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Housebuilders urged to review roof designs

|Date: 20 Nov 2017

Housebuilders urged to review roof designs

Housebuilders are urged to review their legacy roof designs as the Trussed Rafter Association (TRA) commi ...

Housebuilders are urged to review their legacy roof designs as the Trussed Rafter Association (TRA) commits to switching to building design standard Eurocode 5 from 1 January 2018. Roof designs to Bri ...

20 Nov 2017
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Cembrit’s Moorland slates top South Wales development

|Date: 14 Nov 2017

Cembrit’s Moorland slates top South Wales development

Fibre cement slates from Cembrit have been used in the new-build homes that David Wilson Homes has develo ...

Fibre cement slates from Cembrit have been used in the new-build homes that David Wilson Homes has developed in South Wales. St Canna’s Green is a newly built David Wilson Homes development comprising ...

14 Nov 2017
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Cembrit Contessa natural slates used on primary school conversion

|Date: 16 Aug 2017

Cembrit Contessa natural slates used on primary school conversion

Cembrit Contessa natural slates have ‘wrapped up’ a project in Devon which transformed an unused primary ...

Cembrit Contessa natural slates have ‘wrapped up’ a project in Devon which transformed an unused primary school into new homes. ...

16 Aug 2017
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Redland supports skills of roofing students

|Date: 24 Apr 2017

Redland supports skills of roofing students

Redland is investing in the future of the pitched roofing sector with the launch of a programme to suppor ...

Redland is investing in the future of the pitched roofing sector with the launch of a programme to support young roofing students. ...

24 Apr 2017
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Roofing best practice

|Date: 20 Apr 2017

Roofing best practice

Dr Kevin Ley, Technical Manager of Redland, explains the fundamentals of roofing best practice. ...

Dr Kevin Ley, Technical Manager of Redland, explains the fundamentals of roofing best practice. ...

20 Apr 2017
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Current trends in clay roofing – addressing the skills shortage

|Date: 20 Mar 2017

Current trends in clay roofing – addressing the skills shortage

Richard Bishop, Category Marketing Manager for Roof at Wienerberger, examines the market, and current tre ...

Richard Bishop, Category Marketing Manager for Roof at Wienerberger, examines the market, and current trends in clay tiling. ...

20 Mar 2017
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Redland boosts tile manufacture with multimillion-pound investment

|Date: 24 Feb 2017

Redland boosts tile manufacture with multimillion-pound investment

New DuoPlain manufacturing line to boost supply and meet market demend. ...

New DuoPlain manufacturing line to boost supply and meet market demend. ...

24 Feb 2017
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Solar systems

|Date: 07 Feb 2017

Solar systems

Housebuilders have used natural slate as a roofing material for centuries, but recent innovations now mea ...

Housebuilders have used natural slate as a roofing material for centuries, but recent innovations now means it can incorporate solar collectors and help supply heating and hot water to a home, as Nige ...

07 Feb 2017
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Prevent roofing defects

|Date: 02 Feb 2017

Prevent roofing defects

To build more homes with fewer complaints from customers what is needed is competence, technical knowledg ...

To build more homes with fewer complaints from customers what is needed is competence, technical knowledge and experience – and these do exist, if you know where to look, says David Patrick, Head of M ...

02 Feb 2017
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Versatile tiles

|Date: 17 Nov 2016

Versatile tiles

John Lambert, general manager at Forticrete, discusses how concrete-based tiles can be used to create dis ...

John Lambert, general manager at Forticrete, discusses how concrete-based tiles can be used to create distinctive properties that blend in with the local vernacular. ...

17 Nov 2016
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