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Are PVC Pipes Safe?

A reader of the Green Guide was recently wondering if PVC pipes were safe and wanted to know if they leached pthalates into drinking water? The answer from the Green Guide time was probably no but they raised some int...

15 Sep 2003

Non-Invasive Rising Damp Control System

Wigopol Great Britain has released a tried and proven non-invasive damp control system, that will eliminate rising damp with minimum cosmetic damage. The Wigopol system has been successfully working in Austria and muc...

15 Sep 2003

Construction Industry Recruitment

With skill shortages a large concern for the construction industry the The National Engineering Recruitment Exhibition (NER) has an important role to play in attracting seasoned and graduate engineers to the industry. ...

12 Sep 2003

Ultrastrong Epoxy Adhesive

Permabond has developed a new two-part epoxy adhesive that exploits the emerging technology of multiphase toughening. The patented adhesive, known as E3332, has been independently tested and found to have the highest ...

12 Sep 2003

Planning System Changes Challenged

The House Builders Federation (HBF) has said that the changes made by the Government to the planning system are likely to fail. The Government announcement, “Planning System Must Be Fast But Fair”, reduces...

10 Sep 2003

Timber Frame versus SIPs – House Building Showdown

Modern modular housing is dominated by traditional timber framing but Building magazine has published an article reporting on a showdown in Sussex between timber frame housing and a new modular system using Structurally ...

10 Sep 2003

Fire Rated Caulk

JACO Manufacturing has been manufacturing fire rated caulking compounds for 10 years and have just introduced JACO FLAMESEAL™, an elastomeric intumescent fire resistant caulk for sealing penetrations in fire rated ...

10 Sep 2003

New Homes Slump

A recent article published by the House Builders Federation (HBF) indicates that new house building has slumped to its lowest peacetime level in 77 years. Ignoring the war years from 1940 to 1946 government figures ha...

10 Sep 2003

Creating An Energy Efficient Household Sun Trap

The Green Building Store have just released a case study on their website outlining how a couple in Dorset turned a simple house extension into a two storey ‘sunspace’ that remains warm in winter and cool in ...

9 Sep 2003

New Product Brochure From Marley Roofing

Marley Roofing Products has released a new A4 product brochure with comprehensive information on its vast selection of products from tiles and slates to fittings and accessories. All products are listed with full technic...

9 Sep 2003

Innovative Housing Conference

A one day conference is to be held in London on the 22nd of October to look at best practice in housing and urban design and how to deliver innovative solutions. Full details are available from the Waterfront. Sour...

8 Sep 2003

Environmentally Responsible Residential High-rise

The Solaire, the USA’s first environmentally responsible residential high-rise building, was unveiled last Friday, September 5, in Manhattan. The 27 storey building relies on a concrete construction system to pr...

8 Sep 2003

Wood Recycling

RecycleWood is a website produced by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) to help producers of wood waste find collection services and recycling facilities. The service is free and is accessed by simply ente...

4 Sep 2003

Wembley Stadium Site Scanned For Bombs

Due to fears that terrorists could place radio activated bombs in unfinished buildings and set them off months or even years later, The Metropolitan Police have inspected the Wembley Stadium construction site in north-we...

4 Sep 2003

Building Materials For Heritage Sympathetic Developments

A 13-room hotel attached to the 18th Century Duke of Marlborough Country Inn in Wootton Woodstock has recently been opened but it needed a suitable building materials to ensure the development fitted with the existing he...

3 Sep 2003