Terms and Conditions
Terms of use
Meanings and definitions used in these Terms:
Discussion Forum(s) means the chat areas, bulletin-boards or forum facilities provided on the Sites;
1.1. This website is owned and operated by diy-my-home.co.uk.
1.2. These Terms govern the use of the website, including participation in the Discussion Forums.
1.3. The website is designed to provide an enjoyable forum for the exchange of opinions, comments, and information. Therefore, diy-my-home.co.uk requires its users to abide by these Terms. Your use of the website constitutes your agreement to comply with these Terms.
1.4. If you do not agree with these Terms, you should not use the website.
1.5. diy-my-home.co.uk may modify these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Terms, so it is advisable to check this page regularly.
1.6. We may terminate your access to the website without notice, in addition to our other remedies, if you fail to follow these Terms.
1.7. From time to time, our website may publish articles or features that some visitors may find offensive. diy-my-home.co.uk does not intend to offend and suggests that visitors who find the tone or content of the website offensive no longer visit the website. No responsibility is taken for any offense caused.
2. Use of the Website by You
2.1. diy-my-home.co.uk or its licensors own all material on the website. You may retrieve and display content from the website on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy them), and store such pages in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not make commercial or other unauthorized use, by publication, re-transmission, distribution, performance, caching, or otherwise, of material obtained through the website.
2.3. You may not authorize others to use the website, and you are responsible for all of your own use of the website. You agree not to use any obscene, indecent, or offensive language, or to place on the website any material that is false, defamatory, abusive, harassing, or hateful. Further, you may not place on the website any material that is encrypted, constitutes junk mail or unauthorized advertising, invades anyone’s privacy, encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any local, state, national, or international law or regulation. You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes and acknowledge that your failure to do so may subject you to civil and criminal liability.
2.4. You are responsible for all activities under your password or account, and you must keep your password confidential. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your pa
sword or account or any other breach of security. You must not disrupt the functioning of the website, solicit or use another user’s password, or otherwise act in a way that interferes with other users’ use of the website.
2. Use of the Website by You
2.5. Except for connecting to diy-my-home.co.uk servers via HTTP requests using a web browser, you must not attempt to gain access to diy-my-home.co.uk servers by any means, including, but not limited to, using administrator passwords or impersonating an administrator while using the website or otherwise.
2.6. You are responsible for ensuring that any material you provide to the website or post in a Discussion Forum, including but not limited to text, photographs, and sound, does not violate the copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other personal or proprietary rights of any third party.
2.7. You agree not to disrupt, modify, or interfere with the website or its associated software, hardware, and servers in any way, and you agree not to impede or interfere with others’ use of the website. You further agree not to alter or tamper with any information or materials on, or associated with, the website.
2.8. You acknowledge that diy-my-home.co.uk has not reviewed and does not endorse the content of all sites linked to from the website, and is not responsible for the content or actions of any other sites linked to from the website. Linking to any other service or site from this website is at your sole risk.
3. Age Limit
By using the website or posting content on any Discussion Forums, you confirm that you are 18 years old or older, or, if you are under 18 years old, that you have received your parent’s or guardian’s consent to enter into these Terms.
4. Use of the Discussion Forums by You
4.1. These Terms have been established to help ensure that the Discussion Forum is a welcoming and useful resource for all users. These Terms outline what is deemed unacceptable behavior, and it is important to read them carefully.
4.2. Users of the Discussion Forums warrant and undertake that they will not:
• Post libelous or defamatory comments;
• Post anything relating to any ongoing or pending trial;
• Post content which you have copied from someone else (i.e., you do not own the copyright);
• Post a personal insult about another user;
• Advertise or solicit;
• Impersonate another user;
• Post material that is deliberately intended to upset other users.
4.3. We cannot and do not review every post before it appears on the website. diy-my-home.co.uk operates a ‘notice and take-down’ policy, which means if diy-my-home.co.uk notices or is made aware of a post that contravenes these Terms, diy-my-home.co.uk reserves the right to amend or remove the post.
4.4. diy-my-home.co.uk encourages you to contact us if you feel a post violates these Terms. Please use the report function on the website to let us know.
4.5. You are responsible for the content of your posts, and diy-my-home.co.uk does not accept any liability for the content or accuracy of your messages.
