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    Sievi: Best Foot Forward

    Sievi Footwear could be the difference between blisters and bliss The average person walks five times aro ...

    Sievi Footwear could be the difference between blisters and bliss The average person walks five times around the earth in a lifetime and each step of simple walking can exert up to two times your body ...

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    The Price of Not Having an Electric Van

    Wilsons share their perspective on the latest developments in electric vehicles for tradespeople. The UK’ ...

    Wilsons share their perspective on the latest developments in electric vehicles for tradespeople. The UK’s first ‘Electric Streets’ are now in operation in East London. This groundbreaking scheme plac ...

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    HAIX's Feet of Endurance

    Simon Ash, UK Sales Manager at HAIX traces the steps you need to take in selecting the right footwear The ...

    Simon Ash, UK Sales Manager at HAIX traces the steps you need to take in selecting the right footwear The Health and Safety Executive reports that between 2016/17, there were an estimated 111,000 slip ...

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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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    Schiedel's Tips on Chimney Repair

    David Wright, Residential Sales & Marketing Manager for Schiedel looks at the options to make chimney ...

    David Wright, Residential Sales & Marketing Manager for Schiedel looks at the options to make chimneys on existing housing stock safe and suitable for 21st century wood burning. During the 1960s a ...

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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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    Top FIVE Things to Consider in Construction Business

    Tradify share five key factors that will have a fundamental impact on the way most trade and construction ...

    Tradify share five key factors that will have a fundamental impact on the way most trade and construction businesses operate and explain why looking to cloud based solutions can really help you get ah ...

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    Actis Insulation: Kings of the Castle

    A grade 1 listed barn on the North Yorkshire Moors has been restored for use as a wedding venue – with he ...

    A grade 1 listed barn on the North Yorkshire Moors has been restored for use as a wedding venue – with help from the Actis Hybrid insulation system. Danby Castle, a 13th century hunting lodge, has bee ...

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    Fools With Tools 17/09/18

    Here's the story from Graham: "Drainage was installed by his own team, but used side entry to enter from ...

    Here's the story from Graham: "Drainage was installed by his own team, but used side entry to enter from stack pipes and not main run , same method to turn 90deg. Building control then failed system d ...

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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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    The Good Ship Construction Cannot Change Its Course

    Ian Anfield, Hudson Contract managing director, shares his opinion on the monopolistic practices of major ...

    Ian Anfield, Hudson Contract managing director, shares his opinion on the monopolistic practices of major construction contractors when small and medium contractors have untapped ability to deliver. F ...

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    Ladder Safety With WernerCo

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee spent a day with Werner learning about ladder safety, courtesy of the L ...

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee spent a day with Werner learning about ladder safety, courtesy of the Ladder Association. With a radical overhaul of the standards governing the production and use of ...

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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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    Selling Your Van? Some Tips From Moneybarn

    Chris Sykes, National Sales Manager of Moneybarn, shares his advice for those considering sending their v ...

    Chris Sykes, National Sales Manager of Moneybarn, shares his advice for those considering sending their van to a new home. You may love your van, but sooner or later the time will come to sell it. Whe ...

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    Property Renovation: Georgian Townhouse

    From the January 2018 issue, Lee Jones reports on the restoration of a Georgian townhouse in the heart of ...

    From the January 2018 issue, Lee Jones reports on the restoration of a Georgian townhouse in the heart of London’s power base In the shadow of Westminster Abbey stands some of the best preserved examp ...

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    Inside the Dulux Academy (Part Five)

    In the fifth instalment of our series on the Dulux Academy, Professional Builder attends its Painting ...

    In the fifth instalment of our series on the Dulux Academy, Professional Builder attends its Painting & Decorating Stage One course. Ideal for those looking to enter the industry, or for general b ...

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