Sculptural Curves at One Blackfriars

Armourcoat’s Sculptural three-dimensional wall finish features in the ground floor foyer at One Blackfriars residential tower in London’s South Bank. The building designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners is a compelling architectural achievement, with a stunning arc of glass taking inspiration... View Article

The Gallery Clerkenwell Opens its Doors

Manufacturer of decorative surfaces, UNILIN Panels has opened The Gallery Clerkenwell, a hybrid showroom in the heart of London’s A&D district. Bringing together like-minded manufacturers from the worlds of surfaces, flooring, seating and storage, The Gallery Clerkenwell provides a chance... View Article

New London Workplace

IVC Commercial at The Gallery Clerkenwell is the manufacturer’s new London workplace, providing a meeting point and place to explore its Carpet Tiles, Luxury Vinyl Tiles and Heterogeneous Vinyl solutions. Situated on Great Sutton Street, in the heart of the... View Article

PURE – Less is more

ALUCOBOND® is extending its naturAL surface series to include the new decor PURE. A surface for purists, futurists and creative thinkers. PURE is exactly what its name suggests: cool, matt silver aluminium, without surface texture and without mirror effects. Aluminium,... View Article

Sculptural Curves at One Blackfriars

Armourcoat’s Sculptural three-dimensional wall finish features in the ground floor foyer at One Blackfriars residential tower in London’s South Bank. The building designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners is a compelling architectural achievement, with a stunning arc of glass taking inspiration... View Article

Senior makes a grand entrance

Senior Architectural Systems’ slimline aluminium curtain walling and its strongest aluminium commercial door systems to date have helped create a fenestration package that is more than fit for purpose at a new leisure centre in Bristol. Fabricated and installed by... View Article

A successful 2020 for connectors and fasteners

Despite the unprecedented nature of 2020 the construction industry is prevailing, and we’ve been working hard at Simpson Strong-Tie to bring you exciting new innovations across all of our main product ranges, backed by brand new catalogues and our first... View Article

Wolverton Hall: The only folly is to call it a folly

A folly; an ornamental building with no practical purpose built in a large garden. While aspects of this definition can be applied to describe Wolverton Hall Folly, it certainly contradicts the ‘practical purpose’ element with the most appealing of purposes.... View Article

VELUX Rewards – not just for Christmas!

Top up your Christmas budget this year by claiming VELUX Rewards on every purchase of VELUX roof windows, flat roof windows, sun tunnels and blinds! You can spend your rewards with a wide range of top-brands including M&S, Argos, Tesco,... View Article

Stamp them out for good

FIND OUT MORE | The right ventilation solution can remove the excess moisture in the air which causes damp, condensation, and mould problems. Wiping down windows and painting the walls are short term solutions to a long term problem. There are... View Article

New! Puddle Sucker from Saniflo

As we suffer more and more adverse weather conditions in the UK, particularly rain and storms, is it time for householders in areas vulnerable to floods to consider investing in pumps for emergency use? Or perhaps communities should group together... View Article

New NHBC Standards 2021 – effective 1 January 2021

NHBC has launched its technical Standards for 2021 which will apply to every new home covered by an NHBC warranty, where foundations are started on or after 1 January 2021. New NHBC Standards 2021 NHBC’s dedicated standards team have spent... View Article

Guide to balcony refurbishment by MyDek

The change in the fire safety regulations for external wall systems has sparked a need for balcony refurbishments in residential buildings. Based on the latest regulations, all external wall systems of residential buildings must be built using materials that achieve... View Article

Designer Contracts digs deep for Childline

Designer Contracts, the UK’s largest flooring contractor, has stepped in once more to sponsor the services of leading children’s charity ChildLine for one day. Thursday (December 3rd 2020) marked the fourth time the company has supported the charity’s running costs... View Article

Whole-life carbon assessment – the only practical path towards Net Zero

Helen Hewitt, Chief Executive of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), penned an article about the importance of ‘getting retrofit right’ for the report Why timber is leading construction’s Net Zero recovery, published by the Confederation of Timber Industries in the Summer. In this article, Helen... View Article

Hallmark Glazed FD30Sa Fire Doors

Hallmark Doors & Panels are proud to announce the return of our glazed FD30Sa dual-certified, low maintenance composite fire doors. After over a year of thorough testing and extensive product development, we now offer fire doors to the residential, new... View Article