Inspiration & Advice
Are you looking for useful do-it-yourself advice? Do you want to know how to clean your artificial grass, or need some ideas for a garden transformation? At Howarth, we have plenty of how-to guides, product selections, and inspired themes to help you towards making your home or next garden project a success. You can also meet our expert authors to learn more about the people behind our advice and discover their industry experience.
We are much more than just timber, and with our innovative ideas and practical advice, you can create a home to be proud of.
A Guide to Choosing Interior Doors
Looking for internal doors, but don't know where to start? Our guide is here to help.
When choosing interior doors, the biggest motivation in our decision-making are most commonly cost and size, both of which are factors that we are not able to be flexible on.
However, with so many options available (at Howarth Timber & Building Supplies, we offer 200+ internal doors through our website), there are a few things you might need to think about to help choose the right one for the ne
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3rd Dec 2021
Choosing the Right Paving For Your Garden
Paving can make or break your outdoor space. This simple guide will help you to choose the right paving for your garden.
Paving has long been an attractive and cost-effective prospect for landscaping in home and garden. If you’ve never purchased paving for your garden before, it can sometimes be a tougher decision than you might realise at first, because there can be so many factors to think about to get the most from your new paving. But, you’re in luck as we are here to help you ma
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3rd Dec 2021
Create the perfect Indoor-Outdoor space for Mental Health
Find out how to improve your mental health by bringing your garden indoors with these simple ideas.
According to the mental health charity Mind, “approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.”
Research suggests that there is a strong connection between spending time in nature and mental health, and the
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3rd Dec 2021
Timber industry faces shortages in 2021
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has highlighted concerning outcomes of the 2021 Timber supply chain, as the industry faces timber shortages.
Mainly brought on by the ongoing pandemic, the volatile market, and the high global demand for timber and related products.
In recent years, the UK has been privileged to have access to plentiful stock of materials with extremely short lead times, particularly in 2019 due to significant stock piling ahead of Brexit. In October 2020 the TTF repo
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3rd Dec 2021
How to build a raised deck
A step by step guide on how to build your own raised decking area.
Raised decking doesn't have to be attached to your house; it can be used as a centrepiece in your garden such as around a tree, as a shaded area, or to provide a suitable position for a hot tub. Raised decking provides an attractive external entertaining space.
Step 1- Planning and Preparing your decking area
1. Leaves, rocks, and other debris should be removed from the chosen location for yo
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2nd Dec 2021