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

Advanced provides fire protection to 5 Aldermanbury Square in London

Fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has supplied intelligent fire panels to 5 Aldermanbury Square, London, as part of a major refurbishment. Advanced’s high-performance, fault-tolerant MxPro 5 analogue addressable fire panels are providing industry-leading protection to all areas of the 22-storey... View Article

Introducing our new 75mm Aluminium Window System

The thermally efficient 75mm Window System is designed to meet high performance requirements in both commercial and domestic applications such as homes, schools, offices, healthcare and leisure facilities. Window and glazing combinations can be specified to provide a U-value as... View Article

Practically
perfect

Young newlyweds Euan and Fiona Coleman thought they had found their forever home, but once children arrived they reassessed their wish list of practicalities, which led them to embark on a renovation in Hertfordshire TEXT LAURA SHADWELL IMAGES JWB ARCHITECTS... View Article