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How to work out your roof pitch
|Date: 25 March, 2025

How to work out your roof pitch
Kevin Taylor, Training and Technical Support Manager at Marley, outlines how builders can get to the righ ...
Kevin Taylor, Training and Technical Support Manager at Marley, outlines how builders can get to the right pitch number. Roof pitch is the steepness of the roof. The standard pitch for most UK homes ...
25 March, 2025
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Lifestiles celebrates 20 years of supplying award-winning roof tiles
|Date: 24 October, 2024

Lifestiles celebrates 20 years of supplying award-winning roof tiles
Lifestiles, a leading provider of handmade clay roof tiles, is proud to be celebrating its 20th anniversa ...
Lifestiles, a leading provider of handmade clay roof tiles, is proud to be celebrating its 20th anniversary. Since its founding in 2004, Lifestiles has been committed to supplying the highest quality ...
24 October, 2024
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Introducing the Red Gorilla® Versatile™: A Revolutionary multi-purpose spot board!
|Date: 16 October, 2024

Introducing the Red Gorilla® Versatile™: A Revolutionary multi-purpose spot board!
For over two decades, British-designed Red Gorilla® equipment has been trusted across a wide range of ind ...
For over two decades, British-designed Red Gorilla® equipment has been trusted across a wide range of industries, known for its durability, versatility, and innovative design. Over the years, Red Gori ...
16 October, 2024
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Luxury steam room gets the Schlüter treatment for a stunning result
|Date: 1 March, 2024

Luxury steam room gets the Schlüter treatment for a stunning result
It is not unusual for tile and stone protection expert, Schlüter-Systems, to be called upon when a bathro ...
It is not unusual for tile and stone protection expert, Schlüter-Systems, to be called upon when a bathroom or wetroom installation fails. If the preparation has not been executed to the appropriate s ...
1 March, 2024
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Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make a difference
|Date: 23 January, 2024

Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make a difference
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make all the d ...
Garry Gregory, packed products director at Tarmac explains why the right tile adhesive can make all the difference to your customer’s projects. Your customers will have spent a long time choosing the ...
23 January, 2024
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Marley’s top tips for clay pantiles
|Date: 25 November, 2023

Marley’s top tips for clay pantiles
Kevin Taylor, Training and Technical Support Manager, outlines Marley’s top five tips for a successful an ...
Kevin Taylor, Training and Technical Support Manager, outlines Marley’s top five tips for a successful and memorable clay pantile roofing project. Clay pantile roofing projects combine the elegance an ...
25 November, 2023
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Marmox is promising infinite design opportunities for its Slicedstone Mosaics
|Date: 22 April, 2022

Marmox is promising infinite design opportunities for its Slicedstone Mosaics
Marmox is promising infinite design opportunities for its Slicedstone Mosaics. Professional Builder puts ...
Marmox is promising infinite design opportunities for its Slicedstone Mosaics. Professional Builder puts the questions to the manufacturer. Q. Where does the Slicedstone range fit into the current Mar ...
22 April, 2022
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Sika Everbuild has the solutions to make wet rooms perfectly watertight
|Date: 21 April, 2022

Sika Everbuild has the solutions to make wet rooms perfectly watertight
Wet rooms have become a popular alternative to traditional bathroom layouts and are frequently seen in ho ...
Wet rooms have become a popular alternative to traditional bathroom layouts and are frequently seen in hotels and domestic settings alike. As Andrew Scanlon, Applications Manager from Sika Everbuild e ...
21 April, 2022
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What you need to know when installing large porcelain panels
|Date: 2 February, 2022

What you need to know when installing large porcelain panels
The Tile Association (TTA) provides essential info on the installation of large porcelain panels. It will ...
The Tile Association (TTA) provides essential info on the installation of large porcelain panels. It will not have escaped anyone’s notice that tile sizes are increasing. Large porcelain panels are no ...
2 February, 2022
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The benefits of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring
|Date: 7 September, 2021

The benefits of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring
Steve Ball, Technical Services Manager for Malmo outlines the benefits of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) floorin ...
Steve Ball, Technical Services Manager for Malmo outlines the benefits of luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring. Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) continues to be the number one flooring choice in 2021 as its unique ...
7 September, 2021
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Sustainable polymer tile complements Eurocell’s warm roof solution
|Date: 26 August, 2021

Sustainable polymer tile complements Eurocell’s warm roof solution
Envirotile – a recycled polymer tile is now available at Eurocell for specification alongside the Equinox ...
Envirotile – a recycled polymer tile is now available at Eurocell for specification alongside the Equinox solid roof system, helping to deliver a sustainable roofing solution for living spaces such as ...
26 August, 2021
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Successfully installing LVTs with Setcrete
|Date: 24 August, 2021

Successfully installing LVTs with Setcrete
Luxury vinyl tiles (LVTs) are very much in vogue and Setcrete has the solutions for a successful installa ...
Luxury vinyl tiles (LVTs) are very much in vogue and Setcrete has the solutions for a successful installation. Luxury vinyl tiles (LVTs) have grown enormously in popularity over the years, particularl ...
24 August, 2021
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The growing popularity of bathroom panels and their benefits
|Date: 6 July, 2021

The growing popularity of bathroom panels and their benefits
Keely Greenhalgh, National Sales Manager at Mermaid Panels, explains why bathroom panels as a tile altern ...
Keely Greenhalgh, National Sales Manager at Mermaid Panels, explains why bathroom panels as a tile alternative are growing in popularity, and the benefits they offer to installers. The surfaces market ...
6 July, 2021
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20 Marshalltown tiling system sets to win
|Date: 20 April, 2021

20 Marshalltown tiling system sets to win
The new Marshalltown FASTcap Tile Levelling System is a fast and easy way to install tiles, avoiding unev ...
The new Marshalltown FASTcap Tile Levelling System is a fast and easy way to install tiles, avoiding unevenness. Spacer Bases in three sizes are available for different joints, fitting under tiles onc ...
20 April, 2021
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Russell Roof Tiles reveals extent of bounce back
|Date: 4 November, 2020

Russell Roof Tiles reveals extent of bounce back
Pitched roofing manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is experiencing a 15 per cent increase in customer growth ...
Pitched roofing manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is experiencing a 15 per cent increase in customer growth in the builders’ merchants sector. This growth includes new accounts opened with national chai ...
4 November, 2020
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Repairing a traditional Kent peg tile roof
|Date: 26 October, 2020

Repairing a traditional Kent peg tile roof
Ashford and Cranbrook Roofing is demonstrating its command of craft skills on the repair of a traditional ...
Ashford and Cranbrook Roofing is demonstrating its command of craft skills on the repair of a traditional Kent peg tile roof. Professional Builder’s Lee Jones talks to the company’s Managing Director, ...
26 October, 2020
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