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  • Q&A: Norbord Europe joins West Fraser

    |Date: 17 September, 2021
    Q&A: Norbord Europe joins West Fraser

    Q&A: Norbord Europe joins West Fraser

    David Connacher, Marketing Manager, West Fraser, answers our questions on the recent developments at a fa ...

    David Connacher, Marketing Manager, West Fraser, answers our questions on the recent developments at a familiar name in building materials.  Q. It must be more than thirty years since Professional Bui ...

    17 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

    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

    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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  • Norbord Europe is now part of West Fraser

    |Date: 31 May, 2021
    Norbord Europe is now part of West Fraser

    Norbord Europe is now part of West Fraser

    Norbord Europe Ltd is proud to join the West Fraser organisation. The links at the end of this release de ...

    Norbord Europe Ltd is proud to join the West Fraser organisation. The links at the end of this release detail the acquisition. As the UK's number one engineered wood panel manufacturer and serving the ...

    31 May, 2021
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  • Business solution products – April 2021

    |Date: 23 April, 2021
    Business solution products - April 2021

    Business solution products – April 2021

    PROJECT PACKAGES A collection of off-the-shelf project packages to help builders complete loft conversion ...

    PROJECT PACKAGES A collection of off-the-shelf project packages to help builders complete loft conversions and garden rooms with greater ease and speed has been launched by Build Aviator. Builders sim ...

    23 April, 2021
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  • Special report: H M Garden Rooms

    |Date: 15 April, 2021
    Special report: H M Garden Rooms

    Special report: H M Garden Rooms

    With garden room construction now a growing market, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to two south e ...

    With garden room construction now a growing market, Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to two south east tradesmen who were quick to plant the seed of a new business. Small building firms are amon ...

    15 April, 2021
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  • Garden rooms made beautiful with SterlingOSB Zero

    |Date: 15 March, 2021
    Garden rooms made beautiful with SterlingOSB Zero

    Garden rooms made beautiful with SterlingOSB Zero

    With more and more people working and studying at home, the need for extra space has grown enormously. Wh ...

    With more and more people working and studying at home, the need for extra space has grown enormously. Whether it’s somewhere to make Zoom calls in peace, or to chill after a long day juggling home-sc ...

    15 March, 2021
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  • New build and property development products – February 2021

    |Date: 22 February, 2021
    New build and property development products - February 2021

    New build and property development products – February 2021

    STANDARDS FOR HOUSEBUILDERS The latest NHBC 2021 edition of its technical Standards will be effective for ...

    STANDARDS FOR HOUSEBUILDERS The latest NHBC 2021 edition of its technical Standards will be effective for every new home covered by an NHBC warranty, where foundations are begun on or after 1 January ...

    22 February, 2021
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  • Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 2021

    |Date: 11 February, 2021
    Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 2021

    Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 2021

    Norbord’s checklist and interactive product guide As the UK’s biggest supplier of premium engineered wood ...

    Norbord’s checklist and interactive product guide As the UK’s biggest supplier of premium engineered wood panels to the UK construction and housebuilding market, Norbord has always been committed to s ...

    11 February, 2021
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  • Cartwood tests out Norbord’s CaberShieldPlus

    |Date: 2 December, 2020
    Cartwood tests out Norbord's CaberShieldPlus

    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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  • Engineered wood flooring from Norbord

    |Date: 26 June, 2020
    Engineered wood flooring from Norbord

    Engineered wood flooring from Norbord

    Norbord's David Connacher talks about modern timber suspended floors. Despite the continual development o ...

    Norbord's David Connacher talks about modern timber suspended floors. Despite the continual development of new building materials and designs, the construction of suspended floors in the housing secto ...

    26 June, 2020
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  • Norbord’s solutions for timber frame construction

    |Date: 20 May, 2020
    Norbord's solutions for timber frame construction

    Norbord’s solutions for timber frame construction

    A new family of products from Norbord is a development of its OSB brand and comprises SterlingOSB Zero 3, ...

    A new family of products from Norbord is a development of its OSB brand and comprises SterlingOSB Zero 3, SterlingOSB Zero Tongue and Groove, SterlingOSB Zero SiteCoat, SterlingOSB Zero Fire Solutions ...

    20 May, 2020
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  • Guide to CaberWood MDF installation

    |Date: 7 May, 2020
    Guide to CaberWood MDF installation

    Guide to CaberWood MDF installation

    A handy guide to CaberWood MDF installation. CaberWood MDF has a consistent density and a smooth surface ...

    A handy guide to CaberWood MDF installation. CaberWood MDF has a consistent density and a smooth surface that is ideal for machining, profiling, painting, or the application of paper foils and veneers ...

    7 May, 2020
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  • CaberShieldPlus flooring from Norbord

    |Date: 27 March, 2020
    CaberShieldPlus flooring from Norbord

    CaberShieldPlus flooring from Norbord

    CaberShieldPlus is a flooring solution designed for building in Britain’s unpredictable climate. Comprisi ...

    CaberShieldPlus is a flooring solution designed for building in Britain’s unpredictable climate. Comprising Norbord’s moisture-resistant CaberFloor P5 tongue-and-groove particleboard flooring panel, C ...

    27 March, 2020
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  • Installation guidelines for CaberWood MDF

    |Date: 25 March, 2020
    Installation guidelines for CaberWood MDF

    Installation guidelines for CaberWood MDF

    Norbord is the leading manufacturer of MDF worldwide. In the second part of our feature, we look at furth ...

    Norbord is the leading manufacturer of MDF worldwide. In the second part of our feature, we look at further installation guidelines for its CaberWood MDF. You can check out the first part here: probui ...

    25 March, 2020
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  • Norbord MDF installation guidelines

    |Date: 27 January, 2020
    Norbord MDF installation guidelines

    Norbord MDF installation guidelines

    We have a look at Norbord MDF installation guidelines.  Mechanical joints and fixings Mechanical fittings ...

    We have a look at Norbord MDF installation guidelines.  Mechanical joints and fixings Mechanical fittings developed for use with particleboard can be applied to CaberWood MDF with the following recomm ...

    27 January, 2020
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