CB Services

30/10/2026

Q & As - What’s with the poppies? 🌺

Poppies are a permanent feature on the CB Services vans.
For our followers who don’t know, Carl served in the military for just short of 18 years. Most of that time was spent in the Royal Engineers in EOD (bomb disposal). In those years he served across the world, including conflicts in Northern Ireland, Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Africa and Afghanistan.
He has seen many friends and colleagues fall, both in service and on return from war, lost to their own invisible battles.
The poppies are a tribute to the fallen, a reminder of where Carl has been and why he does what he does. Having overcome so much, a successful small business means that he can, where possible, help others out, especially those with military connections.
Every day is Remembrance Day 🖤

[Jo]

29/10/2026

Always nice to get good feedback.
We try our best 🙂

26/10/2026

Hmmmmmm.
When the customer has a better tool racking system than you 🤣
Might have to long term "borrow" it for testing purposes, tho im sure after a certain Mr JW sees this it'll be nailed down 🤣🤣

25/10/2026

One of last weeks jobs.

We made door frames from oak, fitted these lovely doors and skirting and then made and put up these oak shelves.

This customer is climbing our 'favourite people to work for' list after providing an excellent home made cheesecake. Thank you 🙂🍰

21/10/2026

19/10/2026

Hard one this job, working for a Royal Artillery Major with 42 (yes 42!) years service. Honoured though to be at his home for his first day back as a civilian and able to call him 'Mr' not 'Sir'.
Arch enemies, but proud on this one to have a shared motto - Ubique.

We removed a bath, re-plumbed and fixed some very dodgy silicone repairs to pipes, fitted a low level shower tray, screen, replaced tiles, fitted a tap, built a fence and gate and did some electrics and plasterboarding in the garage, amongst other things.

Thanks for having us 🫡

14/10/2026

Q&A time - Which areas do you work in?
Carl has been asked a lot lately which areas he covers.
Home is Yarm, so we can work in the North East of North Yorkshire, Teesside and up into County Durham. He also has accommodation in Ingleton, so can cover the Yorkshire Dales, and yes, even into Lancashire!
We can travel further afield depending on the job and if basic accommodation can be provided.

11/10/2026

This week we had limited time to complete as much as we could on a customers new kitchen. In 4 days we completely re-plumbed, re-wired and fitted the kitchen units, doors and skirting leaving the customer to sort out tiling/flooring/decorating when they can.
It's nice to complete the full job, but if you have limited time or funds we can still try and help (especially for a fellow Sapper or their family!)

Special thanks to The Little Shop Café Reddish for providing great food (and delivering it) to keep us going 🥪🌮🥧☕️

07/10/2026

🤣 Don't worry if you can't grout a bathroom, Carl is one of those people who came out of the womb with the ability!
Drop us a message if you need some help.

03/10/2026

One of a variety of jobs completed in the last couple of weeks.
A media wall for this client, who kept us exceptionally well supplied with coffee!
Thank you for having us back 🙂☕️