Refreshed regency elegance

Francois Belot and Andrea Buscone found a shared joy in their sensitive renovation and extension of an elegant Regency townhouse in south London TEXT ALEXANDRA PRATT IMAGES INNA KOSTUKOVSKY It was December 2019 when London-based couple Francois Belot and Andrea... View Article

GreenCoat® – Architecture, Steel and Swedish Rapeseed Oil

GreenCoat® is the brand for innovative, sustainable color coated steel solutions for roofs, facades and rainwater systems. Widely used in sustainable architecture, GreenCoat® products offer an extensive range of colors and coatings with Swedish rapeseed oil. This unique, patented solution... View Article

Insulating Britain’s hard to treat properties since 1982

Structherm Ltd is a leading External Wall Insulation (EWI) system-designer, widely known for its unique structural cage system. The Structherm Cage System is used to stabilise and insulate a wide range of non-traditional, hard-to-treat or structurally defective properties and high-rise... View Article

Wyatt Homes appoints financial director

Poole-based Wyatt Homes has appointed Matthew Bennett as its financial director. Matthew, who is 48 years old and based in the South West, joined Wyatt Homes this month (January) as it enters a new phase of growth. Before joining Wyatt Homes,... View Article

Vivalda shows off its first aluminium cladding system

Vivalda Group, the national distributor of rainscreen facades, has marked a significant milestone with the introduction of its first cladding system, MetSkin. Developed and manufactured by MSP Facade Solutions, a Vivalda Group company with over 30 years of expertise in... View Article

Innovation strikes again!

Hambleside Danelaw are delighted to announce their new state of the art lead alternative GRP Roll Top Ridge and Hip Systems: SwiftRidg™ and SwiftRidg™+. The patent pending SwiftRidg™ and SwiftRidg™+ (GB Patent Application No:  2308115.1) offer a light and durable... View Article

Thomas Dudley signals the end of the leaky toilet valve

Thomas Dudley Launches the world’s first push button syphon. Thomas Dudley the UK’s leading innovator in plumbing solutions, proudly announces the launch of Quantum, its groundbreaking all new Pushbutton Operated Leak-Free Syphonic Toilet Flush Valve. This state-of-the-art product represents a... View Article

Uform Announces Vauth-Sagel Partnership

Uform and market leading German storage manufacturer Vauth-Sagel have partnered to establish a new distribution channel for a cutting-edge range of storage solutions to the trade throughout UK & Ireland.  Delivering German ‘engineering excellence’ for over 60 years, Vauth Sagel... View Article

Roaring into retirement

Embarking on the journey of self-building their retirement home along the south-west’s Jurassic Coast turned into a decade-long adventure for two septuagenarians. The result surpassed everything they could have hoped for TEXT EWEN MACDONALD IMAGES PHIL COFFEY Former city dweller... View Article

Permeable paving: the driving force behind SuDS success

Chris Hodson of Interpave delves into the impact of soon to be mandatory sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) in new residential projects, and the transformative role that permeable paving plays The wider application of concrete block permeable paving to reverse... View Article

The look of wood without the hassle

F.H. Brundle’s range of composite decking boards offer a robust, sustainable and easy to maintain alternative to timber. They’re incredibly durable and suitable for a variety of outdoor uses. Made from 60% recycled wood, 40% plastic, RinatoTM decking boards look like wood but without... View Article