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    BUILDER'S WHEELS: MAN TGE

    Professional Builder Online’s Kieran Nee spent a day at Corby’s Rockingham Raceway getting his teeth into ...

    Professional Builder Online’s Kieran Nee spent a day at Corby’s Rockingham Raceway getting his teeth into MAN’s first ever van, the TGE. You may find it surprising that the lion-branded manufacturer M ...

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    Klober Answers Your Roofing FAQs

    In the second of our FAQ series, Graham Copson, Technical Manager of Klober, takes us through some of the ...

    In the second of our FAQ series, Graham Copson, Technical Manager of Klober, takes us through some of the more common queries received by the company’s technical department. To read last week's articl ...

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    Behind the Scenes with Festool: Power Tool Progress

    In the first of a series of online articles from Festool’s Phil Beckley, he takes a look at how tool ...

    In the first of a series of online articles from Festool’s Phil Beckley, he takes a look at how tools have developed with technology. There has been an incredible amount of tool technological dev ...

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    Klober Answers Your Roofing FAQs

    In the first of a new FAQ series, Graham Copson, Technical Manager of Klober, takes us through some of th ...

    In the first of a new FAQ series, Graham Copson, Technical Manager of Klober, takes us through some of the more common queries received by the company’s technical department. Are roofing membranes bat ...

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    Guardian Extensions: Helping Builders Out

    A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than on ...

    A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than one. It comes with the territory: snow, wind, rain and plummeting temperatures means that traditi ...

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    Construction Insurance Terms Explained

    Confusing insurance jargon has been baffling builders for years but now an expert is launching a crusade ...

    Confusing insurance jargon has been baffling builders for years but now an expert is launching a crusade against frustrating terminology. Mark Herbert at ConstructionInsure.co.uk has launched his own ...

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    Let's Talk Concrete Roof Tiles

    Slimmer, lighter, more attractive and quicker to fix, it’s no surprise that thin leading edge concrete in ...

    Slimmer, lighter, more attractive and quicker to fix, it’s no surprise that thin leading edge concrete interlocking slates are a popular choice with many roofers. But what’s all the fuss about? Tom Wo ...

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    Inside the Dulux Academy (Part One)

        In this series, Professional Builder Online has teamed up with the Dulux Academy for a behi ...

        In this series, Professional Builder Online has teamed up with the Dulux Academy for a behind the scenes look at what training courses can offer an experienced professional. First up is ...

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    New Website Hopes to Deter Tool Theft

    A former tradesman is hoping to reunite the industry’s victims of crime with their tools with the he ...

    A former tradesman is hoping to reunite the industry’s victims of crime with their tools with the help of the Tool Trace registration system. Professional Builder's Lee Jones reports. For a trade ...

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    Installing Panoramic Doors: An Alternative to Bi-Fold

    It was a case of its good bi fold hello Panoramic, as Professional Builder watches the installation of a ...

    It was a case of its good bi fold hello Panoramic, as Professional Builder watches the installation of a totally new concept in patio doors. After more than three months with only a few well-worn shee ...

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    BUILDERS WHEELS: Iveco Daily

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones finds that a test drive in an Iveco Daily is certainly not a grind Even ...

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones finds that a test drive in an Iveco Daily is certainly not a grind Even a brief encounter with the drive quality of the Daily will reveal that this is a manufacturer t ...

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    Use the Correct Roof Ventilation to Prevent Condensation

    Tom Woodhouse, Site Services Manager at Marley Eternit, explains how correct roof ventilation can prevent ...

    Tom Woodhouse, Site Services Manager at Marley Eternit, explains how correct roof ventilation can prevent costly callbacks for condensation problems. Our Site Services team and Technical Advisory Serv ...

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    Stair Crazy

    Staircraft is making sure it’s one step ahead of the competition with a significant investment in its man ...

    Staircraft is making sure it’s one step ahead of the competition with a significant investment in its manufacturing facilities. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones visits the company’s Coventry assembly ...

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    Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt Reformulated

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones visits the Dulux Academy for a demonstration of the manufacturer’s lates ...

    Professional Builder’s Lee Jones visits the Dulux Academy for a demonstration of the manufacturer’s latest Dulux Trade Vinyl Matt. When a product sells in quite the volume of Dulux Trade’s Vinyl Matt ...

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    Professional Builder Catches Up with Sodra

    We caught up with Nigel Buckley-Ryan, Sales Director at Södra – Sweden’s largest forest-owner and one of ...

    We caught up with Nigel Buckley-Ryan, Sales Director at Södra – Sweden’s largest forest-owner and one of the UK’s largest timber suppliers – to discuss the benefits of timber as a building material. W ...

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    Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Bill Layley (Part Six)

      As British Gypsum celebrates 100 years in the industry it wants to champion the trade and has been ...

      As British Gypsum celebrates 100 years in the industry it wants to champion the trade and has been out on the road meeting some of the unsung plastering heroes. In this next feature, British Gy ...

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