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  • Developing Customer Confidence in New Build Properties

    |Date: 22 January, 2018
    Developing Customer Confidence in New Build Properties

    Developing Customer Confidence in New Build Properties

    Buying a new build home is an exciting and attractive prospect for many people and the need for the UK to ...

    Buying a new build home is an exciting and attractive prospect for many people and the need for the UK to build more new homes is a well-documented issue. Yet, new build homes are far from achieving u ...

    22 January, 2018
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  • Inside the Knauf Factory

    |Date: 10 January, 2018
    Inside the Knauf Factory

    Inside the Knauf Factory

    As Knauf announces a new partnership with a very worthy cause, Professional Builder was treated to a tour ...

    As Knauf announces a new partnership with a very worthy cause, Professional Builder was treated to a tour of the company’s extensive Sittingbourne plasterboard factory. In an age when the emphasis is ...

    10 January, 2018
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  • Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Steph Leese (Part Two)

    |Date: 22 December, 2017
    Highlighting Britain's Plasterers: Steph Leese (Part Two)

    Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Steph Leese (Part Two)

    In the second in the series, British Gypsum catches up with The Pink Plasterer, Steph Leese.  Plastering ...

    In the second in the series, British Gypsum catches up with The Pink Plasterer, Steph Leese.  Plastering is a skill that takes years to master and yet it often goes unappreciated – by its very nature, ...

    22 December, 2017
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  • Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Mark Hardman (Part One)

    |Date: 7 December, 2017
    Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Mark Hardman (Part One)

    Highlighting Britain’s Plasterers: Mark Hardman (Part One)

    As British Gypsum celebrates 100 years in the industry it wants to champion the trade and has been out on ...

    As British Gypsum celebrates 100 years in the industry it wants to champion the trade and has been out on the road meeting some of the unsung plastering heroes. British Gypsum catches up with fifth ge ...

    7 December, 2017
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  • British Gypsum Celebrates 100 Years

    |Date: 1 November, 2017
    British Gypsum Celebrates 100 Years

    British Gypsum Celebrates 100 Years

    British Gypsum is as close to a household name as you can get in the construction industry and it’s a com ...

    British Gypsum is as close to a household name as you can get in the construction industry and it’s a company that has a proud heritage in British innovation and engineering. Now part of the Saint-Gob ...

    1 November, 2017
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  • The Lowdown on Dura-Stilts

    |Date: 26 October, 2017
    The Lowdown on Dura-Stilts

    The Lowdown on Dura-Stilts

    Professional Builder talks to Carobyn Products, the company behind Dura-Stilts, who are aiming to dispel ...

    Professional Builder talks to Carobyn Products, the company behind Dura-Stilts, who are aiming to dispel some myths about stilts. Why should I use stilts and not a platform? It's a personal choice – u ...

    26 October, 2017
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  • Roger Bisby: Rendering with Weber Monocouche

    |Date: 8 August, 2017
    Roger Bisby: Rendering with Weber Monocouche

    Roger Bisby: Rendering with Weber Monocouche

    I have always enjoyed rendering and plastering. It has been a journey of gradual improvement, and every t ...

    I have always enjoyed rendering and plastering. It has been a journey of gradual improvement, and every time I finish a job I look and think about all the ways I might have done it better. Having said ...

    8 August, 2017
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  • Visit Saint-Gobain Weber on YouTube

    |Date: 16 June, 2017
    Visit Saint-Gobain Weber on YouTube

    Visit Saint-Gobain Weber on YouTube

    Saint-Gobain Weber takes training in the specification and application of their innovative, market leadin ...

    Saint-Gobain Weber takes training in the specification and application of their innovative, market leading materials responsibly.  A team of technical advisors is available to support and advise, eith ...

    16 June, 2017
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  • Skim Reading: From Plasterer to Children’s Author

    |Date: 13 June, 2017
    Skim Reading: From Plasterer to Children's Author

    Skim Reading: From Plasterer to Children’s Author

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee has a chat with a tradesman who has gone down the less well trodden pat ...

