British Gypsum, leading manufacturer of plaster, plasterboard and drylining solutions, is calling for entries for its 2014 National Trophy Awards. The British Gypsum National Trophy celebrates craftsmanship and skills in traditional plastering and modern plasterboard systems, and is designed to recognise the contribution that contractors make to the construction industry. The manufacturer, … [Read more...]
Dulux Trade Launches New Guide To Protective Coatings
Dulux Trade has launched a new guide designed to help professional painters and decorators advise their customers on protective coatings. The new ‘Protection Range’ guide brings together a range of paint solutions, each designed to guard against common challenges in the home, from the spread of germs, to mould and fire protection. “Increasingly, we’re finding that decorators are being asked … [Read more...]
Carillion Rings Up Training Partnership With Knauf
Ten college leavers from Kent are benefiting from apprenticeships in drylining offered in a pioneering collaboration between Carillion, one of the UK's leading support services companies, and its plaster and drylining products supplier Knauf. The apprentices are undertaking an 18-month training course – leading to a Level 2 NVQ Diploma and Level 2 Construction Diploma from the CITB – at Knauf’s … [Read more...]
British Gypsum Fires Up For New Product Launch
British Gypsum has launched a new high performance acoustic plasterboard. Gyproc SoundBloc F is the latest addition to the Gyproc SoundBloc family and offers all the acoustic properties of its sister products, but with added fire performance. Designed to fit into the manufacturer’s GypWall CLASSIC partition system, a single 15mm layer of the Gyproc SoundBloc F to each side provides 60 minutes … [Read more...]
Knauf GIFAfloor Brings 19th Century Floor Up To Date
The historic Oakum House at Pembroke Dock has been restored and made fit for offices in the 21st century using Knauf GIFAfloor, levelling the listed building’s uneven floors and enabling eco-friendly underfloor heating to be installed. A Grade II listed building, Oakum House now houses the offices and headquarters of Mustang Marine which repairs, builds and supplies boats for commercial use up … [Read more...]
Specifying Knauf Gains BREEAM and CSH Credits
Architects and specifiers seeking credits for schemes such as BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) can now do so using a comprehensive range of products from Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturers of lightweight building materials and systems. Under the responsible sourcing standard BES 6001, Knauf achieved a performance rating of ‘Very Good’ covering the company’s laminated and … [Read more...]
If You Are a Plasterer Needing a New String to Your Bow – Read On!
PICS is the leading supplier of tools and materials to the pattern imprinted concrete industry in the UK and has an active Export arm as well. About 3-4 years ago PICS quietly launched Wallcrete to the imprinted concrete installers to give them another product to sell to their Homeowner customers, but it was quickly identified that the skills and knowledge required to install Wallcrete were … [Read more...]
Dulux Trade Triumphs At 25th Anniversary Painting And Decorating Awards
Dulux Trade is celebrating after Bob Hooker & Son, who are Select Decorators, scooped a top prize at the Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) Premier Trophy 25th Anniversary Awards 2013. The Daventry-based company walked away with the winning prize for the Small Contractor category at the awards, which are held each year to recognise the wide variety of skills and new innovative … [Read more...]
Knauf at Timber Expo 2013
NEC Birmingham 24th & 25th September Stand Number D11 Timber Expo 2013 at the NEC will offer contractors, local authorities and specifiers another chance to see the latest innovations suited to timber construction from Knauf, a leading manufacturer of lightweight building products and systems. Among the highlights will be Knauf Aquapanel Exterior, Knauf Flooring products, new Knauf Vinova … [Read more...]
Isover Gets ‘in Touch’ With Innovative Insulation Technology
Saint-Gobain Isover launches new insulation material, G3 Touch: great performance, gentle to use, good for the environment Insulation manufacturer Isover has launched a new high performance, robust yet gentle mineral wool, G3 Touch, which is being rolled out across its full range of UK-manufactured products. Developed in response to detailed industry research into installers’ insulation … [Read more...]
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