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The winter benefits of admixtures
|Date: 4 January, 2019

The winter benefits of admixtures
With winter upon us, builders should recognise the benefits of admixtures on site. Building admixtures ca ...
With winter upon us, builders should recognise the benefits of admixtures on site. Building admixtures can be found on sites across the country, providing numerous benefits to the workability of morta ...
4 January, 2019
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When do you need a tachograph?
|Date: 4 January, 2019

When do you need a tachograph?
Do you use your van for towing? You might be breaking the law, without knowing it. Dan Powell of Honest J ...
Do you use your van for towing? You might be breaking the law, without knowing it. Dan Powell of Honest John Vans explains the rules. Thousands of builders could be breaking the law, because they don’ ...
4 January, 2019
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Klober answers your roofing questions
|Date: 20 December, 2018

Klober answers your roofing questions
In the latest of our FAQ series, Graham Copson from Klober, takes us through some of the more common ...
In the latest of our FAQ series, Graham Copson from Klober, takes us through some of the more common queries received by the company’s technical department. Can I use your Roll Fix Kit with a mon ...
20 December, 2018
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Meet the former soldiers winning roofing awards
|Date: 19 December, 2018

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 ...
19 December, 2018
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How to find the right housebuilding sites
|Date: 18 December, 2018

How to find the right housebuilding sites
Alli Gay of CHI Homes advises on finding the right housebuilding sites. Availability of land The site’s l ...
Alli Gay of CHI Homes advises on finding the right housebuilding sites. Availability of land The site’s location is vital for resale, so choose carefully. Do your homework and stick to locations that ...
18 December, 2018
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Advice on keeping your van and tools safe
|Date: 18 December, 2018

Advice on keeping your van and tools safe
A tool theft epidemic is making life very difficult for the country's tradespeople. Aside from signing th ...
A tool theft epidemic is making life very difficult for the country's tradespeople. Aside from signing the #noVANber petition, what else can you do to protect your livelihood? Wasim Bux from insurance ...
18 December, 2018
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Are you complying with WRAS 2.7?
|Date: 14 December, 2018

Are you complying with WRAS 2.7?
JG Speedfit's Toby Howard-Willis looks at how you could be contravening the WRAS 2.7 regulation. Loo ...
JG Speedfit's Toby Howard-Willis looks at how you could be contravening the WRAS 2.7 regulation. Looking at water regulations is quite possibly as dull as dishwater but, nonetheless, it is an imp ...
14 December, 2018
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Have you considered a building control career?
|Date: 14 December, 2018

Have you considered a building control career?
Building inspector Trevor Clements talks about how he made the shift from builder to building control. In ...
Building inspector Trevor Clements talks about how he made the shift from builder to building control. In my first article I mentioned my time on the tools before joining the suited and booted ranks o ...
14 December, 2018
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How to budget for renovation projects
|Date: 13 December, 2018

How to budget for renovation projects
When you're buying a property to renovate for the buy-to-let market, you must have a contingen ...
When you're buying a property to renovate for the buy-to-let market, you must have a contingency plan in place, says Professional Builder's buy-to-let expert. It's not enough to just have t ...
13 December, 2018
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The importance of fixing specifications
|Date: 12 December, 2018

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 ...
12 December, 2018
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Why you should bother with digital marketing for your business
|Date: 11 December, 2018

Why you should bother with digital marketing for your business
Does digital marketing for the trades have a benefit? Yes! Most jobs come from your reputation. Word ...
Does digital marketing for the trades have a benefit? Yes! Most jobs come from your reputation. Word of mouth, recommendations and generally people singing your praises. But times are changing (i ...
11 December, 2018
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The benefits of van racking
|Date: 7 December, 2018

The benefits of van racking
James Wilkins is the owner of Wimbledon Electrician and purchased his first set of Bott Smartvan racking ...
James Wilkins is the owner of Wimbledon Electrician and purchased his first set of Bott Smartvan racking in 2017. We caught up with him for a chat about what drove his decision to buy a Smartvan solut ...
7 December, 2018
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Meet Joel Bird: carpenter turned author
|Date: 7 December, 2018

Meet Joel Bird: carpenter turned author
Carpenter Joel Bird has recently published his second book: The Table Maker, A Carpenter’s Guide to Life ...
Carpenter Joel Bird has recently published his second book: The Table Maker, A Carpenter’s Guide to Life Carpenters are often found to have a unique affinity and respect for the material of their trad ...
7 December, 2018
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Get help dealing with stress
|Date: 3 December, 2018

Get help dealing with stress
Bryan Clover from the Rainy Day Trust shares his own harrowing experiences of dealing ...
Bryan Clover from the Rainy Day Trust shares his own harrowing experiences of dealing with stress and offers advice on where you can go for help. Why do we do it? Why do we struggl ...
3 December, 2018
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Schlüter’s role in Britain’s tiling industry
|Date: 29 November, 2018

Schlüter’s role in Britain’s tiling industry
This winter represents a milestone anniversary for Leicestershire-based manufacturer Schlüter-Systems. Ma ...
This winter represents a milestone anniversary for Leicestershire-based manufacturer Schlüter-Systems. Master tiler Werner Schlüter established Schlüter-Systems KG in Germany in 1966, with operations ...
29 November, 2018
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Do you want to grow your business?
|Date: 28 November, 2018

Do you want to grow your business?
Growing your business as a tradesperson - and taking on staff - was the topic up for discussion in this w ...
Growing your business as a tradesperson - and taking on staff - was the topic up for discussion in this week's #TradesTalk over on Twitter. As usual, there were mixed opinions on the subject and ...
28 November, 2018
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