    Professional Builder’s Kieran Nee has a chat with a tradesman who has gone down the less well trodden path from plasterer to children’s author. “The plot is about a family of magnets called the Magnet ...

    13 June, 2017
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  • Roger Bisby Gets Plastered With Smig

    |Date: 21 November, 2016
    Roger Bisby Gets Plastered With Smig

    Roger Bisby Gets Plastered With Smig

    Roger Bisby  mixes it up with  some Smig Plaster and fills us in on the results. A few months a ...

    Roger Bisby  mixes it up with  some Smig Plaster and fills us in on the results. A few months ago I went out on site to see a demonstration of a polymer spray finish plaster. The product in ...

    21 November, 2016
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  • Saint-Gobain Weber: weber.tec aquapel creme

    |Date: 14 November, 2016
    Saint-Gobain Weber: weber.tec aquapel creme

    Saint-Gobain Weber: weber.tec aquapel creme

    Designed for the treatment of porous concrete masonry and sand and cement rendered surfaces, Saint-Gobain ...

    Designed for the treatment of porous concrete masonry and sand and cement rendered surfaces, Saint-Gobain Weber’s weber.tec aquapel crème penetrates into the pores of the surface increasing the interf ...

    14 November, 2016
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  • Cornerstone by Cornish Lime

    |Date: 13 November, 2016
    Cornerstone by Cornish Lime

    Cornerstone by Cornish Lime

    Developed by Cornish Lime, trusted lime experts and one of the largest suppliers and manufacturers of lim ...

    Developed by Cornish Lime, trusted lime experts and one of the largest suppliers and manufacturers of lime products in the country, Cornerstone is a new bespoke range of traditional and contemporary d ...

    13 November, 2016
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  • British Gypsum: Gyproc AquaBead

    |Date: 12 November, 2016
    British Gypsum: Gyproc AquaBead

    British Gypsum: Gyproc AquaBead

    British Gypsum’s Gyproc AquaBead is a new water-activated adhesive corner bead that makes achieving hard- ...

    British Gypsum’s Gyproc AquaBead is a new water-activated adhesive corner bead that makes achieving hard-wearing corners more straight-forward, reducing installation times by 35 per cent. Providing a ...

    12 November, 2016
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  • Roger Bisby Tries Out the Speedskim Plastering Tool

    |Date: 11 November, 2016
    Roger Bisby Tries Out the Speedskim Plastering Tool

    Roger Bisby Tries Out the Speedskim Plastering Tool

    I have watched the development of Speedskim over several years. Like all good inventions it has evolved a ...

    I have watched the development of Speedskim over several years. Like all good inventions it has evolved and, along the way, it has also created a lot of lively debate. Plasterers are an interesting br ...

    11 November, 2016
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  • Roger Bisby Picks Up a Good ‘Habito’

    |Date: 14 October, 2016
    Roger Bisby Picks Up a Good 'Habito'

    Roger Bisby Picks Up a Good ‘Habito’

    Everyone in the building industry knows that fixing things to plasterboard can be a bit hit and miss. If ...

    Everyone in the building industry knows that fixing things to plasterboard can be a bit hit and miss. If the plasterboard is on a stud wall you may strike lucky or you may not. Sometimes you may be ab ...

    14 October, 2016
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  • WorldSkills UK: What it Takes to Go for Gold

    |Date: 5 October, 2016
    WorldSkills UK: What it Takes to Go for Gold

    WorldSkills UK: What it Takes to Go for Gold

    David Kehoe, National Training and Technical Representative at British Gypsum and WorldSkills UK Expert s ...

    David Kehoe, National Training and Technical Representative at British Gypsum and WorldSkills UK Expert shares his trade secrets as the UK prepares to take part in EuroSkills Gothenburg 2016. Team GB ...

    5 October, 2016
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