4.6. Users of the website may submit material for publication in the Discussion Forums. diy-my-home.co.uk accepts no liability in respect of any material submitted by users and published by diy-my-home.co.uk, and diy-my-home.co.uk is not responsible for its content or accuracy.
4.7. If you want to submit material to the Discussion Forums, you may do so on these Terms.
4.8. You warrant that the material you submit is not obscene, offensive, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise illegal.
4.9. You acknowledge that any breach of these warranties may cause diy-my-home.co.uk damage or loss, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless diy-my-home.co.uk in full and permanently against any third-party liabilities, claims, costs, loss, or damage incurred by diy-my-home.co.uk as a result of publishing any material you submit to us, including consequential loss.
4.10. Should diy-my-home.co.uk become aware of any activity that would be contrary to the Terms or determine in their sole discretion to be unacceptable, then diy-my-home.co.uk reserves the right to take action, including temporary or permanent removal of content, filtering of internet transmissions, and/or excluding the user with immediate effect and, where necessary, forwarding any incriminating material in its possession to the UK police or other relevant authorities.
4.11. You accept that diy-my-home.co.uk may keep a record of your IP and/or host address for reference purposes only (in order to keep track of the number of visitors per day). In the event of any breach of these Terms, diy-my-home.co.uk may view and add your IP and/or host address to an ‘excluded database’ to prevent you from gaining further access to the website. These addresses are not distributed or given out to any third-party services.
5. Use of Material Posted by You
Postings to the Discussion Forums are not private. By submitting any information or material to the website via such postings, you grant diy-my-home.co.uk a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, translate, transmit, distribute, and sublicense the material in any medium now in existence or hereafter developed, for any purpose, including commercial uses to any third party. diy-my-home.co.uk will not return submitted materials and accepts no liability for their safe custody.
6. Copyright and Copyright Complaints
6.1. All copyright, trademarks, design rights, and all other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) in and on the website and all content located on the website shall at all times remain vested in diy-my-home.co.uk.
6.2. diy-my-home.co.uk grants you a limited, non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable license to use the website content solely for personal use related to your use of the website. Except as expressly set out herein, neither you nor anyone acting on your behalf acquires any intellectual property rights relating to any website content. Any rights not expressly granted within these Terms are reserved.
6.3. By sharing any contribution(s) with us (including but not limited to data, text, photos, messages, postings, images, logos, attachments, hyperlinks, and all other content collectively referred to as 'Contribution(s)') to the website, you agree and grant diy-my-home.co.uk and its sublicensees free-of-charge permission to use the Contribution(s) at diy-my-home.co.uk's sole discretion (including modifying and adapting them for operational and editorial reasons) in connection with the operation of the website and our business. The license extends to copying, distributing, broadcasting, or otherwise transmitting, adapting, or editing the Contribution(s).
6.4. You agree and confirm that any Contribution(s) you provide or upload are original to you and do not infringe UK laws, copyright, or other rights of any other person, or that you have the necessary consents to provide the Contribution(s) to diy-my-home.co.uk.
6.5. You acknowledge that diy-my-home.co.uk does not endorse the accuracy, integrity, copyright compliance, legality, quality, or decency of any Contribution(s). Users may respond to or comment upon Contribution(s); such comments do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of diy-my-home.co.uk.
6.6. diy-my-home.co.uk respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. diy-my-home.co.uk may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the access of users, subscribers, and account holders who infringe the copyright rights of diy-my-home.co.uk and others.
6.7. If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on any diy-my-home.co.uk website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that the website contains links or other references to another online location that contains material or activity that infringes your copyright, please contact diy-my-home.co.uk immediately using the report function on the website.
7. Trademarks
All diy-my-home.co.uk trademarks are the property of diy-my-home.co.uk or its sister companies and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks used on this website are the property of their respective owners.
8. Comments by Users Are Not Endorsed by diy-my-home.co.uk
diy-my-home.co.uk does not necessarily endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify, or agree with the comments, opinions, or statements posted by users in Discussion Forums or elsewhere on the website. Any information or material placed online by users, including advice and opinions, is the view and responsibility of those users and does not necessarily represent the view of diy-my-home.co.uk.
