Products
  • The ZipWall Barrier System: Roger Bisby Unzips!

    Roger Bisby revisits the ZipWall portable dust barrier system. I first looked at this product several yea ...

    Roger Bisby revisits the ZipWall portable dust barrier system. I first looked at this product several years ago and concluded that it is more useful for maintenance engineers, and people working in th ...

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  • Spare the Rod: Silverline Drain Rods

    Roger Bisby tries out some Silverline Drain Rods and offers his insight into unblocking drains. A lot of ...

    Roger Bisby tries out some Silverline Drain Rods and offers his insight into unblocking drains. A lot of householders will buy a set of drain rods and attempt to clear a blockage themselves, but it is ...

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  • Roger Bisby Reviews a Selection of Everbuild Products

    Roger Bisby takes a look at a selection of products from Everbuild to see what sticks. Everbuild is a goo ...

    Roger Bisby takes a look at a selection of products from Everbuild to see what sticks. Everbuild is a good value for money brand with some interesting products. Some such as Pinkgrip you will probably ...

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  • Trend's Scribe Master Pro

      Roger Bisby reviews a Master at work   Scribing in skirting and other mouldings is a job that ...

      Roger Bisby reviews a Master at work   Scribing in skirting and other mouldings is a job that has been done with a coping saw for as long as anyone can remember. It has always been possibl ...

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  • Marley Eternit Sitework App

      A new, easy-to-use app delivering 90 years of roofing installation, compliance and specification e ...

      A new, easy-to-use app delivering 90 years of roofing installation, compliance and specification expertise to the fingertips of contractors has been made available as a free download on Google ...

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  • Surecav 25: Lower U-Values

    Surecav’s latest development continues to put it at the forefront of the space race! No stranger to the p ...

    Surecav’s latest development continues to put it at the forefront of the space race! No stranger to the pages of Professional Builder these past ten years, Charlie Ayres certainly helped to fill a gap ...

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  • Meet the 'Cladman'!

    Been there, done it and now he has got the t-shirt! It’s fair to say that when it comes to all matters to ...

    Been there, done it and now he has got the t-shirt! It’s fair to say that when it comes to all matters to do with cladding, carpenter James Gibbens wears his heart firmly on his sleeves and all places ...

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  • Snickers Workwear

    With some significant new additions to its range Snickers Workwear continues to prove that the clothes ca ...

    With some significant new additions to its range Snickers Workwear continues to prove that the clothes can make the tradesman.   Over the four decades that Snickers has been pioneering functional ...

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  • Roger Bisby Takes Hitachi's Cordless Circular Saw for a Spin

    Roger Bisby takes the Hitachi Brushless Cordless Circular Saw out on site to gauge some reactions. At one ...

    Roger Bisby takes the Hitachi Brushless Cordless Circular Saw out on site to gauge some reactions. At one time most cordless circular saws were really under-powered and only suitable for cutting sheet ...

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  • Fein's New Mounting System

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee takes a visit to Fein’s company headquarters in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau ...

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee takes a visit to Fein’s company headquarters in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Bargau, Germany, where the company is displaying its latest developments in oscillating tools. You ge ...

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  • Watch: How to Use the Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper

    Watch the new Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper Tools in action. This impact resistant rubber coated ...

    Watch the new Prolaser Distance Measurer from Draper Tools in action. This impact resistant rubber coated distance measurer is capable of measuring distances up to 70M/230ft. It measures area, volume ...

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  • Hope Cement: Hope for Us All

    The cat, and much more besides, is out of the bag with the announcement of a new cement offering through ...

    The cat, and much more besides, is out of the bag with the announcement of a new cement offering through the merchant channel. Professional Builder finds out more from Hope Director of Cement Gary Bre ...

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  • British Gypsum: Magnetic Attraction

      Nottingham-based contractor, JWS Property Services, has helped to create a home with a difference ...

      Nottingham-based contractor, JWS Property Services, has helped to create a home with a difference using a plaster innovation from British Gypsum The semi-detached home in West Bridgford, Nottin ...

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  • Hitachi Battery Technology

    Power tool technology is tougher, faster and more advanced than ever before thanks to 6.0Ah Li-ion batter ...

    Power tool technology is tougher, faster and more advanced than ever before thanks to 6.0Ah Li-ion battery technology and brushless motors, explains Simon Miller, Brand and Product Manager, for Hitach ...

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  • Starmix Dust-Catcher

    Roger Bisby gets a ‘fixx’ on a Starmix dust-catcher. If you had been in the room when I opened the packag ...

    Roger Bisby gets a ‘fixx’ on a Starmix dust-catcher. If you had been in the room when I opened the package containing the Starmix bohrfixx you may have heard a slight sigh, because I have seen so many ...

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  • Roger Bisby Takes a Walk in BASE Boots

      It seems to me that every time I try out a new pair of work boots or shoes they blow my socks off. ...

      It seems to me that every time I try out a new pair of work boots or shoes they blow my socks off. I am talking metaphorically, of course, but the innovation that now goes into protective footw ...

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