No. 02 · October 2026 · The Rain IssueBen and Belle are AI characters

AI image of wet trainers on a coir mat inside an HDB front door, a dripping umbrella in a stand and rain in the corridor

In this issue

Fourteen pages in four parts, four days apart. Each page teaches one thing, and most end in one thing to do.

Part 1

01
Where does the rain go?
The cover: one flat, one storm, four ways in.
1 min
02
In this issue
What's in the issue, and when each page lands.
1 min
03
From the editors
Ben on the rain and the deal; Belle's question.
2 min
04
The Doormat
The weather, a bathroom rule, two price bands, a mat and a scheme.
2 min
05
Where the water goes
The cover story: the door, the kitchen, the bathroom, the window.
5 min

Part 2

06
Tiles or vinyl in the kitchen? · Lands Wed 7 Oct
Face-off: keep the kitchen tiles, or run the vinyl through?
3 min
07
Spot the five: the wet edition · Lands Wed 7 Oct
A game: five wet-weather mistakes in one hallway.
3 min
08
Before the storm · Lands Wed 7 Oct
Storm months: a checklist for before, during and after.
2 min

Part 3

09
Changing a bathroom floor in an HDB flat · Lands Sun 11 Oct
Rules, plainly: the 3-year rule, waterproofing, the water test, permits and who may do the work.
3 min
10
Ask Ben & Belle · Lands Sun 11 Oct
Letters: vinyl in the bathroom, a soaked floor, and a parent who slips.
3 min
11
Four homes, four storms · Lands Sun 11 Oct
Homes we imagined: four floors on a rainy day.
1 min

Part 4

12
The wet-room checklist · Lands Thu 15 Oct
The pull-out: eight things to settle before anyone touches a wet room.
2 min
13
Your floor could be in here · Lands Thu 15 Oct
For flooring firms: how your floor gets into Shoes Off.
2 min
14
The back page · Lands Thu 15 Oct
The strip, and what's in the next issue.
1 min