the best renewable heating system?

By Simon Handby