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Watch: Draper Tools’ Guide to Repointing

|Date: 6 July, 2016

Watch: Draper Tools’ Guide to Repointing

The tutorial and guidance video from Draper Tools demonstrates how to repair and repoint damaged or broke ...

The tutorial and guidance video from Draper Tools demonstrates how to repair and repoint damaged or broken mortar joints in brickwork, helping to maintain a wall's strength and structure, but also kee ...

6 July, 2016
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Decorating Tips From Hamilton

|Date: 30 June, 2016

Decorating Tips From Hamilton

The decorating experts at Hamilton explain how to achieve the best possible finish using water-based glos ...

The decorating experts at Hamilton explain how to achieve the best possible finish using water-based gloss paint. Water-based gloss paint may be growing in popularity, but it can sometimes be difficul ...

30 June, 2016
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ITW Construction Products’ Curved Roof Truss Design

|Date: 28 June, 2016

ITW Construction Products’ Curved Roof Truss Design

ITW Construction Products provides a unique curved roof truss design for Ochil Timber and Cornerstone Con ...

ITW Construction Products provides a unique curved roof truss design for Ochil Timber and Cornerstone Construction Scotland in Tiree. Over the last three years, Denny-based Ochil Timber has been part ...

28 June, 2016
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Are ‘Wikihouses’ the Solution to the Housing Crisis?

|Date: 28 June, 2016

Are ‘Wikihouses’ the Solution to the Housing Crisis?

Wikihouse could fix the housing crisis by making construction accessible to all, argues Mike Harrison, Ma ...

Wikihouse could fix the housing crisis by making construction accessible to all, argues Mike Harrison, Marketing Manager, Medite – SmartPly. The construction industry needs to build high volumes of af ...

28 June, 2016
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Pasquill’s Open Web Trusses

|Date: 27 June, 2016

Pasquill’s Open Web Trusses

Russell Thomson, Regional Sales Manager at Pasquill, the UK supplier of trussed rafters, argues that repl ...

Russell Thomson, Regional Sales Manager at Pasquill, the UK supplier of trussed rafters, argues that replacing attic trusses with open web solutions can mean benefits for builders For some time now, ...

27 June, 2016
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Redland: Installation of Mortar Bedded Ridges

|Date: 27 June, 2016

Redland: Installation of Mortar Bedded Ridges

Redland emphasises the importance of batten straps in mortar bedded ridges The improper installation of m ...

Redland emphasises the importance of batten straps in mortar bedded ridges The improper installation of mortar bedded ridges continues to be a major issue plaguing the roofing industry, and one that c ...

27 June, 2016
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Hepworth Clay: Things to Consider When Laying Pipework

|Date: 27 June, 2016

Hepworth Clay: Things to Consider When Laying Pipework

A best practice approach to cutting, backfilling and pipe jointing must encompass critical health & s ...

A best practice approach to cutting, backfilling and pipe jointing must encompass critical health & safety considerations, writes Paul Wydell, Product Manager, Hepworth Clayware Contractors are fa ...

27 June, 2016
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Auto-Enrolment: Aviva Explains

|Date: 23 June, 2016

Auto-Enrolment: Aviva Explains

Professional Builder talks to Andy Beswick, Managing Director of Business Solutions at Aviva, about auto- ...

Professional Builder talks to Andy Beswick, Managing Director of Business Solutions at Aviva, about auto-enrolment and how it will affect you. With 480,000 SMEs on course to set up a workplace pension ...

23 June, 2016
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Restoring Herstmonceux Castle

|Date: 23 June, 2016

Restoring Herstmonceux Castle

When it comes to the repair and renovation of ancient buildings, former William Morris Craft Fellow, Tom ...

When it comes to the repair and renovation of ancient buildings, former William Morris Craft Fellow, Tom Massey is definitely king of the castle. Herstmonceux Castle stands tall as one of the earliest ...

23 June, 2016
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Model Builder: Gavin Orson

|Date: 20 June, 2016

Model Builder: Gavin Orson

Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee talks to Welsh plumber Gavin Orson, star of SC4’s Model Builder, whose ...

Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee talks to Welsh plumber Gavin Orson, star of SC4’s Model Builder, whose next job may be Milan, New York or Paris. “It started in the pub, if I’m honest. There was a po ...

20 June, 2016
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