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How to pick the right masonry fixings
|Date: 27 May, 2025

How to pick the right masonry fixings
James Robinson, Sales and Marketing Director of Samac Fixings, offers his advice on picking the right mas ...
James Robinson, Sales and Marketing Director of Samac Fixings, offers his advice on picking the right masonry fixings What are the key factors to consider when choosing fixings for different types of ...
27 May, 2025
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The PB Podcast: Choosing the right fixings
|Date: 13 May, 2025

The PB Podcast: Choosing the right fixings
For the latest episode of the Professional Builder Podcast, we speak with Chris Middleton, General Manage ...
For the latest episode of the Professional Builder Podcast, we speak with Chris Middleton, General Manager of the Construction Fixings Association, on why fixing best practice is important. Establish ...
13 May, 2025
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Spectre goes into the Black
|Date: 7 May, 2025

Spectre goes into the Black
ForgeFix brand, Spectre has launched a range of new products in a black finish The extended range offers ...
ForgeFix brand, Spectre has launched a range of new products in a black finish The extended range offers also features improved technical specifications and enhanced sizing options. Designed for use i ...
7 May, 2025
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Win a Stanley Combi Drill with ‘Measure Up with Spectre’
|Date: 11 April, 2025

Win a Stanley Combi Drill with ‘Measure Up with Spectre’
ForgeFix launches ‘Measure Up with Spectre’ promotion – unlocking benefits for the timber industry ForgeF ...
ForgeFix launches ‘Measure Up with Spectre’ promotion – unlocking benefits for the timber industry ForgeFix, a leading supplier of fixings and fastenings, has launched a new product promotion designed ...
11 April, 2025
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Suregrips: Small but strong plasterboard plugs
|Date: 26 February, 2025

Suregrips: Small but strong plasterboard plugs
PB meets James Turnbull, inventor of Suregrips: a small but heavy duty plasterboard fixing. Wall plugs. ...
PB meets James Turnbull, inventor of Suregrips: a small but heavy duty plasterboard fixing. Wall plugs. They come in all shapes and sizes and there’s one for every application you can think of. Thes ...
26 February, 2025
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Independent merchant customers can enjoy Breakfast with ForgeFast
|Date: 23 September, 2024

Independent merchant customers can enjoy Breakfast with ForgeFast
They say nothing in life comes for free, but leading fixing and fastener specialist ForgeFix is challengi ...
They say nothing in life comes for free, but leading fixing and fastener specialist ForgeFix is challenging that notion, with a new promotion which is unlike anything the market has seen before. The b ...
23 September, 2024
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Visiting Simpson Strong-Tie’s testing facility
|Date: 27 March, 2024

Visiting Simpson Strong-Tie’s testing facility
If you’re assuming that there’s not much to choose between the wood connectors, fixings and fasteners you ...
If you’re assuming that there’s not much to choose between the wood connectors, fixings and fasteners you’re familiar with then think again, because one manufacturer is putting that opinion to the tes ...
27 March, 2024
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Aptus on why trust matters with structural timber screws
|Date: 15 February, 2024

Aptus on why trust matters with structural timber screws
For customers such as offsite construction companies and large joinery businesses, Aptus is a trusted par ...
For customers such as offsite construction companies and large joinery businesses, Aptus is a trusted partner for fixing and fastening. Now it’s making its expertise and innovative products increasing ...
15 February, 2024
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Professional Builder reports on Bullfix’s plasterboard fixings
|Date: 24 October, 2023

Professional Builder reports on Bullfix’s plasterboard fixings
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones reports on a plasterboard fixing that’s as strong as a bull. Bullfix Uni ...
Professional Builder’s Lee Jones reports on a plasterboard fixing that’s as strong as a bull. Bullfix Universal can be used on all the most common types of plasterboard construction, cannot be install ...
24 October, 2023
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Banish inferior fixings with the SX Plus from fischer
|Date: 16 May, 2023

Banish inferior fixings with the SX Plus from fischer
fischer talks its new SX Plus nylon plugs that aim to change the game The UK market for wall plugs or raw ...
fischer talks its new SX Plus nylon plugs that aim to change the game The UK market for wall plugs or rawl plugs has been stuck with plastic, coloured fixings for decades. We are one of the last count ...
16 May, 2023
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Samac Performance Decking screws: The trade’s ultimate decking solution
|Date: 9 May, 2023

Samac Performance Decking screws: The trade’s ultimate decking solution
Samac Fixings describe why it thinks its Performance Decking Screws are perfect for fixing soft or hardw ...
Samac Fixings describe why it thinks its Performance Decking Screws are perfect for fixing soft or hardwoods. When it comes to fixing soft or hardwoods, Performance Decking Screws from Samac Fixings ...
9 May, 2023
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Free Fixings, Hat & Fleece with Rainwater & Soil orders in January
|Date: 15 January, 2021

Free Fixings, Hat & Fleece with Rainwater & Soil orders in January
This January Rainclear Systems, the UK’s leading stockist and online retailer of metal rainwater, rooflin ...
This January Rainclear Systems, the UK’s leading stockist and online retailer of metal rainwater, roofline and drainage solutions is including FREE fixings with every Gutter, Downpipe and LCC or Simpl ...
15 January, 2021
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Managing the container shortage crisis: ForgeFix reassures merchants on service and stock
|Date: 8 January, 2021

Managing the container shortage crisis: ForgeFix reassures merchants on service and stock
ForgeFix, the fixings and fasteners distributor which supplies over 5,000 products lines to a network of ...
ForgeFix, the fixings and fasteners distributor which supplies over 5,000 products lines to a network of national and independent retailers and merchants throughout the UK & Europe, is reassuring ...
8 January, 2021
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Free for all March 2020
|Date: 19 February, 2020

Free for all March 2020
Every month, Professional Builder magazine contains a bumper ‘Free for all’ giveaway and you can enter ev ...
Every month, Professional Builder magazine contains a bumper ‘Free for all’ giveaway and you can enter every single competition from the March issue simply by filling in your details at the bottom of ...
19 February, 2020
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WIN: 10 packs of Space-Plug fixings
|Date: 19 February, 2020

WIN: 10 packs of Space-Plug fixings
Invented by a former kitchen fitter Space-Plug is the perfect solution to fast, simple and professional f ...
Invented by a former kitchen fitter Space-Plug is the perfect solution to fast, simple and professional fitting. Orignially designed to eliminate annoying L brackets in kitchen fitting, it’s since fou ...
19 February, 2020
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