Concealed door closers assure fire safety

LISTEN HERE British designed and manufactured, Powermatic controlled, concealed door closers deliver a number of benefits over surface-mounted door closers. As a result, they are gaining increasing popularity in the social housing sector for use on fire doors in high-rise... View Article

Make fire doors your priority

A recent survey into fire safety in the social housing sector reported that 95% of respondents named fire doors as the most important fire safety product and more than half cited broken fire doors as the main reason for properties... View Article

Pipe Dreams – Pendock boxing for social housing

The Pendock Profiles range of pipe boxing and casing solutions is one of the most comprehensive available for social housing projects. Each product is designed for a specific purpose, but they are also versatile enough to be used on a... View Article

Connect the whole building with no half measures

You want your residents to feel at home instantly. And EE Personal WiFi can help them do just that. Our new WiFi solution is designed specifically to meet the needs of residents in multi-tenanted buildings, such as Build to Rent... View Article

Subsidence – putting tenants first with Geobear

Geobear is working with local authorities and housing associations to provide a fast alternative to underpinning that repairs subsidence in as little as one day. Tenants do not need to relocate when a home or flat has subsidence repaired using... View Article

Never come unstuck with West Fraser and CaberFix

The CaberFix range, which can be used with many of West Fraser’s panel products, comprises three glue types and two choices of adhesive tape; having been developed for a wide variety of applications and performance requirements. CaberFix D3 is a... View Article

Vent-Axia’s New Lo-Carbon Calido Combats Mould and Recovers Heat

Leading ventilation manufacturer Vent-Axia has launched the Lo-Carbon Calido, decentralised mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (dMVHR) unit, to help social housing landlords tackle condensation and mould while reducing energy bills. Offering up to 80% heat recovery the Calido is designed... View Article

Safe, inclusive bathrooms are the future

Bathrooms can be a danger zone and entirely unsuitable for disabled people in many homes across the UK. Stuart Reynolds from AKW, explores the challenges facing both landlords and tenants and considers solutions to the problem When is a house... View Article

The creative spark in boilers

Adam Taylor from Beesley & Fildes, discusses the potential of electric boilers as an affordable, easy to install alternative to both gas and air source heat pumps The energy cap for domestic properties is due to rise on 1 April... View Article

Heating from the ground up

Craig Edwards of WMS, explains how to incorporate affordable warmth into the very fabric of a home with underfloor heating Rising energy bills in the UK are set to push even more households into fuel poverty this winter. The stakes... View Article

Setting the standard for certification and compliance

Marcus Parnham from Profab Access, discusses the importance of specifying fire integrity products to ensure the suitability and safety of a building for its entire lifecycle Focused on improving the safety of high risk residential buildings, the Building Safety Act... View Article

CaberMDF – the trade’s choice for indoor joinery

CaberMDF Trade and CaberMDF Trade MR, from the West Fraser range, are lightweight, medium density fibreboard panels which have been developed for applications where the end design is important, such as for shop-fitting and caravan manufacture – the Trade MR... View Article