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Step-by-step: fitting a Garador Retractable Plus system
|Date: 10 June, 2019

Step-by-step: fitting a Garador Retractable Plus system
NDC Garage Doors explains how to fit its Retractable Plus. With a wide range of garage door solutions on ...
NDC Garage Doors explains how to fit its Retractable Plus. With a wide range of garage door solutions on the market, homeowner David Symonds was finding it difficult to choose the most appropriate for ...
10 June, 2019
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Protect yourself from the sun this summer
|Date: 10 June, 2019

Protect yourself from the sun this summer
With 44 per cent of occupational melanoma deaths attributed to construction workers, a Swarfega survey on ...
With 44 per cent of occupational melanoma deaths attributed to construction workers, a Swarfega survey on attitudes to sun safety proves very revealing. 1,575 hours of sunshine, high average temperatu ...
10 June, 2019
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All you need to know about site hoarding
|Date: 7 June, 2019

All you need to know about site hoarding
Professional Builder puts the questions to Colin Wheatley, product manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY, about the ...
Professional Builder puts the questions to Colin Wheatley, product manager at MEDITE SMARTPLY, about the requirements for site hoarding and the company’s latest solution. What are the key requirements ...
7 June, 2019
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The traditional art of pargetting
|Date: 6 June, 2019

The traditional art of pargetting
Professional Builder visits Bill Sargent, stalwart exponent of the traditional art of pargetting. We can ...
Professional Builder visits Bill Sargent, stalwart exponent of the traditional art of pargetting. We can thank Henry VIII for the introduction of pargetting to England – indeed, it was his desire to g ...
6 June, 2019
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Finding the right competent person scheme for your business
|Date: 6 June, 2019

Finding the right competent person scheme for your business
Competent person schemes are changing the face of the industry, according to Eurocell The construction in ...
Competent person schemes are changing the face of the industry, according to Eurocell The construction industry has an unfair reputation when it comes to public perception. Despite research showing th ...
6 June, 2019
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The pros and cons of family businesses
|Date: 5 June, 2019

The pros and cons of family businesses
There are lots of family-run building firms, and working with family was the topic of this week's #Trades ...
There are lots of family-run building firms, and working with family was the topic of this week's #TradesTalk discussion on Twitter. If you'd like to see what everyone had to say, simply follow @Trade ...
5 June, 2019
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The benefits of lime plaster
|Date: 5 June, 2019

The benefits of lime plaster
Professional Builder visits an Emmerson Critchley new build that’s seeing all of the advantages of an Ang ...
Professional Builder visits an Emmerson Critchley new build that’s seeing all of the advantages of an Anglia Lime solution. "The industry is definitely moving away from sand and cement as an external ...
5 June, 2019
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Greenstar 8000 Lifestyle range from Worcester
|Date: 4 June, 2019

Greenstar 8000 Lifestyle range from Worcester
Introducing the new range of design-led boilers from Worcester Bosch. Our sister website Professional Plu ...
Introducing the new range of design-led boilers from Worcester Bosch. Our sister website Professional Plumbing and Heating Installer might disagree with us but generally speaking it’s pretty hard to g ...
4 June, 2019
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The art of brickwork conservation
|Date: 3 June, 2019

The art of brickwork conservation
In a new series, Professional Builder is celebrating the tradespeople who are keeping traditional craft s ...
In a new series, Professional Builder is celebrating the tradespeople who are keeping traditional craft skills alive. This month we talk to brick masonry expert Charles Reilly of Georgian Brickwork. T ...
3 June, 2019
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The main causes of water ingress
|Date: 31 May, 2019

The main causes of water ingress
In the latest of our technical troubleshooting series, Mat Woodyatt, technical training manager of BMI UK ...
In the latest of our technical troubleshooting series, Mat Woodyatt, technical training manager of BMI UK & Ireland, looks at the causes of, and problems arising from, water tracking into roofs. O ...
31 May, 2019
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Advice on roofing efficiently
|Date: 30 May, 2019

Advice on roofing efficiently
Jamie Riddington, technical advisor at Marley explains how you can work more efficiently. When it comes t ...
Jamie Riddington, technical advisor at Marley explains how you can work more efficiently. When it comes to roofing, taking shortcuts isn't advisable – everything needs to be done correctly to be safe ...
30 May, 2019
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#TradesTalk discusses taking a holiday for the self-employed trades
|Date: 29 May, 2019

#TradesTalk discusses taking a holiday for the self-employed trades
Running your own business in the building trades can make it difficult to get a proper break from work, a ...
Running your own business in the building trades can make it difficult to get a proper break from work, and this was the topic discussed by #TradesTalk on Twitter this week. As usual, we have rounded- ...
29 May, 2019
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The history of Draper Tools
|Date: 29 May, 2019

The history of Draper Tools
Professional Builder discovers how iconic tool brand Draper has been helping tradespeople work more effic ...
Professional Builder discovers how iconic tool brand Draper has been helping tradespeople work more efficiently for exactly one hundred years. The horrors of World War I were thankfully behind them, b ...
29 May, 2019
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Sourcing traditional and heritage windows
|Date: 28 May, 2019

Sourcing traditional and heritage windows
Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popu ...
Quickslide's Adrian Barraclough talks about the rise of heritage-style windows. Heritage windows are popular - those that accurately replicate the original styles installed in genuine period homes, or ...
28 May, 2019
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Are you drinking too much?
|Date: 28 May, 2019

Are you drinking too much?
Professional Builder's GP Alice Fitzgibbon takes a look at the subject of alcohol. Drinking alcohol is ve ...
Professional Builder's GP Alice Fitzgibbon takes a look at the subject of alcohol. Drinking alcohol is very common. For some people, drinking is occasional, for others it is a social routine at the we ...
28 May, 2019
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MK Electric celebrates 100 years
|Date: 24 May, 2019

MK Electric celebrates 100 years
We celebrate the remarkable achievements of MK Electric. It’s a name which readily trips off the tongue w ...
We celebrate the remarkable achievements of MK Electric. It’s a name which readily trips off the tongue when anything remotely electrical is being discussed, the iconic plugs, sockets and wiring devic ...
24 May, 2019
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