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Insulation Knauf Insulation has introduced a new method of packaging for its Crown Insulation glass mineral wool. The Durapak and SupaKube condense insulation …

The inside story

Insulation - internal, external or both? Tim Palmer talks to suppliers about the options for situations where high performance, fire resistance and easy instal…

Sounding off

Plasterboard manufacturers have released a raft of Part E-compliant products designed for maximum efficiency and ease of use. Fiona McWilliam takes a look at t…

Ever Changing Rooms

Interior finishes are crucial to making houses into homes – and selling them. Fiona McWilliam reviews the latest trends in tiling and decoration, and finds out…

Review remedy

Our team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder – explains when a judicial review may be requested, and how to …

Chris Crook

Fishing, windsurfing, snowboarding, refurbing an 18th century house, bringing up six kids… it’s hard to imagine where Chris Crook finds the time to be southern…

Another view

Happy customers do not equate to higher sales. New home quality can not match that of other products. Design excellence will not change buyers’ attitudes to ne…

The walrus

This month the Walrus is spoiling” for a fight over an issue “arising” over how to define, and dispose of, muck dug up on site

Keeping track of the green stuff

Sustainability demands are really starting to bite. As Steve Menary reports, if you can’t prove your credentials, then local authorities, English Partnerships …