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Call for new homes to include insulated condensate pipes

|Date: 18 February, 2020

Call for new homes to include insulated condensate pipes

Condensate Pro has called for all builds to have condensate pipes insulated as standard. The company has ...

Condensate Pro has called for all builds to have condensate pipes insulated as standard. The company has commented following a recent consultation from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Indu ...

18 February, 2020
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Choosing the right bricks for new build

|Date: 16 July, 2019

Choosing the right bricks for new build

Jason Hughes, MD of Imperial Bricks, advises on choosing the right brick for new and self-build projects ...

Jason Hughes, MD of Imperial Bricks, advises on choosing the right brick for new and self-build projects At around six per cent of the material cost of a house build, bricks are far from being the mos ...

16 July, 2019
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Thermal imaging surveys used to identify heat loss in new builds

|Date: 14 May, 2019

Thermal imaging surveys used to identify heat loss in new builds

Builders could quickly identify issues with properties using thermal imaging technology. A project from i ...

Builders could quickly identify issues with properties using thermal imaging technology. A project from iRed in conjunction with the University of Portsmouth shows that specialist infrared cameras can ...

14 May, 2019
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Building with timber

|Date: 20 February, 2019

Building with timber

Roger Bisby lends his hand to a timber dream house. When carpenter and general builder Robin Clevett deci ...

Roger Bisby lends his hand to a timber dream house. When carpenter and general builder Robin Clevett decided to build himself a new house it had to be timber frame. He has spent his whole working life ...

20 February, 2019
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Funding awarded for ‘innovative’ new build projects

|Date: 15 February, 2019

Funding awarded for ‘innovative’ new build projects

Funding has been awarded for up to 670 new homes on three sites in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, South ...

Funding has been awarded for up to 670 new homes on three sites in Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield, South Hertfordshire. The £10.6m funding is the first to be agreed through the government’s £450 mill ...

15 February, 2019
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John Guest: All Under Control

|Date: 21 August, 2018

John Guest: All Under Control

Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Engineer at JG Speedfit, explores some of the key considerations surroundin ...

Toby Howard-Willis, Technical Engineer at JG Speedfit, explores some of the key considerations surrounding smart heating controls when developing retrofit and new build projects. Whether retrofit or n ...

21 August, 2018
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