Bricks & Blocks

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Glidevale Protect

19 August 2024

Glidevale Protect delivers hands-on cavity tray training for the NHBC

Posted on by Max Banner

Glidevale Protect has joined forces with the NHBC to support the next generation of industry professionals by delivering insightful training and demo sessions focused on cavity tray installation.

  • 19 August 2024

BMBI

25 July 2024

BMBI: Merchants’ May value sales down -5.2%, as volumes fall -7.0%

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in May were down -5.2% year-on-year.

  • 25 July 2024

BMBI

25 June 2024

BMBI: April Merchant sales up +3.9% year-on-year

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were up +3.9% in April compared to the same month a year ago.

  • 25 June 2024

Vandersanden

14 June 2024

Vandersanden launches Pirrouet® in the UK – the first CO2-negative facing brick

Posted on by Max Banner

Brick manufacturer Vandersanden is launching the very first CO2-negative facing brick on the market under the name Pirrouet®.

  • 14 June 2024

BMBI

30 May 2024

BMBI: Q1 value sales fell -7.2% year-on-year, as volumes slide -8.7%

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest total value sales figures from Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) show Q1 2024 sales were -7.2% lower than Q1 2023, with volume sales falling -8.7% and prices edging up +1.6%.

  • 30 May 2024

Vandersanden

17 May 2024

Vandersanden bricks ensure student accommodation blends with Oxford heritage

Posted on by Max Banner

An eco-friendly development targeting the Passivhaus Low Energy Building Standard, Castle Hill House provides undergraduate accommodation for students of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford – Vandersanden bricks feature there.

  • 17 May 2024

Safeguard Europe

26 April 2024

Safeguard Europe: Penetrating damp – how to diagnose the damage

Posted on by Max Banner

As Safeguard gets ready to deliver another informative session of one of its most popular webinars, the company outlines some of the most common reasons for rain penetration through brickwork.

  • 26 April 2024

BMBI

25 April 2024

BMBI: Value sales in first two months were -3.4% down

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -4.7% in February compared to the same month a year ago.

  • 25 April 2024

BMBI

27 March 2024

BMBI: Tentative start to 2024 as January value sales slip

Posted on by Max Banner

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023.

  • 27 March 2024

Safeguard Europe

20 March 2024

Safeguard: Keeping walls clean above and below the DPC line with Stormdry and Soluguard

Posted on by Max Banner

Spring has finally sprung, and thoughts are turning to general maintenance outside the home. Safeguard’s Stormdry Masonry Protection Cream is the best way to keep exterior walls clean and dry.

  • 20 March 2024