Feature walls have been popular for some time, and professional decorator Alex Holt is increasingly seeing homeowners looking to the leisure industry for inspiration. Alex is the owner of Ch ...

Roger Bisby visits the Leyland paint factory and finds there is a lot he didn't know about paint and how to apply it. Painting and decorating is one of those trades that everyone thinks they can do. I ...

Norbord is the world’s largest manufacturer of OSB and has recently invested £95m in a new plant in Inverness, Scotland. A new family of products is a development of the most popular OSB brand in the ...

PlastiKote’s new range of paints, developed specifically for the trade market, will make life easier for painters and decorators. Until now, no spray paint brand has ever targeted the professional bui ...

Houses in the UK have never been smaller and kitchens have now shrunk to levels last seen 80 years ago. Bob Andrew from Elfin Kitchens considers the challenges this brings to a building project and su ...

Imperial Bricks has launched a range of traditional and contemporary Brick Tiles as an addition to their ever-growing range of traditional handmade, pressed, waterstruck and wirecut bricks. The Brick ...

Are you prepared for the wind, cold and ice? Zarges explains how you can stay safe in winter. It may be the most beautiful time of the year for some people, but for tradesmen it also brings the highes ...

Dulux Trade’s latest foray into water-based paint is its toughest yet. Although not new technology, water-based paints have had a hard time penetrating the daily repertoire of the UK’s painters and de ...

Incorporating some of the most advanced technical features in safety boot design. With a focus on comfort and S3 safety, Solid Gear’s Falcon and Apollo boots are probably the most robust boots you can ...

Roger Bisby rewards a magic lantern with Professional Builder’s prestigious annual accolade The Charles Godfrey Memorial Award for Innovation is given every year to a product that we think has brought ...

Two new Makita portable fans have been introduced in response to customer demand for rugged, high performance fans of compact size. Ideal for the workshop, these neat, space-saving fans measure just 1 ...

Cheshire Mouldings, one of the UK’s leading timber manufacturers, has expanded its popular range of internal doors to provide professionals with over 75 new style choices. The range extension adds to ...