Keep Time in Style with Oregon Scientific’s New Rainbow Clock

Oregon Scientific, specialists in luxury lifestyle accessories, have now added the stunning Rainbow Clock to their iconic portfolio of contemporary clocks.

Adding colour and style to any modern interior, the Rainbow Clock, with 4 soothing sounds, is innovatively designed to enhance your lifestyle and physical wellbeing. The elegant, crystal clear display reflects a rainbow of relaxing colours, whilst the functional line-in allows you to play all your favourite music from your ipod or MP3 player.

The Rainbow Clock can create a relaxing mood for a good night’s sleep or wake you up with energising colours. Ideal for Christmas gifting or simply a treat for the home, the Rainbow Clock is the stylish way to keep time this season.

To view Oregon Scientific’s extensive range of luxury lifestyle gadgets, from smart outdoor devices and sophisticated travel accessories, to the newly launched Wellness Collection and an iconic selection of weather stations, please visit www.oregonscientific.co.uk.

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Jamie’s Autumn Winter Kitchen Essentials

Good and practical tools are fundamental for any first-rate kitchen, for professional chefs and amateur cooks alike. Available through Jamie at Home, the Jme Essentials range is designed to take cooking back to its simplest form, and comprises everything from bakeware, to kitchen gadgets and utensils; everything you could possibly need to create the very best home cooked food.

For Autumn/Winter 2010, this collection of back to basics crucial equipment has been added to, giving you even more practical and durable kitchen must-haves that have a simple and understated designs.

Further utensils have been added to the collection, these include a Slotted Spoon (£8.50), Flipper (£8.50), Ladle (£11) and Whisk (£8.50), and to store them all, Morph has designed a stoneware Utensils Pot (£15), a little larger than normal and available in a sage colour to match the Cooks Bowls.

In addition to the fabulous pieces already mentioned, the Essentials range includes many other kitchen classics that you surely cannot cook without! To complete the new additions, there are the Dozen Baking Tray (£13), Square Cake Tin (£9), and Chopping Block (£20).

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Traders Can Celebrate As The 100th TradePoint Store Opens

Traders can celebrate as the 100th TradePoint store opened in Gillingham store in the UK.

Tradesmen will now be able to find all the materials they need under one roof as TradePoint has opened its latest store inside B&Q on Will Adams Industrial Estate in Gillingham in Kent. Aiming for 118 store openings by the end of the year, the 100th store marks a landmark in the £26 million investment, giving tradesmen over 12,000 products from bricks and blocks, to paint, bathroom and kitchens, plumbing, electrical, tools and fixings all in one place.

TradePoint is open seven days a week, up to 14 hours a day with guaranteed stock availability, fast service and open and honest pricing from trusted trade brands. Each customer must supply evidence of their trade status, and then will be issued with their own membership card and catalogue listing all the products available. Customers will also find separate parking with extra wide bays for vans at the new store. Heavy goods can be picked from the building yard, and over the counter products will be picked and ready for collection.

TradePoint is available for trade only and offers a huge range of goods from hundreds of quality brands including Dulux, Ronseal, Mira, Biasi, Bosch, De Walt, Makita, Fisher, Rothenburger, Lafarge, Wylex, Vent-Axia and many more. TradePoint also offers kitchens and bathrooms and appliances to order or to take away. All at highly competitive and discounted trade only prices.

Pete Bell Gillingham’s TradePoint store manager says; “We’re proud to be the 100th TradePoint store and our team is in place to meet our new TradePoint customers. We’ve got a huge range of products and the team is eager to show how quickly and efficiently we can deliver these for our local tradesmen.”

Celebrity builder Craig Phillips who opened the 100th TradePoint says; “I’m excited to be in Gillingham opening the 100th TradePoint store today. It’s great that traders in the area now have one destination for all of their trading needs and I’m looking forward to meeting some of them today.”

All prices at TradePoint are shown exclusive of VAT unlike many builders’ merchants. Proof of working in the trade is required in order to collect your new TradePoint membership card, which should be shown when placing any orders and paying for goods.

