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Paslode on the benefits of its nailing system
|Date: 29 July, 2025

Paslode on the benefits of its nailing system
Advertisement Feature For decades the name Paslode has been synonymous with reliable, premium nail ...
Advertisement Feature For decades the name Paslode has been synonymous with reliable, premium nailing tools. While other systems have entered the playing field, the Paslode gas nailing system r ...
29 July, 2025
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Top tips for tiling with natural stone
|Date: 28 July, 2025

Top tips for tiling with natural stone
Linda Twidale, applications manager at Saint-Gobain Weber, shares her top tips for tiling with natural st ...
Linda Twidale, applications manager at Saint-Gobain Weber, shares her top tips for tiling with natural stone From the classic elegance of a marble bathroom to the rugged charm of slate for a country ...
28 July, 2025
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Bostik has the right sanitary seal for the job
|Date: 25 July, 2025

Bostik has the right sanitary seal for the job
Whether you’re sealing around a new kitchen sink or updating bathroom fittings, choosing the right sanita ...
Whether you’re sealing around a new kitchen sink or updating bathroom fittings, choosing the right sanitary sealant is essential for a clean, long-lasting finish. But how do you know it’s right? The r ...
25 July, 2025
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A guide to wetroom tanking
|Date: 24 July, 2025

A guide to wetroom tanking
Grab a brew and let’s talk tanking with Shaun Hunt, wetroom installation guru and long-standing technical ...
Grab a brew and let’s talk tanking with Shaun Hunt, wetroom installation guru and long-standing technical training lead from Impey Waterproofing, or tanking as it’s known in the trade, is the process ...
24 July, 2025
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Bond It’s guide to kitchens & bathrooms
|Date: 23 July, 2025

Bond It’s guide to kitchens & bathrooms
From high levels of humidity to the need for optimum hygiene and bacterial protection, kitchens and bathr ...
From high levels of humidity to the need for optimum hygiene and bacterial protection, kitchens and bathrooms present specific challenges for building products. Thankfully, Bond It has your back. Kit ...
23 July, 2025
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The benefits of single source bathroom specification
|Date: 22 July, 2025

The benefits of single source bathroom specification
Keith Dyson, National Technical Sales Manager at Hansgrohe, looks at how builders can delight clients thr ...
Keith Dyson, National Technical Sales Manager at Hansgrohe, looks at how builders can delight clients through a single source specification approach to bathroom spaces. Bathrooms are important living ...
22 July, 2025
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Could CITB’s Employer Networks initiative help you?
|Date: 21 July, 2025

Could CITB’s Employer Networks initiative help you?
Advertisement Feature: More than 4,000 employers benefited from CITB’s Employer Networks initiative last ...
Advertisement Feature: More than 4,000 employers benefited from CITB’s Employer Networks initiative last year – could it support your business too? For employers who are seeking bespoke, easy-to-acces ...
21 July, 2025
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How Precision Carpentry & Joinery uses HBXL
|Date: 18 July, 2025

How Precision Carpentry & Joinery uses HBXL
Precision Carpentry & Joinery prides itself on an impressive level of craftmanship whilst HBXL Buildi ...
Precision Carpentry & Joinery prides itself on an impressive level of craftmanship whilst HBXL Building Software helps the business maintain its bottom line. "Our work is often completely bespoke, ...
18 July, 2025
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PB talks to FMB winner Project One
|Date: 17 July, 2025

PB talks to FMB winner Project One
From humble beginnings to Skyfall – Professional Builder charts the Journey of Federation of Master Build ...
From humble beginnings to Skyfall – Professional Builder charts the Journey of Federation of Master Builders award winner Dorian Bowen and his company, Project One “I’d always wanted to build things s ...
17 July, 2025
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How rainwater harvesting can combat water crisis
|Date: 16 July, 2025

How rainwater harvesting can combat water crisis
Following Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s claim that Britain’s way of life is “under threat” from climate ...
Following Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s claim that Britain’s way of life is “under threat” from climate change, specifiers are being encouraged to combat increasingly common water shortages by adopti ...
16 July, 2025
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Health: Gambling disorder
|Date: 16 July, 2025

Health: Gambling disorder
© REDPIXEL / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about an issue which can lead to huge menta ...
© REDPIXEL / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about an issue which can lead to huge mental stress: gambling. In the UK, gambling is a common activity that many people do for fun. You ...
16 July, 2025
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The Toyota Proace City Electric review continues
|Date: 15 July, 2025

The Toyota Proace City Electric review continues
Professional Builder continues to chart our journey with our long-term loan vehicle – the Toyota Proace C ...
Professional Builder continues to chart our journey with our long-term loan vehicle – the Toyota Proace City Electric When you list the reasons why you might want to convert to a battery electric vehi ...
15 July, 2025
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Burdened by mess, besieged by thieves: the state of UK tradespeople’s vans revealed
|Date: 15 July, 2025

Burdened by mess, besieged by thieves: the state of UK tradespeople’s vans revealed
The shocking state of UK tradespeople’s vans has been revealed by storage brand BUNKER – with 77% even ad ...
The shocking state of UK tradespeople’s vans has been revealed by storage brand BUNKER – with 77% even admitting that their messy vans affect their mental state. More than half of tradespeople in the ...
15 July, 2025
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Ensuring compliance and quality with roofing battens
|Date: 14 July, 2025

Ensuring compliance and quality with roofing battens
When it comes to roofing, every detail matters. The integrity of a pitched roof depends heavily on the qu ...
When it comes to roofing, every detail matters. The integrity of a pitched roof depends heavily on the quality of its components – and roofing battens play a critical role in ensuring durability, comp ...
14 July, 2025
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Logic4training warns against online training shortcuts
|Date: 11 July, 2025

Logic4training warns against online training shortcuts
Number of tradespeople searching for online training courses up 44% since 2022. ‘Lack of hands-on experie ...
Number of tradespeople searching for online training courses up 44% since 2022. ‘Lack of hands-on experience' tops list of challenges for online training candidates. Practical, in-person training offe ...
11 July, 2025
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Introducing Saint-Gobain’s EnveoVent
|Date: 11 July, 2025

Introducing Saint-Gobain’s EnveoVent
With its new EnveoVent through-the-wall system, Saint-Gobain is championing Modern Methods of Constructio ...
With its new EnveoVent through-the-wall system, Saint-Gobain is championing Modern Methods of Construction for smaller contractors The viability of off-site solutions, especially for the more compact ...
11 July, 2025
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