The Horley Lawn Tennis Club in Surrey has been an important part of the Horley community since 1894, when it was first established. The club became a charity in 2013 in order to provide a place for local residents to engage in sporting activities in an enjoyable and affordable way. The club has more than 200 members and is run…

Everyone likes spending time in the garden, but not everyone enjoys having huge swathes of grass to look after. Timber decking is a great option for people who want to extend the usable space of their garden while keeping mud off their shoes. Before you lay the first wooden decking board, make sure it’s resilient to weathering and biological growth…

The interior walls brochure examines the use of Oldroyd membranes to cover damp and contaminated walls. This approach has a number of advantages over traditional waterproofing methods, for example minimal surface preparation is usually required and less dependence is made on the quality of the underlying substrate. Specific applications referred to in the brochure include: Barn conversionsCellar RefurbishmentNewbuild Basement Waterproofing…

To some extent all green roofs can be said to encourage biodiversity as they provide a habitat that supports life-forms that would be unable to survive on a more traditional roof structure. Biodiverse roofs (also known as brown roofs or rubble roofs) share many of the qualities and benefits of green roofs, but differ in that they are designed to…