Some of you may have tuned your telly into a gross-out show called 'Extreme Makeover' in the last few years, where people with perfectly good faces and bodies get themselves mutilated for the sake of entertainment.

Well, you may not be aware of it, but there is a 'Home Edition' of the programme, where you home is mutilated, also for the sake of entertainment.

Where once you may have had a pretty period feature or original timber framed windows, the dudes from this show, in crass, bold American spirit, will rip it all out and replace it with quadruple-glazed pvc windows, enormous dvd/computer/television centres, a hot tub in your kitchen, and a wall-sized plasma screen.

The other day, BuildersBox witnessed an episode where they couldn't even be bothered to upgrade or 'pimp' the house. They just ripped it down and started again. A whole house was built in three days; it was like Challenge Anneka on speed.

If you want to see the programme you will need to have the UKTV Style channel. Tell BuildersBox what you think of it when you get the chance to check it out.

Related links:

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition website
UKTV Style website

Offering a range of construction and building related t-shirts, shorts, socks, pants, and, ahem, thongs, cafepress.com will let you shout loudly and proudly that you are a builder.

Slogans such as 'My daddy has more tools than your daddy', 'Let's get plastered!' and 'I work to support my woodworking habit' can be applied to a comprehensive range of caps, hooded sweaters, t-shirts, polo shirts, sleeveless t-shirts, trousers, shorts, pants, bibs, stickers, posters, and, among other products, a dog t-shirt. Cool. Who could possibly say no to that?

Related links:

Cafe Press builder-related clothing/accessories
'Builders Rock!' clothing
Children clothing/accessories

How many times have you come across a DIY idiot who has tried to do some tricky building work and had to call in a builder to sort it out?

Well unsuprisingly, these DIY bodges cost people £850m a year in paying builders to sort them out. Incredibly, 70 people die a year from DIY disasters, and there are a further 200,000 injured. But even so, a Federation of Master Builders survey reckons that 40% of people attempt all their building work themselves.

It seems that your average Joe Bloggs will never learn - he is just desperate to be a builder. So we decided to compile our own Top 5 DIY disasters, about people who thought DIY was as easy as ABC, but ended up thinking again. And if you've got any similar stories, let us know by adding a comment at the bottom.

It is a common phenemenon to compare boredom for an activity to watching paint dry. But, of course, that would be extremely unfair to those of you who actually like to partake in the activity of watching paint dry, which, according to this collection of websites and articles, is quite a lot.

There must be a place in any builders hearts for pop songs featuring builders. For some reason or another, probably the sheer silliness of most of the tunes, the public tends to go out and buy them by the bucket load.

BuildersBox knows you all love a teabreak, the more of them, the better. But the real question is, what brand is the best British cuppa? Well it seems that there appears to be a degree of controversy surrounding the issue, with certain food critics claiming that the cup of tea in Britain is the worst in the world.

More and more nowadays, building and construction finds itself on television. Whether it is DIY or large scale construction projects, there is a wealth of shows across terrestrial and satallite TV.

We all love a good flick, but its even better when we see something that we can relate to. Builders don't get a lot of coverage in films, as their jobs aren't glamorous enough for the bright lights of Hollywood, but every now and again there is the occassional builder nugget for us all to feast on.

What? Books? For builders? That's right, and there are some good ones out there as well. Whether it be a few jokes for the back pocket or a comprehensive guide to building anything, you are sure to find what you are looking for on the web.

The Gripfill Girls are now back due to popular demand.

Now gloriously titled the 'G-Force' girls, the company is using them to run a marketing campaign whereby you could win an on-site photoshoot with the buxom ladies. Phoar! BuildersBox doesn't think there are many of you that would turn that offer down.