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Overcoming thermal bridging in masonry facades

|Date: 06 Oct 2022

Overcoming thermal bridging in masonry facades

With thermal bridging responsible for up to 30% of a home’s heat loss, which thermally-efficient solution ...

With thermal bridging responsible for up to 30% of a home’s heat loss, which thermally-efficient solutions are available to the specifier in terms of a building’s lintel specification? Keystone Lintel ...

06 Oct 2022
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Beams & joists: select the right solution

|Date: 22 Sep 2022

Beams & joists: select the right solution

Charlie Cannon, Design Manager at Beesley & Fildes’ engineered timber department, looks at some of th ...

Charlie Cannon, Design Manager at Beesley & Fildes’ engineered timber department, looks at some of the considerations when selecting the most appropriate timbers for roofing projects. Constructio ...

22 Sep 2022
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Vaillant | Modular sustainable living

|Date: 21 Sep 2022

Vaillant | Modular sustainable living

Heating specialist, Vaillant, examines the role the company’s heat pumps played in a new development in R ...

Heating specialist, Vaillant, examines the role the company’s heat pumps played in a new development in Rugby, built using offsite modular construction. As the drive to provide low carbon housing int ...

21 Sep 2022
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WMS | Combining UFH & Heat Pumps

|Date: 20 Sep 2022

WMS | Combining UFH & Heat Pumps

With the combination of Heat Pumps and Underfloor Heating (UFH) becoming increasingly of interest to hous ...

With the combination of Heat Pumps and Underfloor Heating (UFH) becoming increasingly of interest to housebuilders, Joanna Crown, Marketing Director at WMS Underfloor Heating, answers some questions a ...

20 Sep 2022
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Marley | Safety first for roof spaces

|Date: 16 Sep 2022

Marley | Safety first for roof spaces

Building regulations in the UK currently require that all new homes are built with robust fire protection ...

Building regulations in the UK currently require that all new homes are built with robust fire protection measures in place to not only delay the spread of fire, but also allow time for escape. Stuart ...

16 Sep 2022
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Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

|Date: 15 Sep 2022

Marshalls | Time for a brick switch? 

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to cons ...

Marshalls outline why the recent changes to the building regulations could mean it is a good time to consider switching to concrete bricks. From the 15th June 2022, changes were made to Approved Docu ...

15 Sep 2022
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The Inside View | Wall coverings

|Date: 14 Sep 2022

The Inside View | Wall coverings

For some, the idea of redecorating a room or space in the home is a daunting prospect. Steve Hird, Direct ...

For some, the idea of redecorating a room or space in the home is a daunting prospect. Steve Hird, Director at interior design specialists, Edward Thomas Interiors suggests this needn’t be the case an ...

14 Sep 2022
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Stelrad | The relationship between heat pumps and radiators

|Date: 13 Sep 2022

Stelrad | The relationship between heat pumps and radiators

Chris Harvey, Head of Marketing, Stelrad Radiator Group, explores the relationship between heat pumps and ...

Chris Harvey, Head of Marketing, Stelrad Radiator Group, explores the relationship between heat pumps and radiators. The arrival of the low temperature heating system has brought with it perhaps und ...

13 Sep 2022
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Market Report | Sales up and volumes down as price inflation hits

|Date: 12 Sep 2022

Market Report | Sales up and volumes down as price inflation hits

Figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in July, reveal that year-on-year val ...

Figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in July, reveal that year-on-year value sales to builders by Britain’s builders’ merchants were up +14.8% compared to the same month ...

12 Sep 2022
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Finance | Bridging Loans

|Date: 09 Sep 2022

Finance | Bridging Loans

Nail down your exit strategy to boost your chance of securing competitive funding, says Samantha Williams ...

Nail down your exit strategy to boost your chance of securing competitive funding, says Samantha Williamson, bridging & development specialist at Roma Finance. What happens at the end of a bridgin ...

09 Sep 2022
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