10 EV Charging Must-Knows for Housing Providers

With the shift to electric vehicles accelerating, housing providers must navigate complex infrastructure, cost, and accessibility challenges to stay ahead. These 10 key considerations will help you make smarter, future-ready decisions on EV charging in 2025. 10 considerations for housing... View Article

BAL celebrates DOUBLE success at TTA Awards 2025!

BAL are celebrating after winning Best Innovation at this year’s Tile Association (TTA) Awards and also scooping the Best Environmental Initiative as part of ARDEX Group UK. The TTA Awards 2025 took place at The Hilton Metropole on Friday 16th... View Article

C-TEC announces 5-year warranty on its CAST-powered products

C-TEC has announced that all its CAST-powered products will have a new 5-year warranty from 1 May 2025. CAST (C-TEC Addressable System Technology) is C-TEC’s own proprietary life-safety system protocol. Hailed as the world’s most-advanced distributed intelligence fire alarm system... View Article

Fast and Clean Luxury Vinyl Installs with Flex Pro Pure

Flex Pro Pure is the improved self-adhesive underlay from Unilin Flooring that makes it fast and easy to install Moduleo dryback luxury vinyl floors. For large scale projects, such as BTR, private housing developments, student accommodation and more, speeding up... View Article

Where are fire doors required in a building?

Fire doors are a key element of passive fire protection in UK buildings. Designed to resist fire and smoke, they protect escape routes, slow the spread of fire, and give occupants time to evacuate. Their installation is mandatory under the... View Article

Cover fire sprinkler pipework easily with UK Boxings

When retro-fitting fire sprinkler systems, the UK Boxings range of pre-finished pipe and fire sprinkler boxing provides a consistent finish to installations by quickly and easily concealing pipework, which saves save time and money on site compared to site fabricated... View Article

Thinnest insulation in the UK? Total solution capability

The A. Proctor Group Ltd provides an extensive range of advanced product solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of Housing retrofit in the UK. Our offerings include high-performance membranes, vapour control systems, airtightness solutions, and innovative insulation options, all of which are ideal for retrofit projects. With over 80... View Article

Close the data gap

Rob Norton of PlanRadar highlights the urgent need for better digital data management to meet fire safety standards, explaining how Regulation 38 can close critical compliance gaps across the sector. Almost eight years on from the tragic events of 14... View Article

Get retrofit right

Martin Hitchin of REHAU UK highlights how retrofitting window and door frames, alongside the necessary supply chain collaboration, is a vital component of improving thermal performance and meeting net zero targets across the sector. The residential sector accounts for approximately... View Article

Why should builders choose SterlingOSB Zero over plywood?

West Fraser’s SterlingOSB Zero, is often seen in restaurants, exhibitions and retail outlets where the theme is “natural”, “eco”, and “earthy”. It is also commonly used as a hoarding panel for building sites, or for boarding up broken windows. The fundamental engineered panel... View Article

Trust the Bathroom Experts

For 40 years we’ve been Making Life Better by designing bathroom products that not only do the job better than anybody else, but look great too and most importantly, stand the test of time. The AKW Baths Collection offers everything... View Article

Access to cost-effective accessible bathrooms

Balancing compliance and user needs is key to accessible bathroom design. Stuart Reynolds of AKW shares how smart product choices ensure cost-efficiency without compromising on tenant usability. The key to success with any accessible bathroom installation lies in juggling the... View Article

Stelrad ‘Green Compact’ radiator series

Leading radiator manufacturer Stelrad Radiators continues to offer low carbon-emissions steel radiators, with an excellent response so far to this new approach to the reduction of carbon emissions in the production of steel radiators. The steel utilised in the manufacture... View Article