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Tools, Equipment, Workwear & Product Round-Up 25/08

|Date: 25 August, 2017

Tools, Equipment, Workwear & Product Round-Up 25/08

Roughneck Concrete Chisel "The new Roughneck Concrete Chisel is a contractor grade product with a large s ...

Roughneck Concrete Chisel "The new Roughneck Concrete Chisel is a contractor grade product with a large striking cap and a 4mm pointed tip." It is designed specifically for breaking concrete slabs but ...

25 August, 2017
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NFB: London Mayor Must Fix Planning as Well as Affordable Housing Contributions

|Date: 18 August, 2017

NFB: London Mayor Must Fix Planning as Well as Affordable Housing Contributions

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a new Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) for London which a ...

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a new Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) for London which aims to deliver faster planning permissions by bypassing burdensome viability assessments. In or ...

18 August, 2017
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Train Safe to Give Free Asbestos Awareness Training

|Date: 14 August, 2017

Train Safe to Give Free Asbestos Awareness Training

Train Safe Campaign 2017 set to give tradesmen complimentary asbestos awareness training. The UK Asbestos ...

Train Safe Campaign 2017 set to give tradesmen complimentary asbestos awareness training. The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) is announcing the start of its annual Train Safe, Work Safe, Keep ...

14 August, 2017
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Stone Free: The Rockwool Story

|Date: 3 August, 2017

Stone Free: The Rockwool Story

James Mills, Product Manager at Rockwool looks at where stone wool insulation began and how it evolves in ...

James Mills, Product Manager at Rockwool looks at where stone wool insulation began and how it evolves into thermal, sound and fire safe insulation that’s capable of impressive, long-lasting performan ...

3 August, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Entering the Eighties

|Date: 29 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Entering the Eighties

In the fourth and final instalment of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built from ...

In the fourth and final instalment of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built from 1960s onwards to about 1980. The 1960s were obviously a time of great social change – indeed re ...

29 July, 2017
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National Domelight Company: Creating a Better Living Space

|Date: 26 July, 2017

National Domelight Company: Creating a Better Living Space

Scott Couldrey, Managing Director, The National Domelight Company, discusses how to design a better livin ...

Scott Couldrey, Managing Director, The National Domelight Company, discusses how to design a better living space for improved well-being using natural light from a rooflight or skylight. Natural light ...

26 July, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: The Swinging Sixties (Part Three)

|Date: 22 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: The Swinging Sixties (Part Three)

In the third of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the period after WWII an ...

In the third of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the period after WWII and up to the start of the 1960s. Although construction detail had improved on houses built pre-w ...

22 July, 2017
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Roger Bisby: Plugging in with Corefix

|Date: 20 July, 2017

Roger Bisby: Plugging in with Corefix

Roger Bisby investigates a dry lining and dot and dab fixing. Dot and dab is so common these days that th ...

Roger Bisby investigates a dry lining and dot and dab fixing. Dot and dab is so common these days that there ought to be any number of specialist fixings solutions out there but you don't see them. Ev ...

20 July, 2017
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How Trusted are Tradesmen Compared to Other Professions?

|Date: 19 July, 2017

How Trusted are Tradesmen Compared to Other Professions?

Home service marketplace, Plentific.com, has revealed that tradesmen rank amongst the highest trus ...

Home service marketplace, Plentific.com, has revealed that tradesmen rank amongst the highest trusted professionals! The latest consumer insight revealed that over over two thirds (69%) of UK h ...

19 July, 2017
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Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Between the Wars (Part Two)

|Date: 15 July, 2017

Houses Through Time with Safeguard: Between the Wars (Part Two)

In the second of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the interwar years – 19 ...

In the second of our series, Hudson Lambert of Safeguard looks at houses built in the interwar years – 1918 to 1939 – and describes some of the construction details that can give rise to damp and othe ...

15 July, 2017
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