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Find local tradesmen

Are you looking for a tradesman? Why not use the free service that allows you to get a quote from local tradesmen and you choose the one that is best for you. You don’t have to pay to use this service.

It does not matter if you are looking for local builders, local plumbers, local electricians, you will be able to find plenty of tradespeople who can give you a quote.

Look After Your Boiler During The Summer Months To Avoid Nasty Bills

1st Action advises consumers not to abandon their boiler until the winter

With the summer months upon us, it may not seem like a priority to think about getting your boiler ready for the cold winter, but this is what Richard Clarke, chairman of 1st Action is calling for homeowners to do.

Every central heating boiler should be checked and serviced each year to avoid problems such as pump failure, heating circulation problems, a noisy boiler, leaking radiator valves or cold spots on the radiator. If these problems are regularly experienced then the heating system could benefit from power flushing. A regularly checked gas boiler could improve its efficiency and lead to smaller gas bills. It could also reduce fuel waste and highlight any safety problems.

Clarke comments, “It is not only less expensive but you are likely to get a better service if you have your central heating system sorted out in the summer. During the winter, when the demands on boiler engineers is at its greatest, they tend to spend most of their time carrying out emergency boiler repairs and solving urgent heating boiler problems. During the summer they are under less pressure as heating systems are switched off. This is the best time to service your boiler and heating system.”

Clarke continues, “We know that after months of cold wet weather when the sun finally appears, the last thing you want to prepare for is a winter that is several months away. However every year for the last twenty winters as we get the first few days of colder weather our phone lines are crammed with callers whose heating is not working properly. You are not likely to be one of those customers if you have taken the appropriate steps during the summer.”

Many gas safe registered plumbing and heating specialists have special offers during the summer months to encourage homeowners to take care of the heating boiler and be prepared for next winter.

For more information, please visit www.1staction.com and the ‘Boiler Offers’ page

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Small In Size – Maximum Performance

Everything in our world is getting smaller; laptops, phones, MP3s and the trend hasn’t escaped the bathroom. Mira has launched a range of showers which, while small in size, still deliver maximum performance.

As well as being ideal for smaller bathrooms and en-suites, the Mini range from Mira is environmentally friendly. By introducing the Mini range, Mira has to date, saved the brass equivalent weight of ten African elephants!

Minibelle with 360 showerhead
The new Minibelle is the world’s best performing upright valve with dual control and powerful thermostatic performance. Teamed with the Mira 360 showerhead it creates a blissful shower experience.
• Thermostatic temperature stability keeps showering safe
• Mira 360m showerhead with Flipstream™ technology: one flip action, four unique sprays
• Cool touch valve technology – valve does not get hot during use therefore safe for use by all the family.
From £351.33 inc VAT RRP

Mira Minilite (also available with Eco showerhead)
Available as a built-in valve (pictured) or external valve, the Minilite showers are beautifully compact, but with a powerful punch. The Minilite’s thermostatic technology and simple to use single control make it ideal for all the family.
• One single control for flow and temperature
• Works on all pressures and on all plumbing systems, making it an easy choice.
The Minilite Eco comes with Mira’s Eco showerhead so you reduce your water consumption even further when showering.
From £211.50 inc VAT RRP

Mira MiniDuo (also available with Eco showerhead)
Sleek and functional in design, the MiniDuo range is available either with a built-in valve, an external valve (pictured), or with a fixed showerhead (built-in valve only).
• Separate flow and temperature controls
• Works at all pressures and on all plumbing systems, so an ideal selection for all bathrooms.

