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    Thompson's: Waterproofing Masonry

    Thompson’s Development Chemist, Ross Sellars, offers some advice on tackling chimneys and the importance ...

    Thompson’s Development Chemist, Ross Sellars, offers some advice on tackling chimneys and the importance of waterproofing. All masonry chimney construction materials will suffer accelerated deteriorat ...

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    Rockwool Sound Insulation

    James Mills, product manager at Rockwool, takes a look at the build-up of noise in our homes and why this ...

    James Mills, product manager at Rockwool, takes a look at the build-up of noise in our homes and why this could be good news for builders We’re becoming more sensitive about the intrusion of noise in ...

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    Closing the Skills Gap: Adary Joiners

    With the industry staring at the threat of a future skills crisis, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks ...

    With the industry staring at the threat of a future skills crisis, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to one small building business which is championing the cause of apprentices. The Adary Joiner ...

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    CRPS: The Risks of Construction

    According to the HSE, the Construction sector accounts for around 6% of the UK workforce, around 69,000 o ...

    According to the HSE, the Construction sector accounts for around 6% of the UK workforce, around 69,000 of whom are suffering due to work each year.   In this article, Melanie Burden, expert lawy ...

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    Watch: Jeld-Wen's Guide to Installing Bi-Fold Doors

    Bi-fold doors are an ideal room dividing solution and perfect for small spaces like closets, cupboards or ...

    Bi-fold doors are an ideal room dividing solution and perfect for small spaces like closets, cupboards or bathrooms. Fitting a bi-fold door isn’t as complicated as it may sound, which is why JELD-WEN ...

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    Professional Builder Live!

    The nation's favourite building magazine is about to get a life of its own! As if being the happiest plac ...

    The nation's favourite building magazine is about to get a life of its own! As if being the happiest place to live in Britain, and the third most romantic location in the world to visit, wasn’t enough ...

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    “Sites” For Sore Eyes

    As a vision, 2020 certainly has a rather nice clarity to it. And the Government’s latest initiatives to c ...

    As a vision, 2020 certainly has a rather nice clarity to it. And the Government’s latest initiatives to create 200,000 new homes annually by that magic date will clearly have caught the blinking eye o ...

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    Takeuchi: 20 Years in the UK

    Professional Builder's Lee Jones tracks the progress of Takeuchi as the company celebrates twenty years i ...

    Professional Builder's Lee Jones tracks the progress of Takeuchi as the company celebrates twenty years in the UK Since its arrival on these shores back in 1996 the manufacturer from the land of the r ...

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    Out in the Cold: Working for the British Antarctic Survey

    Carpenter Tom Griffin has been working in one of the most remote regions of the world for over a year, bu ...

    Carpenter Tom Griffin has been working in one of the most remote regions of the world for over a year, but the idea that the Antarctic is a cold and lonely place cuts no ice with him. During winter, t ...

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    British Gypsum On Approach to Design

    BRITISH GYPSUM CHAMPIONS EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO DESIGN British Gypsum is launching a new online porta ...

    BRITISH GYPSUM CHAMPIONS EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO DESIGN British Gypsum is launching a new online portal to provide industry professionals and building users with evidence-based design (EBD) researc ...

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    Watch: Video 'Igniting' Interest in Construction

    A talented team of three students scooped the prestigious top prize in a competition to devise a video an ...

    A talented team of three students scooped the prestigious top prize in a competition to devise a video and social media campaign to inspire young people to consider job roles in the construction indus ...

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    Watch Electric Underfloor Heating Installation

    A new electric underfloor heating video from Myson UK has been released online to help installers. Myson ...

    A new electric underfloor heating video from Myson UK has been released online to help installers. Myson Product Manager, Sarah Macfarlane explains, “Electric Underfloor Heating is quite simple to ins ...

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    Watch: Decorating Tips from Sandtex Trade

    Sandtex Trade is producing a series of videos to give decorators the complete picture on exterior paintin ...

    Sandtex Trade is producing a series of videos to give decorators the complete picture on exterior painting. ‘This Is Sandtex Trade’ is a series of five videos which will be launched throughout 2016. T ...

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    Internal Concrete Masonry

    John Lambert, Director & General Manager at Forticrete, discusses how concrete masonry can provide th ...

    John Lambert, Director & General Manager at Forticrete, discusses how concrete masonry can provide the perfect solution for builders and clients looking to deliver awe-inspiring positive internal ...

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    Insulation: EcoTherm's Ecoliner

    Roger Bisby reports on a job where EcoTherm's Ecoliner saved the day. We hear a lot about reducing our ca ...

    Roger Bisby reports on a job where EcoTherm's Ecoliner saved the day. We hear a lot about reducing our carbon footprint, and saving money on fuel bills, but the most noticeable and immediate benefit o ...

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    New-Build Risks, With GeoSmart

    Kathryn Mair, Report Manager at GeoSmart Information explores some of the risks associated with new-build ...

    Kathryn Mair, Report Manager at GeoSmart Information explores some of the risks associated with new-build development, and explains the support available to developers With the Government’s target of ...

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