Up to 35% of your home’s heat can be lost through your ceilings if your attic is not properly insulated, and this costs you hundreds of euro per year. It makes great sense then to make sure you have sufficient insulation material in your attic, to retain your heat.What you’ll need:Correct amount of insulation material (see Step ... [Read More]

Drilling a wall to insert a fixing for a picture, mirror, or other item may seem like a straightforward DIY task, but it’s easy to get wrong if you don’t take the correct steps along the way. This step-by-step guide will help you through the process.What you’ll need:Drill and wood bit Pencil Suitable wall plug fixings Small ... [Read More]

Drilling and fixing an item to a solid wall (i.e. a wall of concrete block) is a slightly different process to drilling a plasterboard wall, because of the different material involved. It can prove just as straightforward though, if you follow the correct steps.What you’ll need:Drill and masonry bit Pencil Suitable wall plug ... [Read More]

Giving your home a fresh new look and some added vibrancy could be as simple as just painting your front door. It’s a great way to introduce a splash of bright colour to the exterior of your house, and it’s a job that can be done expertly in just a couple of hours, even without any in-depth DIY knowledge.What you’ll ... [Read More]

Step 1: Get the room ready Remove the curtains, lamp shades, and as much of the furniture as you can. Cover the floor and any remaining furniture or other items with drip sheets or tarpaulin. Apply masking tape around the edges of whatever fittings need them, e.g. smoke alarms, coving, and light fittings. Stand back and take a deep ... [Read More]

Investing in high-quality paint brushes for your painting will produce a better finish thanks to their superior bristles, and properly cleaning those brushes when you finish painting will mean they will serve you for years.What you’ll needOld knife or similar Paper towels White spirits (for cleaning oil-based or gloss ... [Read More]

At Donegal Town Hardware, we meet lots of people who have some painting to do.We’ve been meeting even more of them since the opening of our dedicated Paint Centre. We stock the full range of Crown Paints and Dulux Paints there, and we have more than 5,000 colours to choose from – so there’s bound to be one that’s perfect for your ... [Read More]

A paving area brings real beauty and grace to a garden or other outdoor space, and maximises its potential as an outdoor living area.At Donegal Town Hardware, we offer an extensive range of paving options from Acheson & Glover, one of the largest manufacturers of paving and other concrete products on the island of Ireland.As ... [Read More]

If you're about to add a retaining wall to your garden to divide areas of different levels or to create a raised bed, play area, or other feature, you should consider the Acheson & Glover Dry Wall systems.Its greatest advantage over traditional methods is that there is no need for cement or mortar, and we at Donegal Town Hardware ... [Read More]

When people tell us at Donegal Town Hardware that they want to paint the exterior walls of their homes, we direct them to our range of Dulux, Crown Weathercoat, and Sandtex exterior paints.Specialist exterior paints such as these will provide your home with ultimate protection against the weather. They can cope with anything the Irish ... [Read More]