9. E-Commerce
diy-my-home.co.uk has partnered with selected third-party partners to enable you to purchase relevant products and services. Transactions carried out with specified third-party partners (and not with diy-my-home.co.uk) will be governed by the third party’s standard terms and conditions, which may be found on their websites before you transact. From time to time, diy-my-home.co.uk may team up with other selected third parties to offer you the opportunity to purchase goods from the website. Such purchases will be with the named third party (and not with diy-my-home.co.uk) and will be governed by the terms and conditions notified to you at the time of purchase. diy-my-home.co.uk cannot and does not accept any responsibility or liability for any losses you may suffer as a result of entering into any transaction with any third party.
10. Other Promotions
From time to time, diy-my-home.co.uk (or selected third parties) may include competitions, promotions, or other offers on this website. Each such offer shall be subject to its own express terms and may not be available in all jurisdictions.
11. Materials Provided by Others
You agree that diy-my-home.co.uk is not responsible, and shall have no liability to you, with respect to any information or materials posted by others, including defamatory, offensive, or illicit material.
12. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify diy-my-home.co.uk and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, advertisers, partners, agents, and representatives, and to hold them harmless from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including legal fees) that may arise from: (i) your submissions, Contribution(s), or provision of content; (ii) your use or misuse of the website; (iii) your unauthorized use of material obtained through the website; (iv) your breach of these Terms; (v) any such acts arising through your use of the website; or (vi) any other violation of the rights of another person or party.
13. Editing and Deletions
diy-my-home.co.uk reserves the right, but undertakes no duty, to review, edit, move, or delete any material posted by users in the Discussion Forums or elsewhere on the website, at its sole discretion and without notice.
14. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability
14.1. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE USING THE WEBSITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, diy-my-home.co.uk AND ITS AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, CONDITION, GUARANTEE, OR REPRESENTATION, WHETHER ORAL, IN WRITING, OR IN ELECTRONIC FORM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN OR PROVIDED BY THE WEBSITE.
14.2. diy-my-home.co.uk AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTY, IMPLIED OR EXPLICIT, THAT ANY PART OF THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY QUALITY, NOR THAT THE CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER diy-my-home.co.uk NOR ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE WEBSITE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT USE OF SUCH ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK AND WITHOUT OUR LIABILITY OF ANY KIND.
14.3. EXCEPT FOR THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE, diy-my-home.co.uk AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO OR INABILITY TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING FOR VIRUSES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE, YOUR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
14.4. diy-my-home.co.uk’S LIABILITY WILL NOT BE LIMITED IN THE CASE OF DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY DIRECTLY CAUSED BY diy-my-home.co.uk’S NEGLIGENCE.
15. Termination
diy-my-home.co.uk HAS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE, FOR ANY REASON, WITHOUT NOTICE.
16. Privacy
The information that you provide about yourself to diy-my-home.co.uk will only be used by diy-my-home.co.uk in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
17. Safety
Please remember that posting your name, contact information, or any other personal information on the website places such information in the public domain. Always use caution when giving out information. We advise that you do not reveal any information about yourself or anyone else (for example: full name, telephone number, postal address, email address, home address, or any other details that allow you to be personally identified) on the website.
18. Information and Availability
While diy-my-home.co.uk takes every care to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and complete, some of it is supplied to diy-my-home.co.uk by third parties and diy-my-home.co.uk is unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You are advised to verify the accuracy of any information before relying on it. Further, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions, and delays may occur in the service at any time. Accordingly, diy-my-home.co.uk’s website is provided 'as is' without any warranties of any kind, and diy-my-home.co.uk does not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy
20. GENERAL
20.1. These Terms, along with any additional terms brought to your attention, constitute the complete and entire agreement between the parties, superseding any prior agreements, whether written or oral.
20.2. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect.
20.3. These Terms are not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party, and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to these Terms.
20.4. The failure of either party to exercise any right or remedy under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy.
20.5. Unless otherwise specified on the Sites, the content of the Sites is directed solely at those who access the Sites from the United Kingdom. diy-my-home.co.uk makes no representation that any content of the Sites is appropriate for use elsewhere or available in other locations. Those who choose to access the Sites from any other location are solely responsible for compliance with local laws and regulations, if and to the extent that they are applicable.
20.6. You agree that these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law for all purposes. You also agree, subject to the following clause, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts regarding any claim or matter arising under these Terms.
20.7. For the exclusive benefit of diy-my-home.co.uk, diy-my-home.co.uk retains the right to bring proceedings regarding the substance of the matter in the courts of the country of your residence.
Please leave the Sites now if you do not agree to these Terms
