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    Interior Door Solutions From Jeld-Wen

    Selecting and installing interior doors requires a combination of the right product knowledge, adherence ...

    Selecting and installing interior doors requires a combination of the right product knowledge, adherence to the usual rules and Building Regulations - as well as the confidence to measure up and insta ...

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    Professional Builder Chats with Irwin's Ultimate Tradeperson 2016

    A budding entrepreneur and role model for women in the trades – at the tender age of just 21, Nicola Butc ...

    A budding entrepreneur and role model for women in the trades – at the tender age of just 21, Nicola Butcher is already packing a considerable list of achievements into a comparatively brief professio ...

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    Watch: Fein Tradesman Reviews

    The ‘Feeling FEIN’ series of reviews is all about getting FEIN’s products into the hands of professional ...

    The ‘Feeling FEIN’ series of reviews is all about getting FEIN’s products into the hands of professional tradesmen. Each tradesman has been using a specific FEIN power tool and has given their honest ...

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    WorldSkillsUK: Changing Perceptions

    Apprenticeship programmes are finally getting the recognition that they deserve. However Andrew Pengelly, ...

    Apprenticeship programmes are finally getting the recognition that they deserve. However Andrew Pengelly, WorldSkills UK Expert in Joinery and a Trainer and Assessor at Didac, believes we must all do ...

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    Roger Bisby Lays Some Karndean

    Just how easy are Karndean’s Loose Lay and Palio Click to lay? Roger Bisby finds out….. It seems to me th ...

    Just how easy are Karndean’s Loose Lay and Palio Click to lay? Roger Bisby finds out….. It seems to me that once you see Karndean flooring, and recognised its unique look, you just never stop seeing i ...

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    Tibby Takes on a Hitachi Cordless Saw

    It’s great using a corded circular saw in one place but soon becomes a pain trying to find the nearest po ...

    It’s great using a corded circular saw in one place but soon becomes a pain trying to find the nearest power point, and then having to make sure the leads aren’t a trip hazard. The best way to untangl ...

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    Metsa Wood: Windmill Conversion Project

    Professional Builder reports on a stunning windmill conversion using Kerto LVL Engineered Timber Solution ...

    Professional Builder reports on a stunning windmill conversion using Kerto LVL Engineered Timber Solutions for Roof Systems. Cockfield Windmill, situated in the heart of the Suffolk countryside, was a ...

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    Jeld-Wen Explains Approved Document Q and How it Affects You

    Nick Bligh, Group Technical Manager at Jeld-Wen, helps you get a handle on Approved Document Q. What is A ...

    Nick Bligh, Group Technical Manager at Jeld-Wen, helps you get a handle on Approved Document Q. What is Approved Document Q? Approved Document Q of the Building Regulations is the first security regul ...

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    Professional Builder Live! Easier Door Handle Fitting with JigTech

    Dale Hardware asserts that its new Jigtech system will present tradesmen with a time-saving way of fittin ...

    Dale Hardware asserts that its new Jigtech system will present tradesmen with a time-saving way of fitting doors handles, and the company is using our Professional Builder Live show at Harrogate, June ...

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    Festool Spearheads Health Campaign

    Festool spearheads campaign to promote healthy working environments for UK tradespeople. Carpenters are f ...

    Festool spearheads campaign to promote healthy working environments for UK tradespeople. Carpenters are four times more likely to contract asthma compared with other UK workers. With this in mind, Fes ...

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    Made Great in Britain: Egger

    Reasons to be Chipper The Romans may have long since departed but the town of Hexham is still wall-to-wal ...

    Reasons to be Chipper The Romans may have long since departed but the town of Hexham is still wall-to-wall with logs! Professional Builder visits a company for whom the chips are never down. Nearly ...

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    Roger Bisby Tries Out the Button Fix System

    Button Fix is an ingenious secret fixing system for panels of all descriptions. It can be used to secure ...

    Button Fix is an ingenious secret fixing system for panels of all descriptions. It can be used to secure WC panels, wall panelling and even shower panels. Of course, you could just get yourself a tube ...

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    Duratrac: Composite Decking

    Duratrac is a new wood polymer composite decking board that eliminates many of the drawbacks of tradition ...

    Duratrac is a new wood polymer composite decking board that eliminates many of the drawbacks of traditional timber The Client Steve Kelly and his wife Nicola bought their first home in 2011. A three-b ...

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    Starlock Fitting: Roger Bisby Reviews

    Roger Bisby tries out the new Starlock range to see what fits. It is fairly unusual to see rival power-to ...

    Roger Bisby tries out the new Starlock range to see what fits. It is fairly unusual to see rival power-tool companies collaborating in research and development but Bosch and Fein have done exactly tha ...

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    Jeld-Wen's Guide to Sliding Doorsets

    You may think that it’s tricky to fit an internal folding sliding doorset, but there are a few top tips t ...

    You may think that it’s tricky to fit an internal folding sliding doorset, but there are a few top tips that can save you time and help avoid costly mistakes. Chris Miller, Doors Product Manager at Je ...

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    SmartPly: Benefits of OSB

    Not all engineered boards – such as OSB (Oriented Strand Board) – are the same and it is no surprise that ...

    Not all engineered boards – such as OSB (Oriented Strand Board) – are the same and it is no surprise that many people don’t fully understand the difference or more importantly, where the ‘engineering’ ...

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