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Fools With Tools

Fools With Tools

If you've been witness to a site with some of the worst examples of building work then send in your image ...

If you've been witness to a site with some of the worst examples of building work then send in your images to us! Have you been called in to rectify a DIY disaster? Or asked to rescue a botched job? P ...

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Watch: The British Gypsum Process

Watch: The British Gypsum Process

Watch the video below, showing the process British Gypsum's plaster undergoes before arriving at trade co ...

Watch the video below, showing the process British Gypsum's plaster undergoes before arriving at trade counters. The process of producing gypsum products from rock to room is fascinating. With m ...

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Behind the Scenes with Festool: Roofing Tools

Behind the Scenes with Festool: Roofing Tools

In the last two articles, Festool's Phil Beckley has looked at how the developments in power to ...

In the last two articles, Festool's Phil Beckley has looked at how the developments in power tools have been pivotal in improving working standards for tradespeople. In this column, he ...

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Behind the Scenes with Festool: Renovation Tools

Behind the Scenes with Festool: Renovation Tools

Are you achieving speedy, efficient and clean renovation? Festool's Phil Beckley explains how you ca ...

Are you achieving speedy, efficient and clean renovation? Festool's Phil Beckley explains how you can do just that. In the last column, I looked at the development of tool technology and the ...

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Construction Workers Warned: Stay Out of the Sun!

Construction Workers Warned: Stay Out of the Sun!

Kelly Davidson and Chris Hoile from Womble Bond Dickinson are reminding Britons ...

Kelly Davidson and Chris Hoile from Womble Bond Dickinson are reminding Britons to “stay out of the sun”. With the heatwave set to return to parts of the UK at the end of this ...

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Guardian Extensions: Helping Builders Out

Guardian Extensions: Helping Builders Out

A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than on ...

A new approach to the home improvement market can help builders extend their options in more ways than one. It comes with the territory: snow, wind, rain and plummeting temperatures means that traditi ...

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Is Red Tape Standing in the Way of Government Homes Target

Is Red Tape Standing in the Way of Government Homes Target

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching t ...

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching the government’s ambitious housing targets according to panellists at an event held by BLP Insur ...

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Watch: CircofloPro’s Underfloor Heating Kits

Watch: CircofloPro’s Underfloor Heating Kits

CircofloPro has responded to changing demand from the plumbing and professional heating installer market ...

CircofloPro has responded to changing demand from the plumbing and professional heating installer market by refining its trade offering – including the launch of a new website www.circoflopro.co.uk – ...

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Top of the Props: Roger Bisby Does a Proper Job with Piher

Top of the Props: Roger Bisby Does a Proper Job with Piher

Roger Bisby finds a best supporting role for Piher’s Props. These plasterboard props from Spanish company ...

Roger Bisby finds a best supporting role for Piher’s Props. These plasterboard props from Spanish company Piher are some of the strongest, if not the strongest, you can buy. Apparently they have been ...

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Installing Panoramic Doors: An Alternative to Bi-Fold

Installing Panoramic Doors: An Alternative to Bi-Fold

It was a case of its good bi fold hello Panoramic, as Professional Builder watches the installation of a ...

It was a case of its good bi fold hello Panoramic, as Professional Builder watches the installation of a totally new concept in patio doors. After more than three months with only a few well-worn shee ...

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