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Product Focus | Modern flooring – less carpentry, more engineering

|Date: 15 Sep 2021

Product Focus | Modern flooring – less carpentry, more engineering

West Fraser outlines some flooring options. Modern suspended floors in timber are a far cry from the tra ...

West Fraser outlines some flooring options. Modern suspended floors in timber are a far cry from the traditional combination of sawn joists and nailed planks. Today modern manufacturing not only make ...

15 Sep 2021
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Mira Q&A | Smart showers

|Date: 14 Sep 2021

Mira Q&A | Smart showers

Bathrooms are a key selling point in new homes. PHPD speaks with Suzannah Hallam, Product Manager for Dig ...

Bathrooms are a key selling point in new homes. PHPD speaks with Suzannah Hallam, Product Manager for Digital Showers at Mira Showers, about the benefits of specifying the latest smart showers. Q. Sma ...

14 Sep 2021
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Baxi Heating | Pump it up

|Date: 13 Sep 2021

Baxi Heating | Pump it up

As demand for Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) grows, Ryan Kirkwood, Heat Pump Business Development Manager ...

As demand for Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs) grows, Ryan Kirkwood, Heat Pump Business Development Manager at Baxi Heating, explores some of the key considerations housebuilders need to be aware of. The ...

13 Sep 2021
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Smartroof | Make room in the roof

|Date: 09 Sep 2021

Smartroof | Make room in the roof

Kevin Sherlock, Managing Director of Smartroof explores ‘room in roof’ solutions, a prefabricated roofing ...

Kevin Sherlock, Managing Director of Smartroof explores ‘room in roof’ solutions, a prefabricated roofing package that can increase the space in new homes while offering ease of installation and impro ...

09 Sep 2021
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Ambion Heating | Look to the future – today

|Date: 08 Sep 2021

Ambion Heating | Look to the future – today

Oliver Baker, CEO at Ambion Heating, outlines one path to low carbon heating in new homes. On any housi ...

Oliver Baker, CEO at Ambion Heating, outlines one path to low carbon heating in new homes. On any housing development project, efficiency is key. Housebuilders want to minimise their time on-site by ...

08 Sep 2021
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The inside view | Design for retirement living

|Date: 07 Sep 2021

The inside view | Design for retirement living

Estimates suggest there are 75,000 people living in UK retirement homes. Couple this with ONS data showin ...

Estimates suggest there are 75,000 people living in UK retirement homes. Couple this with ONS data showing that the over 65s group has the highest growth level, now representing 18.5% of the populatio ...

07 Sep 2021
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Special Report | ‘Quality is the answer’

|Date: 07 Sep 2021

Special Report | ‘Quality is the answer’

Quality is the answer to long-term integrity of brick-built properties, says Scott Denham, Sales Director ...

Quality is the answer to long-term integrity of brick-built properties, says Scott Denham, Sales Director, IG Masonry Support. If the properties we build today are to remain standing for generations t ...

07 Sep 2021
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Elmhurst Energy | Breathe easy

|Date: 06 Sep 2021

Elmhurst Energy | Breathe easy

Stuart Fairlie, Technical and Operations Director at Elmhurst Energy, examines the importance of appropri ...

Stuart Fairlie, Technical and Operations Director at Elmhurst Energy, examines the importance of appropriate ventilation in new homes. Ventilation is a key part of any building’s armoury – no matter t ...

06 Sep 2021
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Vent Axia | MVHR solution delivers for new family home

|Date: 24 Aug 2021

Vent Axia | MVHR solution delivers for new family home

Ventilation specialists Vent-Axia has supplied a Lo-Carbon Sentinel Kinetic Plus Mechanical Ventilation w ...

Ventilation specialists Vent-Axia has supplied a Lo-Carbon Sentinel Kinetic Plus Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) unit to a 205m2 new-build 4-bed, 2-bathroom home in Sutton Coldfield, ...

24 Aug 2021
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Decarbonising heat in existing homes

|Date: 12 Aug 2021

Decarbonising heat in existing homes

Mark Wilkins, Vaillant’s Technologies and Training Director, considers how heating the country’s existing ...

Mark Wilkins, Vaillant’s Technologies and Training Director, considers how heating the country’s existing homes could be achieved using hydrogen and heat pumps, and looks at the considerations both te ...

12 Aug 2021
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