Workplace designer Cannon Davis has been able to create a state-of-the-art radiotherapy suite without using lead-lined boards by installing Safeboard, the X-ray shielding plasterboard from Knauf. The suite, together with six consulting rooms and two operating theatres, forms The Whiteley Clinic, Harley Street, which specialises in the treatment of varicose veins. There were strong reasons to seek … [Read more...]
Knauf Adds Speed To Modular Mansfield Schools
Spray-applied Airless Plaster and GIFAfloor dry screed flooring from Knauf has enabled Central Site Accommodation, a modular building manufacturer and contractor based in Coventry, to speed up production and construction on a schools extensions programme in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The contractor has already used the products on two extensions to the King Edward Primary School in Mansfield … [Read more...]
Knauf Comfortboard benefits hi-tech EcoHouse
Comfortboard, the revolutionary energy-saving plasterboard developed by Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturer of lightweight building systems – is now being tested at Nottingham University as part of the Mark Group EcoHouse, a world-leading showcase of energy efficiency and innovation. Knauf Comfortboard incorporates Micronal phase change material (PCM) developed by chemical company BASF to … [Read more...]
Beat damp in a day with Safeguard Dryzone
The scourge of rising damp can now be dealt with easily, cleanly and quickly using the Dryzone System damp-proofing products available from Safeguard – the UK’s leading specialist in damp- and waterproofing, and masonry repair solutions. These materials combined allow for treatment and room reinstatement in around a day – a massive improvement over the weeks that more traditional methods may take … [Read more...]
Knauf’s Cube Proves Commitment To Training And Innovation
Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturer of lightweight building materials and systems – has shown its long-term commitment to training and innovation in the UK with the official opening of The Cube: its multi-million pound training, visitor and administrative centre. A striking modernist inspired building designed by leading architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, The Cube is a statement of the … [Read more...]
Knauf Vinova Panels Increase Design Potential
Aesthetically versatile and offering outstanding performance features, the Vinova panel from Knauf – the UK’s leading manufacturers of lightweight building materials and systems – extends the potential uses of the gypsum fibre panel to a new level. Consisting of a gypsum fibre panel, Vinova finished surfaces can be digitally printed, continuous pressure laminate (CPL) or high pressure laminate … [Read more...]
The Knauf MP Finish Day Out
A few months ago on The Plasterers Forum a thread was started about the finish plaster offered by Knauf and there was a lot of interest from plasterers all over the country and so seeing as Knauf are sponsors of The Plasterers Forum I figured it would make a great day out for the interested members to have a go with "MPFinish". I stayed in a local hotel the night before the event to make sure … [Read more...]
Aquapanel Puts On A Show At Art Deco Cinema Makeover
Viewers of the Channel 4 series Grand Designs have seen Knauf Aquapanel Exterior Cement Boards used as the render carrier board during the transformation of an Edwardian Art Deco cinema to a strikingly stylish Modernist home. In fact, the audience saw rather more of the panel’s weatherproofing properties than the construction schedule had intended, observed builder Richard Wilson of Wilsons … [Read more...]
Knauf Flooring Team Installs GIFA In Record Time For Children In Need
Knauf recently donated 200m² of GIFAfloor to the Little Miracles Project featured in the BBC One special programme DIY SOS: The Big Build with Children in Need. The project involved a life-changing transformation to the charity’s centre for disabled children in Peterborough. Little Miracles is a parent led centre, support group and charity for children with additional needs, disabilities and … [Read more...]
Knauf Brio Provides Peace And Quiet For Post-graduate Study
Outstanding acoustic performance combined with ease of installation made Knauf Brio, the dry floor screed from Knauf, the first choice for St Mark’s Residences, a BREEAM ‘Excellent’-rated development for Leeds University that houses 529 post-graduate students. GB Building Solutions, which constructed the development on a design and build basis, selected Brio having used the product so … [Read more...]
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