Beauflor Heads to Housing 2023

Beauflor® will be taking its sheet vinyl floor collections to Europe’s largest housing festival. With sheet vinyl floors that offer benefits for housebuilders, developers, local authorities and housing associations, as well as tenants; Beauflor will be one of the exhibitors... View Article

Is your bathroom really a steam room?

If you create lots of steam in your bathroom or shower room and it takes an age to dissipate, you could have a problem. Inadequate extraction due to using a cheap bathroom fan, leads to condensation and moisture-generated black mould.... View Article

Build the homes of tomorrow, today

In-roof Solar is more than just a solar panel, it’s a solar roof. Our integrated roof panels are easy to install and applied directly to the roof battens helping meet requirements of Part L legislation, and with an aim of... View Article

Schlüter-Systems – Installer show preview

(Stand H20 Birmingham NEC – 27-29 June 2023) At this year’s Installer Show, Schlüter-Systems will be focusing on their impressive range of underfloor heating solutions which comprise both electric and hydronic (water-fed) systems. The new DITRA-HEAT-PS is a peel and stick version of... View Article

Pasquill reveals £14million investment programme

Pasquill, one of the UK’s leading supplier of trussed rafters, has revealed further details of a multi-million-pound strategic investment programme across its UK sites. The investment includes £4.5m spent in 2022, £3.6 planned across 2023 and an additional £6m to... View Article

Hidden Gems – New Easy-Fit VitrA Frames

Designed to make installing wall-hung and back-to-wall WCs simple, VitrA has introduced its new range of versatile frames and concealed cisterns, including models for floor fixing, floor and wall fixing, reduced height and back-to-wall installations, with 3/6 litre and 2.5/4... View Article

A carbon zero future starts with battery storage

Anthony Ottway is the founder and MD of GL. For over 20 years GL has supplied lighting and electrical products to housebuilders and now delivers on all-electric sustainable solutions. The housebuilding industry is having to adjust to some of its... View Article

Show Preview: The home front

27 – 29 JUNE MANCHESTER CENTRAL Throughout the UK, the housing sector is facing unprecedented challenges. From uncertainty in government funding, incoming new regulations, and the pressing need for more homes, to the equally pressing need to maintain and improve... View Article

Fencing solutions that will stand the test of time

All property developments require a fencing solution that is attractive, durable and low maintenance. Here, John Abernethie of Birkdale looks at why it’s time to switch from traditional to more modern options. When specifying a fencing system, certain characteristics should... View Article

Manage moisture & avoid floor failure

Excess subfloor moisture causes floor failure and costly delays to projects. Stephen Boulton of F Ball & Co provides some crucial advice for developers to help them guard against the problem when installing floorcoverings. Unchecked subfloor moisture, whether residual construction... View Article

Futureproof your foundations

The NHBC’s Richard Smith shares some of the key learnings from its latest report, which looks at how to futureproof foundations against climate change. The NHBC Foundation is committed to providing high quality research and practical guidance to support the... View Article

Social rent: In terminal decline

Patrick Mooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing, Management & Maintenance magazine says supply of homes for social rent appears to be in terminal decline – at a time when they are needed the most By some strange irony, at... View Article