The MiniDuo comes with a four spray showerhead with partial rub clean rubber nozzles, whilst the Eco showerhead reduces water consumption by 75%.
From £253.80 inc VAT RRP

Mira Miniluxe
Iconic design and powerful first class thermostatic performance. Fully integrated rigid riser and an 8″ deluge showerhead creates maximum impact in every way, it features:
• Separate flow and temperature controls
• Highest performing vertical valve on the market
• Single spray 8″ deluge fixed showerhead with rub clean rubber nozzles for easy cleaning
• Cool touch valve technology – valve does not get hot during use
• Complete with contemporary rigid riser.
From £368.95 inc VAT RRP

Mira Miniluxe with Diverter
Mira Miniluxe and Diverter provides all the features of the Mira Miniluxe, with the addition of a diverter. Both the overhead shower and separate showerhead can be used individually and simultaneously for an invigorating shower.
From £421.83 inc VAT RRP

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Limestone Gallery’s Warehouse Sale – With Up To 70% Discount – Starts Soon!

Limestone Gallery’s warehouse sale starts on Weds 30th June-17th July with up to 70% discount. In its first sale for 5 years, the supplier to exclusive residences and superyachts around the world, is clearing old stock to make way for a new showroom space with superb stonework on offer at bargain prices.

There is something to suit all budgets with batches of limestone flooring starting at just £20.00 per metre plus VAT, fabulous carved basins in white limestone reduced from £1400.00 to £300.00 plus VAT, elegant limestone firesurrounds reduced from £1400.00 to £700.00 and solid carved bathtubs starting at £3000.00 plus VAT ( reduced from (£11,000 plus vat).

“Our clients love what they see but the vast majority seek something made to measure and in a stone of their choosing. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone seeking to create a luxury look on a budget”. says Carlos Zanarotti, MD.

The limestone and marble bathtubs are in both contemporary clean lines and classical roll top styles and all have the wow factor for a stunning bathroom or even a mediterranean style terrace. The company’s iconic Ellipse style bathtub in Ivory Stone featured in the Bridget Jones film ‘Edge of Reason’.One of these is available in the sale with a reduced price tag from £14,500.00 to £11,000.00 plus VAT.(Solid carved bathtubs start from £3000.00 plus vat in the sale).

The sale will be held in the warehouse adjoining the company’s showroom in Vauxhall.

Starts Wed 30th June – Sat 17th July 2010
Sale opening times Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm Sun 11th July 9am-5pm

Limestone Gallery , Arch 47 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1SS
020 7735 8555 WWW.LIMESTONEGALLERY.COM info@limestonegallery.com

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Unibond rolls in a new generation of DIY adhesive tapes

This June, adhesive experts, Henkel, are set to invigorate the DIY adhesive tape market with the launch of their new dynamic range of UniBond DIY and specialist tapes.

The UniBond tape range comprises of eight sub-categories, including duct, masking and specialist tapes, with over 30 products to help you tackle hundreds of repair jobs around the house, the garden and in the office.

The hero product, UniBond Power Tape, is the first tape that adheres to wet surfaces* and is even 100% waterproof. The tape is composed of three triple powered layers which include a super strong adhesive; a toughened fabric layer; and a 100% waterproof layer. This new revolutionary power layer technology even allows you to use UniBond Power Tape outside!…

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Choosing the Perfect Cordless Power Drill

Choosing the right Cordless Power Drill for your Home is not Rocket Science. In fact all the Cordless tools produced by popular companies are best in their own way. The real task lies in choosing the perfect drill which matches our needs. In this era of Internet, we are spoilt with choice. We have transformed ourselves from the era of Knowledge scarcity to Knowledge abundance. We have hundreds of thousands of pages for each and every product we search for in Google or Yahoo. But the real talent lies in choosing the best product from the variety of choices. The same concept applies for Cordless Power Drills.

In this article I have discussed some of the basic points we need to keep in mind while selecting the Cordless Power Drill for household purposes. I have made a sincere attempt to showcase all the important factors which make the Perfect Cordless Power Drill and it is up to the individual to choose the correct one which suits his needs. To facilitate a person in choosing a right product, be it Cordless Power Drill or any other, I have compiled a concept called FOUR P’s concept.

