All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 402
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Archive TitlesCosmofen - stuck on you
Cosmofen 1697 adhesive/gap filler from Wagner is seen as a boon to fabricators and installers alike as it provides quick bonding of PVC-U items such as end caps, trims, drip bars etc.
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Archive TitlesRehau's Heritage converts
Rehau has begun the conversion of its existing S719 fabricator customer base to the all new Rehau-Heritage vertical slider system.
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Winning designs prove ‘construction can be tamed'. Starter homes are here
For all the publicity surrounding John Prescott's Design for Manufacture Competition, only 318 homes will be built for £60,000. But the exercise is likely to influence housebuilders on build time, methods and tolerances,
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Archive TitlesConservatory hardware
Laird Security Hardware has a broad range of hardware and security solutions for conservatories and many are protected under the Saracen Secure guarantee.
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Cutting edge Techniques could increase Conservatory Sales: Enhancing your website
So, you've managed to get people to look at your website, but what kind of content is likely to attract customers and increase sales? Masten Gregory, manager of Virtutour, believes that there are lessons to be learnt from recent successes in the Hotel and property sectors
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Archive TitlesMultiple configurations
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems has supplied a range of profiles for over 500 windows and entrances for prestigious new flats in Southend-on-Sea
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Archive TitlesCreating spatial concepts
Ray Bradley and Denise Basso formed Bradley Basso in 2004 with a shared vision of how glass can be used to create spatial concepts, particularly when used with architecture. Here we find out how they got to where they are today, and how they work together
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Archive TitlesCompetition's trendsetter wins the overall prize: Gavin grabs top prize
With the 2005/06 Premiership season drawing to a close so must the Pilkington Fantasy Football League, until August of course. Congratulations to Gavin Lewin of Anglian Windows, who collects the overall competition prize worth £2,000
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Colouring a coastal project
A variety of different coloured PVC-U windows have been installed by Sheerframe fabricator H Jarvis Ltd for Bellway Homes, North East
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Archive TitlesWhat did the glassman choose?
Gary Dean, Managing Director of Bohle UK, and well-known ‘glassman' turns 40 this year. To celebrate, he decided to install a conservatory at his recently acquired home.
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Archive TitlesGetting the chemistry right
Nanogel translucent aerogel insulation material has been used in the roofing system of an extension to a pharmacy in Neuhausen, Switzerland.
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Archive TitlesSecuristyle steps up to charity marathon challenge
Staff at Cheltenham-based window hardware manufacturer Securistyle are putting their best feet forward in a Marathon challenge in aid of a local cancer charity.
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Making the case for modular
K2 is combining integrity and convenience with its new Modular Range, which spells a stronger entry-level focus for the company
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Archive TitlesMaking the case for housing
Building Communities: Making the Case for Housing is the theme of this year's Chartered Institute of Housing Conference and Exhibition, 20-23 June at the Harrogate International Centre.
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Archive TitlesDow Corning sail in Cape
Dow Corning have been used for weathersealing the windows, metalwork and structural glazing elements on a landmark new apartment block called the Atlantica on the Strand of South Africa's Cape Peninsular.
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Archive TitlesMinister: conservatories to stay outside full building regs
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not currently have any plans to bring conservatories under full Building Regulations. This was confirmed recently by Yvette Cooper on the Radio 4 Today programme.
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Give us a break!
We have a conservatory-heavy edition for you this month, and confirmation that the market is picking up again (see page 34) will come as good news to many.
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Archive TitlesConservaglass boost
Since the launch of its new and improved Conservaglass at Glassex 2006, Ultraframe is claiming an enormous leap in sales of its glass units.
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Archive TitlesDupont in ‘Blue Heaven'
A series of new architectural projects from across the globe contain laminated glass balustrades incorporating either DuPont SentryGlas Plus structural interlayer, SentryGlas Expressions decorative laminated glass technology or Butacite polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer.
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Archive TitlesSynseal and global blu: Synseal's blue white sales show consumer hunger for choice
Since Synseal launched global blu for a specialist market at Glassex 2004, blue white has grown to 15 per cent of global sales