• Meet the former soldiers winning roofing awards

    At the recent BMI Redland and Icopal Apprentice of the Year competition, a surprising number of finalists ...

    At the recent BMI Redland and Icopal Apprentice of the Year competition, a surprising number of finalists were former service personnel. Professional Builder met up with three of them to talk about th ...

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  • The importance of fixing specifications

    In the latest of our series Mat Woodyatt, from BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the risks of not obser ...

    In the latest of our series Mat Woodyatt, from BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the risks of not observing minimum fix standards. Under the old standard – prior to the introduction of BS 5534: 2014 ...

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  • The bane of clay roof tiles

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt of BMI Redland, looks at concerns regarding c ...

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt of BMI Redland, looks at concerns regarding clay tile delamination. The quality of raw materials and the manufacturing process largely deter ...

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  • BMI Launches New Flat Roof Training Facility

    Following the completion of a new BMI Icopal flat roofing training area, and the refurbishment of the exi ...

    Following the completion of a new BMI Icopal flat roofing training area, and the refurbishment of the existing BMI Redland pitched training facility, the BMI National Training Centre is now able to of ...

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  • Goofs on the Roof: Pitch Perfect

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, explo ...

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, explores the importance of roof pitch. Pitch. The angle of your roof. It is one of, if not the most, ...

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  • Goofs on the Roof: Help the Aged

    In the latest of our series Goofs on the Roof, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland looks ...

    In the latest of our series Goofs on the Roof, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland looks at some examples of poor practice; and how a project should have been properly tackled. In this ...

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  • Goofs on the Roof: Home & Dry

    In the second of a new series looking at roof installation problems and failures, David Patrick, Marketin ...

    In the second of a new series looking at roof installation problems and failures, David Patrick, Marketing Director UK & Ireland at Redland looks at concerns around dry verges with mind to a Briti ...

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  • Goofs on the Roof: Mind the Gaps

    In the first of the new series Goofs on the Roof, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, ex ...

    In the first of the new series Goofs on the Roof, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, explains how spotting poorly matched tiles gives clues to other problems on the roof. Just say yo ...

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  • Goofs on the Roof: Draped Crusaders

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, takes ...

    In the latest of our Goofs on the Roof series, Mat Woodyatt, Technical Training Manager of Redland, takes a look at a less than fresh roof interior, and what it means for the property.   When we ...

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  • Step-by-Step: Installing a Dry Verge

    Changes to the British Standard code of practice for slating and tiling, BS 5534, have paved the way for ...

    Changes to the British Standard code of practice for slating and tiling, BS 5534, have paved the way for Redland’s latest system, the Rapid Verge and Ambi-Dry Verge for Redland 49 tiles and Fenland Pa ...

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