3 Garden Appliances You’ll Need This Autumn / Winter

October 1, 2014 | Gardening Tips | No comments

Gardening, you either love it or you hate it. Either way, gardening is an around the year job, from tending to your flowerbeds during the spring months to provide your bulbs with the best chance of blooming; through to de-weeding during the summer. Throughout autumn and winter, work within the garden doesn’t stop, and to help you stay on top of your garden during the final months of this year we’ve compiled a list of three of the essential garden appliances you should have ready for action in your shed.

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Small Fixes for Big Savings – Wooden Window Frames

September 29, 2014 | DIY & Home Improvement  |  Money Saving Tips & Tricks | No comments

As you pull up onto your driveway after a hard day at work, are you happy with the sight which greets you? Does the outside of your house do you justice? Now, at eSpares, we know that during the spring and summer months, many of you will have spent time mowing the lawn, weeding flowerbeds and trimming hedges to ensure that your garden (and invariably your home) looks neat and tidy, but what about the outside of the house itself?

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Cleaning Made Easy With A Steam Cleaner

Cleaning Made Easy with a Steam Cleaner

September 25, 2014 | Cleaning Tips  |  DIY & Home Improvement | No comments

American interior design, Mario Buatta once said that “dust is a protective coating for fine furniture”, and whilst this may be true, there’s only so much dust and dirt that can be taken within a home until someone cracks and brings out the cleaning products.

However, very few of us, if any of us actually enjoy running the vacuum and duster around the home, let alone providing a deep clean of the home, which can take hours to complete and still leave areas of your home looking as though they have been untouched.

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3 Ways to Help Keep Your Fridge Running

September 22, 2014 | Kitchen Appliances Repair, Help & Advice | No comments

Winter, spring, summer or fall, your fridge plays an important role within your home helping to keep your vegetables fresh and your milk cool for your cuppa. But at the same time, despite being a trusted appliance, your fridge can occasionally fail you.

Thankfully there are steps which you can take, which will enable you to rely on your fridge for years to come; safe in the knowledge that the next time you go for a fresh pepper for your casserole it’ll be fresh and ready to use. These steps including….

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11 University Essentials

September 16, 2014 | Money Saving Tips & Tricks | No comments

During student nights out, whatever city you’re studying in, you’re guaranteed to hear Bryan Adams’ “Summer of 69” in which he states that “those were the best days” of his life – a phrase which many also use when talking about the university days.

In an attempt to help make sure that your time at university are some of the best days of your life, at eSpares, we’ve looked back on our time at university and compiled a list of some of the essentials you’ll need.

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5 Great Ideas to Celebrate Swap Ideas Day

September 10, 2014 | DIY & Home Improvement  |  Money Saving Tips & Tricks | 2 comments

Today, September 10th may not mean a lot to you, unless it’s a) your birthday – in which case happy birthday or b) you’re a huge Duran Duran fan and you’re excited about the nationwide release of their concert film which comes out today.

For us at eSpares neither of the above are applicable, but today is still important to us, because today is officially “swap ideas day”, and to join in with the festivities of such a day, we’ve compiled five ideas which we think all homeowners should be aware of – we’ve made sure they are cost-effective, and for those of you interested in “upcycling”, products you are likely to already have within your home.

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