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The next generation of engineered first floor joists offers greater spans and easier fitting of services. While hours can be saved removing the need for notching of pipework and drilling for cables, the floor joists still need careful attention to ensure they work correctly and as they are designed…
When you’re working with thermal insulation, you may have come across Lambda, Psi and Kappa values. Similar to mathematics, these values are all part of the Greek alphabet and are used to define performance levels of insulation products when they’re used on their own or in combination with other…
Whilst conservatories are lightweight and sometimes, where they're small and thermally separated from the main house, don’t need a formal Building Regulation application, the detailing, quality of work and construction should still be fit for the job.
Common issues with conservatories…
If you pre-registered any new developments last year to take advantage of the Part L 2014 transitional provisions, now’s the time to start building. Work on your sites must start before Sunday 5 April 2015 to be exempt from the 2013 Part L uplift.
If you miss this deadline, the new standards…
Property owners across England and Wales are increasingly investing in photovoltaic and solar thermal collector panels to lower their energy costs. These panels usually come in a rigid, lightweight aluminium shell that can be screwed or clamped securely to a roof.
But once the individual solar…
Failing an acoustics test is not as uncommon as you may think. In many cases, it’s the simple, but avoidable things that lead to failure. The resultant costs and project delays are easily avoided by ensuring that the problem doesn’t occur in the first place.
If the architect’s drawings have left…
As the Government announced the first of the new garden villages, a new report ‘Small is beautiful: Delivering more homes through small sites’ published by FMB looks at ways smaller scale developments can contribute to the demand for new homes.
Gary Lewis, National President of the FMB said…
The drive towards more energy efficient buildings continues to bring innovative products onto the market, such as insulated roof panels. These are an easy-to-fit, quick-to-install, low-maintenance roofing option that also offers thermal performance. Long length panels also reduce the number of end…
UPDATE: S106 charges are gone
Section 106 agreements can be a nightmare for developers – they’ve been known to add months to the planning process, stalling work and potentially adding avoidable costs to a project or even leading to the abandonment of others altogether.
Also known as ‘…
At 7:30am on Monday 11 December a gas explosion ripped through a property in Birstall, Leicester.
The incident was apparently caused by the failure of an internal gas pipe laid in the floor of the property, where the escaping gas was being ignited by the gas ignition system on the cooker.
The…