It has been over a month since I updated my renovation project blog and that is because I have been working exceptionally hard on my projects and frankly struggling to keep up with the demands of running multiple businesses and trying to get a renovation project moving while still maintaining a balance where I still get my down time. Yes I like playing with toys, I have kit cars motorbikes and all … [Read more...]
Safeguard Does Stellar Job For Star Café
The vintage charms of a vaulted basement are once again being appreciated by the patrons of a popular watering hole and cafe after damp-proofing systems from Safeguard Europe tackled severe penetrating damp. Known as a Soho institution and frequently featured as a film set, the Star Café has a double life: operating as a traditional Italian eatery during the day but transforming into the louche … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Conquers Three Peaks Challenge
A team of 13 British Gypsum employees took on the gruelling national Three Peaks Challenge between Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Research as well as the construction and property industry’s homeless charity — CRASH. The journey, which involves walking the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales, started at the base of Ben Nevis on Friday … [Read more...]
Makita Power Tools For Saint-Gobain Technical Academy In Bedfordshire
Makita UK, Britain’s number one professional power tool manufacturer, is the sole tools supplier to the Saint-Gobain Technical Academy in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. This location is home to Saint-Gobain Weber, part of the global organisation that serves the construction industry, where the company’s diverse product range of external wall insulation, renders, tiling products, construction mortars and … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Supports Sustainable Specification With Further EPDs
Following the launch of its first five environmental product declarations (EPDs) last year, British Gypsum has announced a further three for its specialist board products. The latest EPDs are for: 6mm Glasroc F MULTIBOARD; 12.5mm Glasroc H TILEBACKER; and 15mm Glasroc F FIRECASE. As part of its aim to simplify specifying sustainable solutions, British Gypsum is the first and only UK … [Read more...]
The Renovation #4: Knauf Show Their Support
I have worked with Knauf for a couple of years now with The Plasterers Forum® and also Plasterers News. I have spent numerous days out at their factory and training facility and help promote and market their products and services. With our renovation project, we were going to need a shed load of plasterboard, and I have been to the factory where it was made a few times now and well, it seemed … [Read more...]
Stone Effect Training And A Tool Show
The bigger we grow the more and more events we get invited to and the more days of the week I am out of the office and touring around the country. Last week was particularly busy for me as I was invited up to the Professional Builder Tool Show by Plasterers 1 Stop Shop, and also I was invited to come along to a wallcrete stone effect render training day in Newbury. Thankfully I could accommodate … [Read more...]
Noisy Neighbours Are A Problem For One In Four Homeowners
More than a quarter of UK homeowners say they suffer with noisy next-door neighbours, but fewer than half have attempted to resolve the problem, according to the findings of a new report. As many as 27 per cent say they are also disturbed by passing street traffic, while almost a third suffer from the sound of car and burglar alarms, and 36 per cent are annoyed by noise from neighbours’ … [Read more...]
Saint-Gobain Weber External Wall Insulation For University Of Cambridge Sports Centre
External Wall Insulation (EWI) by Saint-Gobain Weber, the leading UK formulator and manufacturer of innovative, high performance materials for the construction industry, has been specified for the exciting new University of Cambridge Sports Centre, West Cambridge. The £16m phase-one project, designed by Arup Associates for the University of Cambridge, provides a world-class facility, under one … [Read more...]
Safeguard Conference Brings Damp-proofing Experts To The Science Museum
Safeguard – the UK’s leading specialist in damp- and waterproofing, and masonry repairs – has organised a prestigious conference, featuring leading industry experts, on the subject of Dampness in Buildings. Being staged at the Science Museum on September 18th and free to attend, the conference will tackle topics particularly relevant to the social housing sector and should prove invaluable to … [Read more...]
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