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    Ibstock and the Future of Bricklaying

      Professional Builder talks to Andrew Halstead-Smith, Group Marketing Manager from Ibstock Brick, a ...

      Professional Builder talks to Andrew Halstead-Smith, Group Marketing Manager from Ibstock Brick, about the future of building with brick.   The new Ibstock Brick facility, which will produ ...

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    Fakro: Flat Roof Windows

    For years, when it came to installing windows in a flat roof, builders and home owners never had much in ...

    For years, when it came to installing windows in a flat roof, builders and home owners never had much in the way of choice. All that changed with the introduction of a range from Fakro which, at a str ...

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    Spax: A Company Profile

    Professional Builder talks with Spax, the manufacturer of screws.   Many of our readers will have be ...

    Professional Builder talks with Spax, the manufacturer of screws.   Many of our readers will have become familiar with the Spax brand of screws in recent years but what is the history behind the ...

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    Flood Professionals: Helping Prevent Flood Damage

    Become a Flood Professional Certified Contractor and your work levels are set to rise for the foreseeable ...

    Become a Flood Professional Certified Contractor and your work levels are set to rise for the foreseeable future! Flooding once more hit our TV screens and newspaper headlines last winter as homes and ...

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    Made Great in Britain: Gripit

    He was the boy who slayed the dragons but his ‘fix’ for adventure is only just beginning! His story quite ...

    He was the boy who slayed the dragons but his ‘fix’ for adventure is only just beginning! His story quite literally gripped the nation. At just 17 the baby faced entrepreneur was giving as good as he ...

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    Apprentice Profile: Heat Engineer Sophie Jenkins

    Award winner Sophie Jenkins is paving the way for women in the sustainable energy industry. At the Geberi ...

    Award winner Sophie Jenkins is paving the way for women in the sustainable energy industry. At the Geberit Awards, 25-year old Sophie Jenkins won the Young Apprentice of the Year Award for her work as ...

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    Watch: Build a Work Station with Bosch

    The Multi Bench with L-BOXX Storage provides the woodworker with a solution to a common problem of space. ...

    The Multi Bench with L-BOXX Storage provides the woodworker with a solution to a common problem of space. You no longer need separate storage and working areas in the workshop; your tools are all with ...

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    Cembrit Ridge Tiles

    The choice of ridge tile is the height of importance on any roofing project. Ged Ferris, Marketing Manage ...

    The choice of ridge tile is the height of importance on any roofing project. Ged Ferris, Marketing Manager at Cembrit, explains why. In the vast majority of cases, the top of a pitched slate or tiled ...

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    Roof Truss Project

    Rock Trading & Distribution, a long standing Alpine licenced roof truss manufacturer, supplied 56 att ...

    Rock Trading & Distribution, a long standing Alpine licenced roof truss manufacturer, supplied 56 attic profiles for a self-build dormer bungalow conversion nestled in a picturesque valley overloo ...

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    Velux Saving Daylight

    Velux product manager, Grant Sneddon, offers advice on selecting the best daylight solutions for your nex ...

    Velux product manager, Grant Sneddon, offers advice on selecting the best daylight solutions for your next project. Light plays an incredibly important role in our daily lives. Given that as a nation, ...

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    Datatag ID: Small Tools, Big Losses

    Datatag ID, the power behind the CEA’s official CESAR security and registration scheme, has introduced Mi ...

    Datatag ID, the power behind the CEA’s official CESAR security and registration scheme, has introduced Micro-CESAR, a new anti-theft deterrent for small tools and equipment. With criminals employing i ...

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    ISO-Chemie: Airtightness Vs. Ventilation

    Peter Thompson, General Manager of ISO-Chemie UK, gives insight into the trade-off between airtightness a ...

    Peter Thompson, General Manager of ISO-Chemie UK, gives insight into the trade-off between airtightness and ventilation in sealing products.   The legal requirement to consider airtightness in bu ...

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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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