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Alex Breingan - Sunday 6am - 9am

Alex Breingan
With a broadcasting career spanning 15 years, Alex Breingan has been heard on the radio by millions of people in the UK and for the past 7 years in New Zealand.

An experienced DIY enthusiast, Alex has renovated property in London and Auckland, turning his hand to everything from designing and installing several bathrooms, wiring, building decks and fences to plastering and painting – anything in fact but tiling which he’s hopeless at!

When he’s not doing DIY or hosting Design & Build, Alex’s day job is running the Living Channel and Food TV.

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Creating Energy Efficient Homes   

Want to know more about home heating or insulation? Click here to ask Right House a question to be answered on the Design & Build Show next time...
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Ask a wall insulation expert   

Click here to ask an Airfoam wall insulation expert a question before this weekend's Design and Build show...
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Latest Audio

Alex & Hamish's Extreme Home Renovation Project

Alex Breingan gets to grip with chainsaw
The garden make over begins
Alex begins to clear the garden ready to landscape
Yes, the shower curtain rail is shaped like that!
Hamish Dodd and Alex Breingan inspect the house
More photos of the house prior to the renovations...
Welcome to Alex & Hamish's Extreme Home Renovation Project
Welcome to Alex & Hamish’s Extreme Home Renovation Project...

Fact Sheets and Advice

How to save Water and Energy around the home   

It’s important to use water efficiently around the home and garden. With careful planning water usage can easily be reduced...
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Make your own hanging baskets   

How to create the perfect hanging basket displays for summer, including tips on moss types.
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Using power garden equipment safely   

Plenty of tips on using power garden equipment safely...
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Spring Gardening Tips   

At last spring’s arrived, and gardeners are rejoicing. So here are some top tips for spring activities in the garden...
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How to Insulate your Home   

Installing roof insulation is a simple task that may help reduce the loss of heat in the winter and keep your house cool in the hot summer months. With the retention of heating and cooling, insulation may reduce your operating costs and extend the life of your heating and cooling appliances.
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Hi guys. We spoke yesterday about the small budget greenhouses that I built. I used timber that I scavenged from a building site to make the bases.

Video Picks

Painting tips
Tips on painting a ceiling
Greener Lawn Without The Chemicals
This is a particularly entertaining video on achieving a greener lawn, without the use of pesticides and other chemicals.
Turf Renovation in About Three Minutes
A reasonably methodical and accurate demonstration of the processes of lawn renovation, in under three minutes.

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