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    Wise Howell: Estate agents and qualifications

    © F-Stop Boy / Adobe Stock In this month's Wise Howell, Jeff Howell talks estate agents and qualification ...

    © F-Stop Boy / Adobe Stock In this month's Wise Howell, Jeff Howell talks estate agents and qualifications The Labour Party has said that if it wins power at the General Election, it will introduce le ...

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    Wise Howell: Initials in construction

    © Krakenimages.com / Adobe Stock In this month’s Wise Howell, Jeff talks initials, their many uses and wh ...

    © Krakenimages.com / Adobe Stock In this month’s Wise Howell, Jeff talks initials, their many uses and what they stand for. Do you ever find yourself baffled by initials? I mean the use of initials in ...

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    Wise Howell: Modern Architecture

    © FrankBoston / Adobe Stock In this month's Wise Howell, Jeff looks at modern architecture - just how pra ...

    © FrankBoston / Adobe Stock In this month's Wise Howell, Jeff looks at modern architecture - just how practical is it? What is it about modern architects? It seems they can’t be content with designing ...

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    Wise Howell: Wood graining

    © Svetliy / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell looks at the lost art of wood graining: I love seeing old ...

    © Svetliy / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell looks at the lost art of wood graining: I love seeing old hand-painted signs and adverts on brick walls. They are a reminder of a time when things were ...

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    Wise Howell: Resourcefulness and re-using materials

    © Chemari / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder touches on ...

    © Chemari / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder touches on resourcefulness in construction and re-using materials.  You might have seen the news about cro ...

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    Wise Howell: Building, Construction and History

    © Relia / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder discusses his ...

    © Relia / Adobe Stock This month, Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder discusses history and construction: When you think about it, the history of building is the history of socie ...

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    Wise Howell: Unpacking the Government's

    © jayfish / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column continues for Professional Builder, along with h ...

    © jayfish / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column continues for Professional Builder, along with his focus on water issues This column can’t seem to get away from water issues at the moment. Ju ...

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    Spotting mains water leaks

    © manola72 / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder returns as he continue ...

    © manola72 / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder returns as he continues to tackle mains water leaks. Last month I wrote about mains water leaks, and the fact that Th ...

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    Looking into mains water leaks

    © ROSNANI / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell’s Wise Howell column for Professional Builder continues, this time di ...

    © ROSNANI / Adobe Stock Jeff Howell’s Wise Howell column for Professional Builder continues, this time discussing mains water leaks The freezing weather in January caused a number of mains water leaks ...

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    Is construction in your DNA?

    © vitstudio/Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder continues, this time di ...

    © vitstudio/Adobe Stock Jeff Howell's Wise Howell column for Professional Builder continues, this time discussing DNA test results and professions. Last month I asked if I was maybe destined to choose ...

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