Almost 200 properties in Hesketh Road, Preston, Lancashire, have been totally transformed with the application of External Wall Insulation (EWI) by Saint-Gobain Weber. Half of the properties are in private ownership and half are owned by Community Gateway Association (CGA). Having assembled a portfolio of their properties that required thermal upgrade improvement, CGA instigated the detailed … [Read more...]
Knauf SFS Speeds Construction At Prestige Development
The final phase of Crest Nicholson's established development of new homes in Portishead, Bristol Ninety4 on the Estuary was built using SFS infill panels from Knauf for speed and quality of construction. Consisting of 94 one and two-bedroom apartments, the development consists of three concrete-framed blocks that are raked in ascending order of height from four to six storeys. Located along the … [Read more...]
The All New Plasterers Forum®
It's been 5 big solid years for The Plasterers Forum and in those years, we have grown to be the biggest plastering related resource to have every existed with almost 500,000 posts and approximately 30,000 topics. So it goes without saying that TPF is going places. I have been exceptionally sidetracked the last 12 months with my renovation project and a number of other big projects and after … [Read more...]
The EZE 24 and EZE K4 Plastering Machines
PFT Central – Plasterers 1 Stop Shop have an ever expanding range of plastering tools and plastering machines. They are constantly developing and improving based on the feedback they get from plasterers who use them and this most definitely puts PFT Central in the Plasterers News innovation category. What PFT Central been doing recently? Well PFT Central have launched a number of plastering … [Read more...]
Readymix Plasters Put Student Digs On Fast Track
More than 100,000m2 of Airless Readymix Plaster developed by Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturer of lightweight building materials and systems – has accelerated construction and simplified supply chains on a scheme to transform a former brownfield site into one of the largest student developments in Europe. Built in three phases by Metnor Construction, the Portland Green student village on … [Read more...]
Jewson Pledges £100k For Community Regeneration Projects
Builders’ merchant, Jewson, is asking tradespeople up and down the country to put forward local community projects that are in need of a transformation. As part of its Building Better Communities project, Jewson is offering communities across the country the chance to win a share of a £100,000 prize which can be spent on anything from a new roof for their village hall, to a much need coat of … [Read more...]
Einstein And Safeguard Share The Science Of Rising Damp
What do Albert Einstein and rising damp have in common? Safeguard’s seminar Rising Damp: Causes and Treatment has the answer (and it’s capillarity*). Aimed at architects, builders and other specifiers, this RIBA-accredited seminar has been designed to help professionals keep up-to-date with the latest materials and systems, and can help them meet their ongoing commitments to Continued Professional … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #5
It's my last day at Gold Trowel North where I have been learning the basics of venetian plaster and it is most definitely been an eye opener into the venetian plaster industry. Today is all about buffing and polishing and applying waxes and polishes to our finishes and generally making our sample boards shine and look stunning.... well thats the plan. The first sample board I will be polishing … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #4
Its thursday already and I am feeling the strain of the early starts and the drive from Macclesfield to Bury, so tonight I am treating myself to a night in a hotel right near the training school and it was pretty cheap as well which is even better as the TPF coffers are running desperately low this year. So today I was going to finish up my sample boards ready for fridays buffing session and … [Read more...]
Venetian Plaster Training Day #3
I was once again in bury today bright and early but I am now starting to feel tired, the commute in now is getting tiresome but we are nearly at the end of the week. Today was a day where we are going to be working on our sample boards and start to see some of the finishes come together which is good. I learnt something to day that everything we are doing is a Marmorino finish as its the type … [Read more...]
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