Breathing exercises
If a house can’t breathe, problems lie ahead. Andrew Leech looks at why ventilation, particularly in the roof, demands careful consideration
Clad culture
Cladding is increasingly appearing on new homes, bringing new design elements in copper, concrete, timber and PVCu and a New England architectural style to the…
Over our heads
Tim Palmer looks at today’s options for roof coverings and delves below the surface into the world of breather membranes and trusses
About Average
[MMC-IMG=723-A=Left] Stamp duty land tax, stopping highways and retention money. All covered this month by our legal team from Campbell Hooper, Heather O’Sulli…
Pukka partnership
Peckham’s thin red line sounds like a pitch for a film from the area’s most famous resident, cockney wideboy Derek Trotter. Yet unlike the fictional Only Fools…
Hot Seat
[MMC-IMG=719-A=Left] Jim Ross, md (Scotland) of CALA Finance, sits in the Hot Seat and heaps praise on Jack Nicklaus while learning to be positive from Jack Bl…
Design Council
Design excellence is easier to achieve when all sides are striving for the same goals. Kent County Council has been working with the housebuilding industry for…
diary dates
The Walrus
[MMC-IMG=717-A=Left] Euro 2004 has got the Walrus thinking. What if the big football clubs had to play to the sort of rules now applied to the housebuilding in…
Sites worth seeing
[MMC-IMG=715-A=Left] Polish your site boots and buff up your brickwork, NHBC’s Pride in the Job competition is launched this month. NHBC’s Building Inspectors …
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