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John Guest: Testing Your Pipework (Part Four)
|Date: 31 July, 2017

John Guest: Testing Your Pipework (Part Four)
Lee Flood, Director of Quality at JG Speedfit and Nigel Sanger, Technical Manager at JG Speedfit, look at ...
Lee Flood, Director of Quality at JG Speedfit and Nigel Sanger, Technical Manager at JG Speedfit, look at the rigorous testing that should be conducted on plastic pipes and fittings. There are two pri ...
31 July, 2017
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Roger Bisby: On the Verge of Greatness with Marley Eternit
|Date: 29 July, 2017

Roger Bisby: On the Verge of Greatness with Marley Eternit
Roger Bisby has a go at installing Marley Eternit’s Universal Dry Verge System. The days of bedding singl ...
Roger Bisby has a go at installing Marley Eternit’s Universal Dry Verge System. The days of bedding single lap roof tiles on sand and cement as the sole means of fixing are over. You heard it here fir ...
29 July, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Entering the Eighties
|Date: 29 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Entering the Eighties
In the fourth and final instalment of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built from ...
In the fourth and final instalment of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built from 1960s onwards to about 1980. The 1960s were obviously a time of great social change – indeed re ...
29 July, 2017
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Marley Eternit’s Guide to Roofing: Complex Roofing Projects
|Date: 27 July, 2017

Marley Eternit’s Guide to Roofing: Complex Roofing Projects
Andy Rowlands from Rowlands Roofing recently worked on one of the most complex roofing projects of his ca ...
Andy Rowlands from Rowlands Roofing recently worked on one of the most complex roofing projects of his career. Quintain House is a uniquely designed three bedroomed house in Gloucestershire, with a hu ...
27 July, 2017
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Up to Date with Ardex Part Two: Suppressing Moisture Vapour in Screed
|Date: 27 July, 2017

Up to Date with Ardex Part Two: Suppressing Moisture Vapour in Screed
This week Moray Anderson, Technical Services Representative from Ardex UK, manufacturer of high performan ...
This week Moray Anderson, Technical Services Representative from Ardex UK, manufacturer of high performance, fast track building materials, offers his advice on speeding up the application of flooring ...
27 July, 2017
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Viessmann: Heat Your House with Ice
|Date: 26 July, 2017

Viessmann: Heat Your House with Ice
Stommel Haus has equipped a private dwelling in Aberdeenshire with ground-breaking ‘Heating with Ice’ tec ...
Stommel Haus has equipped a private dwelling in Aberdeenshire with ground-breaking ‘Heating with Ice’ technology by Viessmann. Professional Builder reports. The innovative ice store system is installe ...
26 July, 2017
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National Domelight Company: Creating a Better Living Space
|Date: 26 July, 2017

National Domelight Company: Creating a Better Living Space
Scott Couldrey, Managing Director, The National Domelight Company, discusses how to design a better livin ...
Scott Couldrey, Managing Director, The National Domelight Company, discusses how to design a better living space for improved well-being using natural light from a rooflight or skylight. Natural light ...
26 July, 2017
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Wavin: Advice on Installing Underfloor Heating Systems
|Date: 25 July, 2017

Wavin: Advice on Installing Underfloor Heating Systems
Steve Harris, Technical Support Engineer for Heating and Cooling at Wavin, offers his advice on installin ...
Steve Harris, Technical Support Engineer for Heating and Cooling at Wavin, offers his advice on installing underfloor heating systems. One of the key benefits of underfloor heating is its simplicity, ...
25 July, 2017
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John Guest: Using CAD Drawings (Part Three)
|Date: 24 July, 2017

John Guest: Using CAD Drawings (Part Three)
Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Manager at JG Speedfit, discusses the importance of high quality CAD drawin ...
Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Manager at JG Speedfit, discusses the importance of high quality CAD drawings, particularly when it comes to underfloor heating, and some of the consequences of when thes ...
24 July, 2017
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Made Great in Britain: Redland
|Date: 23 July, 2017

Made Great in Britain: Redland
It’s concrete and clay tiles have been helping to keep a roof over our heads for the best part of one hun ...
It’s concrete and clay tiles have been helping to keep a roof over our heads for the best part of one hundred years but as PB recently discovered, Redland is also making significant "material" gains i ...
23 July, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: The Swinging Sixties (Part Three)
|Date: 22 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: The Swinging Sixties (Part Three)
In the third of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the period after WWII an ...
In the third of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the period after WWII and up to the start of the 1960s. Although construction detail had improved on houses built pre-w ...
22 July, 2017
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Roger Bisby: Cooking Up a Storm with Elfin Kitchens
|Date: 21 July, 2017

Roger Bisby: Cooking Up a Storm with Elfin Kitchens
Roger Bisby fits an all-in-one kitchen that can definitely stand the heat. My sometime assistant, Duncan, ...
Roger Bisby fits an all-in-one kitchen that can definitely stand the heat. My sometime assistant, Duncan, had never seen an Elfin kitchen before, or at least he doesn't remember having seen one. He ma ...
21 July, 2017
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Up to Date with Ardex Part One: Screeding Tips
|Date: 20 July, 2017

Up to Date with Ardex Part One: Screeding Tips
This week, Moray Anderson, Technical Services Representative from Ardex UK, manufacturer of high performa ...
This week, Moray Anderson, Technical Services Representative from Ardex UK, manufacturer of high performance, fast track building materials, offers his advice on screeding and how to minimise downtime ...
20 July, 2017
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Marley Eternit’s Guide to Roofing: Full Roof Systems
|Date: 20 July, 2017

Marley Eternit’s Guide to Roofing: Full Roof Systems
Alex Gill, Roof Systems Communications Manager at Marley Eternit, explains some of the benefits of using ...
Alex Gill, Roof Systems Communications Manager at Marley Eternit, explains some of the benefits of using a full roof system. When it comes to non-specification domestic pitched roofing work, most buil ...
20 July, 2017
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John Guest: Plastic vs. Copper (Part Two)
|Date: 17 July, 2017

John Guest: Plastic vs. Copper (Part Two)
JG Speedfit guides us through the benefits of using plastic plumbing products over copper. Plastic fittin ...
JG Speedfit guides us through the benefits of using plastic plumbing products over copper. Plastic fittings are quickly becoming the norm for modern plumbing methods, offering faster installation time ...
17 July, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Between the Wars (Part Two)
|Date: 15 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Between the Wars (Part Two)
In the second of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the interwar years – 19 ...
In the second of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the interwar years – 1918 to 1939 – and describes some of the construction details that can give rise to damp and othe ...
15 July, 2017
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