4P’s Concept:

For choosing any product it is advisable to analyze each of the P’s listed below. The four P’s stand for,

• P -> Purpose
• P -> Power
• P -> Price
• P -> Place

Now let us apply the 4P concept to choose our Perfect Cordless Power Drill.

Purpose:

While choosing the Cordless Power Drill, the primary point we need to consider is the Purpose for which we use it. We should list down all the Needs for which we will use our Cordless Power Drill. It is important because some of Drills are designed for specific purposes.  We should also make sure that whether the Drill works fine for all the surfaces like Wood, Metal or Brickwork. We have many drills in the market which perform many tasks. Based on the power, Drills can be used for either for small work or for some huge industrial works. It is up to us to decide which Drill suits our Purposes. Don’t get over ambitious and choose a powerful drill, it might be inconvenient to use for small household works instead it makes a big Drill in your pocket.

Power:

After deciding the Purpose for which you will be using the Drill, you must decide on the Power factor. Power here represents the strength of the Drill, its usefulness and Life of the Drill. In any Cordless Power Drills, the two important aspects which affect the Power are Voltage and Battery. We can consider these 2 factors as the 2 eyes of a Cordless Power Drill. There should be a proper balance between the two. If we take the Voltage it is directly proportional to the Power. More the Voltage more powerful the Cordless Drill is. After choosing the correct voltage for our Drill, we should focus on the battery. The Battery decides the life of the Drill. We don’t want a Drill which needs to recharge for every small operation. So choose you battery wisely even if its costs more.

Recommended:

Voltage: 14v and 18v Drills for Household works.

Battery: Lithium Ion for longer life.

Price:

After deciding the correct Battery and Voltage combination for our Cordless Power Drill, we should check the prices of the different Cordless Power Drill. Give infinite money, anyone could buy a Great Drill which can be used even for Rocket science. But many don’t have that luxury, so we need choose wisely. Moreover our uses are limited to only Household works, so choose a drill which will fulfill your needs.

Place:

This is the last P in our selection process. The Place here refers to the place to buy and the place where its service can be done. First, we should find the place where we can buy our Cordless Power Drill with good quality and optimal price. Toda with Internet, we can find many websites which offer this. Next comes the Service, this is another critical factor. Buying a Cordless Power Drill is not an one time affair. Even though we buy a quality Drill, it is prone to problems due to bad usage or some other factors. So the workshop where the service of this Drill is done should be reachable and should provide quality maintenance service.

I am sure that if you follow all the 4P’s mentioned above you can get the Perfect Cordless Power Drill required for your home.  Apart from the above factors, also consider the following special features which need to present in our Cordless Power Drill.

Special features

• Reversible motor – to back out screws.
• Variable Speed settings
• Spindle Lock setting
• Solar powered Battery.

To sum up, make sure that the Cordless Power Drill you are choosing his comfortable for you to use. Even if you buy a Super Drill with all features, it is useless if you can’t use it with ease. So be Wise and select your Dream Cordless Power Drill. Get home this wonderful tool and Keep Drilling.

For more details on Cordless Power Drills refer the website the cordlesspowerdrill.com

1 Hour Shower is the Clear Winner

If you have been putting off resealing your shower because you can’t bear to have your bathroom out of action for hours or even days, then new 1 Hour Shower Clear Bathroom Sealant from Evo-Stik is the answer.

Its innovative, high performance formula allows it to dry in just one hour and now available in clear as well as traditional white, is perfect if you have a dark tiling scheme and want the seal to blend in rather than stand out.

And, as well having your bathroom and shower back in use within minutes, rather than hours, you are also protected from mould growth and have the reassurance of a lifetime guaranteed seal.

Priced with busy, cash-conscious consumers in mind, 1 Hour Shower Clear offers more for less – faster drying time at an affordable price.

1 Hour Shower is ideal for sealing around showers and power showers.  SRP is £7.99, available from B&Q and Focus.

For further information, please contact Evo-Stik on 01785 272 625 or log on to www.evo-stik.co.uk

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