Stanley Lodge Publow Renovation This was one of the most exciting projects for me as I love the Art Deco era and I usually get called out to cover up the art deco look but on this occasion, we were asked to create it. The customer was in construction and knew exactly what they wanted [...]
ICF House Renovation | Swindon
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-05T11:30:54+01:00This was a lovely project to be involved in as the customers built the ICF extension to the house themselves and were after a quality render finish. We chose a Weber Thincoat system in silver grey, they chose this colour very well as it looked fantastic in contrast to the dark blue powder coated window [...]

Burnham Football Club | External Wall Insulation
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-05T11:25:39+01:00We were asked to price this project for rendering, when a site meeting was arranged they were originally going to insulate all the interiors with a false stud wall but Mark suggested that to save space, time and money that they use EWI (External Wall Insulation), this was not something they were aware of, so [...]
Portishead Renovation
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-05T10:48:49+01:00Portishead Transformation We were asked to carry out this project by the Head of Construction of a major developer as he had his house built 8-10 years ago and is sat on top of a hill so is open to the elements, and as we all know nothing is maintenance. We applied fungal wash to [...]
Burnham Insulation EWI
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-02T20:03:52+01:00Burnham Insulation Due to this building being on the seafront and open to all the elements, the owner of the property who uses the two upper floors as his holiday home, offered to insulate all four floors of the property to give the EWI its full insulation abilities, which has worked magnificently and has cut [...]
Winterslow, Salisbury Renovation
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-02T19:57:47+01:00Winterslow, Salisbury Renovation We work very closely with a great Builder Justin of RBC Builders, he does fantastic projects as you can see from the photos of this renovation. The customers were very specific in what they wanted to achieve, they wanted sharp lines with a clean modern look. Above shows the project in the [...]

Lawrence Green Salisbury – Through Colour Render
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-02T08:59:19+01:00Lawrence Green Salisbury Due to all the render being blown and unsafe for the tenants living in the flats the client decided to knock off the existing render and start afresh by applying a breathable render. We were happy to take on this challenge and the end results were very successful. You can see the [...]
Rogerstone Renovation
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-02T20:42:36+01:00Rogerstone Renovation We were very privileged to be one of only two contractors to be put forward by Weber for this project. After seeing the damp report, it was obvious that there were serious issues of water penetration and damp and the customer had only been living there 18 months. After going through a serious wet [...]

Renovation for Badgerswood, Salisbury, Winterslow
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-04-02T20:44:53+01:00Badgerswood, Salisbury, Winterslow This project came about because the customer had seen us working on another site in Salisbury, Winterslow, and asked us to provide them with a quotation. When Mark went to view the property, it was in such a beautiful rural setting and we knew that the finished product would have to fit into [...]

Insulation Project for Business Premises in the Southwest
info@thedesignhive.co.uk2017-03-30T16:51:19+01:00Insulation Project for Business Premises in the Southwest This project was a 100mm Weber External Wall Insulation (EWI) system, it entailed for us to fix a plywood to batons then mechanically fix 100mm insulation to the ply, LAC Mesh, LAC Sponge and then on this particular project they wanted two colours, Chalk to the main area and [...]