Adding an extra bathroom to an average-sized home in the UK can add 5% or around £15,000* to its value and thanks to leading bathroom specialist Roper Rhodes’ stunning collection of space-saving bathroom furniture and sanitaryware, it’s never been easier to create a stylish and functional cloakroom or en suite. …
Read More »Cancer Centre builds on Visqueen’s Ultimate Geoseal
Visqueen – part of RPC bpi recycled products – has provided a waterproofing and gas protection solution to the new Rutherford Cancer Centre North East in Northumberland, ensuring it meets all local planning conditions. Working with a contractor in Stockton, Visqueen selected its new Ultimate GeoSeal together with waterstops and …
Read More »Keller Kitchens’ new design is a palette for creativity
The latest model from Keller is the Sturdy Classical kitchen which has been launched to offer customers a simple palette from which they can craft a trendy industrial-styled scheme; at an attractive price. The melamine-fronted kitchen units and carcasses come in a rustic, timber effect. Designers and homeowners can create …
Read More »Aico Alarms used by Council system
South Cambridgeshire District Council has upgrading its 1400 sheltered housing properties with new warden call systems connected to Aico mains powered Multi-Sensor, Heat and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms. As the Council was already planning to replace the existing hard wired Warden Call systems, it took the opportunity to upgrade …
Read More »New water treatment products good for the environment
The use of the RedProtect© water treatment system from Flamco offers the heating industry the ideal opportunity to reduce the amount of plastic waste generated after use of the chemical, in line with global and local opinion on plastic waste in the environment. Compared to traditional liquid domestic heating chemicals, …
Read More »Workwear for women …at last!
A leading training provider – JTL – has formed a strategic alliance with a company that is seeking to make it simpler for young women to work in the building services engineering sector, by designing workwear especially for women to wear during working hours. JTL is working hard at attracting …
Read More »Forticrete’s low pitch roof window system added to LABC Registered Details list
Forticrete’s innovative low pitch roof window system has been added to the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Registered Details list. The system has been specifically developed to enable roof windows to be installed at pitches as low as 10° – much lower than many other systems, when used with its …
Read More »Back to Black: Impey’s New ‘Soho’ Range
Bring a burgeoning trend into the bathroom with the new ‘Soho’ wetroom screen and ‘Nemox Black’ accessories available exclusively from leading UK wetroom manufacturer Impey. The industrially-inspired design of Impey’s new ‘Soho’ screen marries high-specification functionality with on-trend aesthetics to offer a unique, design-led panel option for wetrooms and shower …
Read More »SpecMaster solves thorny problem at Gorse Hill School
Gorse Hill School in Swindon, a shortlisted project in this year’s NFRC UK Roofing Awards, has been restored to its Victorian splendour thanks to contractor, Davis Roofing, who used Redland tiles and Dry-Fix systems specified under the Redland SpecMaster service. Not only was Redland involved in renewing the extremely complex …
Read More »The revolutionary HiKOKI Multi Volt battery pack
Innovative battery pack technology from leading power tool manufacturer HiKOKI. More power, same size With 36 Volts (V) the BSL36A18 Multi Volt battery packs have a capacity of 2.5 Ampere-hours (Ah), and 5.0Ah with 18V. HiKOKI also offer a BSL36B18 with a capacity of 4.0Ah and 8.0Ah with 18V. That …
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