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Top Product Awards 2022
|Date: 1 December, 2022

Top Product Awards 2022
Every year Professional Builder casts its cultivated eye over the highlights of the last twelve months an ...
Every year Professional Builder casts its cultivated eye over the highlights of the last twelve months and the result is our Top Product Awards. Our annual industry accolade celebrates the solutions f ...
1 December, 2022
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General building products – January 2022
|Date: 18 January, 2022

General building products – January 2022
BOILER PROTECTION Invented by heating engineer Dave Smith, Condensate Pro prevents condensate pipes free ...
BOILER PROTECTION Invented by heating engineer Dave Smith, Condensate Pro prevents condensate pipes freezing in low temperatures – a common cause of gas boilers malfunctioning. It fits all types of i ...
18 January, 2022
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General building products – October 2021
|Date: 12 October, 2021

General building products – October 2021
SEALANT AND ADHESIVE Relaunched earlier this year, the Geocel Trade Mate range includes solutions specifi ...
SEALANT AND ADHESIVE Relaunched earlier this year, the Geocel Trade Mate range includes solutions specifically for roofing. As a premium silicone sealant, Lead and Gutter Seal provides what is describ ...
12 October, 2021
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Choosing the correct adhesive for a long-lasting finish
|Date: 8 October, 2021

Choosing the correct adhesive for a long-lasting finish
Andrew Scanlon, Applications Manager at Sika Everbuild, explains how taking the time to determine which t ...
Andrew Scanlon, Applications Manager at Sika Everbuild, explains how taking the time to determine which type of adhesive suits each task will result in a better, more secure, long-lasting finish. As w ...
8 October, 2021
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General building products – September 2021
|Date: 30 September, 2021

General building products – September 2021
REPAIR MORTAR Repair damaged or worn concrete in just 30 minutes with Setcrete Rapid Set Repair Mortar. T ...
REPAIR MORTAR Repair damaged or worn concrete in just 30 minutes with Setcrete Rapid Set Repair Mortar. The water-mix mortar can be used internally or externally and applied up to 25mm thick on horizo ...
30 September, 2021
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Building boards, plasters and adhesive products – June 2021
|Date: 7 June, 2021

Building boards, plasters and adhesive products – June 2021
COMPACT LAMINATE SURFACES There’s twenty new designs in Wilsonart’s Zenith compact laminate surfaces rang ...
COMPACT LAMINATE SURFACES There’s twenty new designs in Wilsonart’s Zenith compact laminate surfaces range, which look and feel like stone, and are equipped with unique life-long anti-bacterial protec ...
7 June, 2021
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Norbord’s range of solutions for the timber frame sector
|Date: 3 June, 2021

Norbord’s range of solutions for the timber frame sector
Professional Builder explores the Norbord range of solutions for the growing timber frame sector. Timber ...
Professional Builder explores the Norbord range of solutions for the growing timber frame sector. Timber frame construction brings many benefits to the housebuilding industry, including quicker build ...
3 June, 2021
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Choosing the correct sealant with Geocel
|Date: 5 May, 2021

Choosing the correct sealant with Geocel
Professional Builder speaks to Andy Cummins, Senior Product Manager at Geocel about the benefits of choos ...
Professional Builder speaks to Andy Cummins, Senior Product Manager at Geocel about the benefits of choosing sealants specifically formulated for a certain application. Why would you choose a speciali ...
5 May, 2021
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CCP launches a cement-free concrete block
|Date: 9 April, 2021

CCP launches a cement-free concrete block
A new cement-free concrete block has the potential to make significant CO2 savings on projects. Professio ...
A new cement-free concrete block has the potential to make significant CO2 savings on projects. Professional Builders Lee Jones talks to its developers at CCP Building Products. When it comes to addre ...
9 April, 2021
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JCB launches E-TECH range
|Date: 11 February, 2021

JCB launches E-TECH range
JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Professio ...
JCB is completing the circuit in its Road to Zero programme with a number of electric launches. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones reports. It was 75 years ago last year that JCB began its journey from ...
11 February, 2021
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General Building products – January 2021
|Date: 13 January, 2021

General Building products – January 2021
Dry Bagged Mortar Now available in 25kg waterproof, ready-mixed bags, Cemex’s M4 and M12 Natural Mortar i ...
Dry Bagged Mortar Now available in 25kg waterproof, ready-mixed bags, Cemex’s M4 and M12 Natural Mortar is available in both a natural finish and in a wide range of colours. The material is suitable f ...
13 January, 2021
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General building product round up
|Date: 18 December, 2020

General building product round up
Online Platform Search A Brick is an online platform that aims to bring builders and brick merchants toge ...
Online Platform Search A Brick is an online platform that aims to bring builders and brick merchants together at the click of a mouse. Users are able to browse an extensive database of bricks and stoc ...
18 December, 2020
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Cartwood tests out Norbord’s CaberShieldPlus
|Date: 2 December, 2020

Cartwood tests out Norbord’s CaberShieldPlus
When Horsham-based construction, renovation and oak framing company, Cartwood UK was ordering materials f ...
When Horsham-based construction, renovation and oak framing company, Cartwood UK was ordering materials for its latest project, its local merchant suggested trying Norbord’s CaberShieldPlus. Peter Woo ...
2 December, 2020
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Innovation and collaboration- key to cement industry carbon roadmap
|Date: 11 November, 2020

Innovation and collaboration- key to cement industry carbon roadmap
A culture of collaboration and innovation will accelerate the UK concrete and cement sector’s pathway to ...
A culture of collaboration and innovation will accelerate the UK concrete and cement sector’s pathway to ‘Beyond Net Zero’ emissions, says leading building products manufacturer, Ibstock Concrete. Fol ...
11 November, 2020
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Develop new opportunities using colour with Freefoam Building Products
|Date: 28 August, 2020

Develop new opportunities using colour with Freefoam Building Products
Colin St John, Commercial Director at Freefoam Building Products, shows how builders can use colour to de ...
Colin St John, Commercial Director at Freefoam Building Products, shows how builders can use colour to develop new opportunities, and add value to extensions and home improvement projects. “As respons ...
28 August, 2020
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The importance of using a good quality adhesive on flat roof projects
|Date: 17 August, 2020

The importance of using a good quality adhesive on flat roof projects
Adrian Buttress, managing director of EPDM rubber roofing specialists Permaroof, and John McMullan, gener ...
Adrian Buttress, managing director of EPDM rubber roofing specialists Permaroof, and John McMullan, general manager at Firestone Building Products UK & Ireland, discuss the importance of using a g ...
17 August, 2020
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