In the London Borough of Islington, Saint-Gobain Weber External Wall Insulation (EWI) has been specified for the extensive external refurbishment and thermal upgrade of almost 300 hard-to-treat apartments on the Holly Park Estate, Crouch Hill. Islington Council has worked with Network Weber approved design and build contractor Lawtech to deliver a unique upgrade programme that is estimated to … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
Dulux Trade Introduce First Five EPDs
Dulux Trade have become the first and only mainstream paint manufacturer to announce five specifically verified environmental product declarations (EPDs) covering 67 products. The externally credited EPD’s were awarded following an in-depth Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) which calculated the environmental impact of each product over its entire lifecycle. EPDs provide comprehensive, quantified data … [Read more...]
Plasterer Eddie Found Himself Owing Hundreds Of Pounds To HMRC
Plasterer Eddie found himself owing hundreds of pounds to HMRC from attempting to complete his own tax returns. One company stepped up to help him out of a worrying situation. Tax and refund specialists Bettertax were able to help and advice him. “I was in a mess with my tax returns,” says Eddie, “I owed a lot of money in penalties and was years behind with my tax returns. Bettertax not only … [Read more...]
The Renovation #11: Insulating And Putting My Foot In It
One of the jobs we had to do before doing the insulation was getting the collars fitted so that the ceiling in the loft could be created, and this was harder than you would think. Remember I have not done a great deal of chippy work. I started from one end of the loft, and by the time I got into the middle of the loft, I could not get the collar high enough to maintain a level did to the ridge … [Read more...]
The Renovation #10: We Have Light – Lots Of Light
The loft conversion of this first floor flat was only ever going to add value to the property if we could get natural light into the loft space and that ideally would have been with dormer windows and to be honest we would never have got that past the other five properties in the building so we didn't even try and get that through but we did like the idea of having a number of Velux windows in the … [Read more...]
Makita Introduce New Single And Two-speed Mixers
Makita has introduced a new series of paddle mixers to assist painters, plasterers, floor screed applicators and others who require mixing capacity for paints, resins, plaster, glue, cement and other high and low viscosity materials. These new mixers have twin-grip handles with the on/off button conveniently located on the hand grip. Two- speed models have the gear selection control on the motor … [Read more...]
Sustainable Monocouche Render By Saint-gobain Weber For Contemporary New Build
A stunning contemporary style new-build home in Surrey has been finished with high performance monocouche render by leading construction materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain Weber. The £3.5m+ country home was designed and built by award-winning Millgate Homes, Berkshire, and sits alongside two six-bedroom country homes and six luxury apartments to form a boutique residential development on a … [Read more...]
The Renovation #9: Planning Approval Is Here
It has been over a month since I updated my renovation project blog and that is because I have been working exceptionally hard on my projects and frankly struggling to keep up with the demands of running multiple businesses and trying to get a renovation project moving while still maintaining a balance where I still get my down time. Yes I like playing with toys, I have kit cars motorbikes and all … [Read more...]
Pargeting Tools And Materials
Early pargeting was always worked in lime plaster which had three main ingredients; lime, aggregate and hair. Framed and stamped parget worked in cement In the past when lime was slaked on site from local chalk, limestone, shells or marble, the hydraulicity would depend on what impurities happened to be present. Now we have the choice of buying lime putty or hydraulic lime and I normally use lime … [Read more...]
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