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Our customers recommend…

Our customers recommend...

Many of the products we sell at the Victorian Emporium are not simple DIY jobs to install and as such we thought a list of tried and tested tradesmen, as recommended by our customers, might be of use to purchasers of items such as stair runner carpet, railings…

Our customers recommend…

14 Apr 2015

Many of the products we sell at the Victorian Emporium are not simple DIY jobs to install and as such we thought a list of tried and tested tradesmen, as recommended by our customers, might be of use to purchasers of items such as stair runner carpet, railings and cornice.

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The Heritage Skills HUB - serious about traditional building skills

The Heritage Skills HUB - serious about traditional building skills

Traditional building skills and materials no longer form part of mainstream construction teaching. Learning has focussed on new products, materials and techniques that have been developed since the Great Wars, and slowly but surely the old ways are being forgotten.

The Heritage Skills HUB - serious about traditional building skills

22 Jan 2014

The Heritage Skills HUB has been promoting traditional building skills since 2009, and despite the publication of national reports in 2005, 2008 & 2013, little real improvement has been seen in the general knowledge about the construction of old buildings and how best to take care of them. Why?  The answer is simple. Traditional building skills and materials no longer form part of mainstream construction teaching. Learning has focussed…

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