14 August 2015

Reversible window system used for luxury care home

Templeton House is situated in a conservation area in Ayr, and has been designed to blend historic and contemporary design, with a traditional villa façade retained alongside a new modern pavilion. The windows were installed in the REHAU TOTAL70R fully reversible window system Walker Profiles were contracted by Cruden Building and Renewals for the project,[…]

14 August 2015

Permeable roofing underlay specified for medieval church restoration

With its oldest part dating from before 1100, the Church of All Saints in Winterton was in need of restoration and refurbishment. The church has benefited from the installation of Klober’s Permo forte vapour permeable roofing underlay The North Lincolnshire church, which is a Grade 1 Listed building, attracted over £700,000 of Lottery funding, allowing[…]

13 August 2015

Safety gloves provide hand protection for rail engineers

As one of the UK’s premier rail engineering and construction companies, safety is an important consideration for VolkerFitzpatrick. TraffiGlove’s safety gloves offer different levels of cut protection to suit a range of projects Whilst working on London’s Thameslink Hornsey project, the company needed to ensure that its workers were adequately protected with appropriate safety gloves.[…]

13 August 2015

HDG Compact biomass boiler re-classified for greater RHI returns

Whereas before the most appealing tariffs ended under 200kW, this has been adjusted to include 200kW boilers, quoting to £2,000 addition RHI returns a year. The HDG Compact 200 biomass boiler offers an energy efficient heating solution Moving the parameters of the boilers might seem like a fairly insignificant change, but for RHI recipients, it[…]

13 August 2015

New Heavy Duty Tubular Latch for residential properties

The HD Tubular Latch has been fully tested to meet EN12209 – Grade 2, demonstrating that it is ‘appropriate for medium frequency use by people with some incentive to exercise care, but where there is some chance of misuse’. The Heavy Duty Tubular Latch has been designed for residential properties It is also suitable for[…]

13 August 2015

Online portal launched for heating, plumbing & drainage industry

Officially launched on 10th June, the Knowledge Centre provides a platform for Wavin to communicate directly with plumbers, engineers, ground workers and specifiers. The Knowledge Centre has been designed for the heating, plumbing and drainage industry The blog will focus on the Wavin brand and it’s two product brands, Hep2O and OSMA. It will be[…]

13 August 2015

Harvey Group acquisition to ‘transform the renewable energy sector’

The Harvey Group has over 30 years’ experience in the design, installation and maintenance of building services, with a turnover of £30m and employing over 80 staff. Solmatix Renewables was founded by Richard and Norah-Anne Bell in 2008, and has since grown to achieve a turnover of £6m, with 30 staff operating from its Nutt’s[…]

12 August 2015

Glass-reinforced plastic kiosks for outdoor applications

Available off the shelf for quick delivery, the Genesis range provides strong, versatile and comfortable accommodation solution for employees. The Genesis range has been developed for a range of outdoor applications The GRP kiosks come as standard in four layouts and aim to offer high quality materials at a budget-conscious cost. The portable buildings are[…]

12 August 2015

Highways certification for IKO asphalt crack sealing system

IKO Permatrack H ironwork reinstatement system IKO Permatrack H achieves HAPAS certification Rigorously tested on performance and durability, Permatrack H achieved the necessary standards required to gain HAPAS certification. Permatrack H polymer-modified mastic asphalt crack sealing system is a flexible and hard wearing solution comprised of bituminous material. Permatrack H used in repairing general cracks[…]