Ibstock’s Ivanhoe and Cooksbridge bricks help create award-winning Dublin home House features modernist design enhanced by innovative brick combination A bespoke blend of bricks from the UK’s largest brick maker Ibstock have been used to ...
To improve efficiency and in turn increase block capacity, H+H is updating the sizes of three of its product ranges. The length of Celcon Plus Blocks will increase to 630mm from 610mm, with the course ...
Wienerberger, has released an update for its award-winning Brick Selector App which features new products and further compatibility benefits. The update brings the App in line with Wienerberger’s current range of bricks adding 40 new ...
Wienerberger, one of the UK’s leading providers of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, has added to its extensive brick range by introducing two new products into its Terca range. The new bricks have been designed ...
The building industry now has sight of the 2014 editions of the Building Regulation Part L Approved Documents, providing guidance on cutting carbon emissions through savings in the energy needed to heat, cool, ventilate, light, ...
Hanson’s latest brick guide contains all the information architects, specifiers and designers need to select the right brick for any project. The easy-to-use guide has been updated to incorporate the latest changes to the company’s ...
BrickFix – from Safeguard Europe, the UK’s leading specialist in damp- and waterproofing, and masonry repair solutions – is a highly effective crack-stitching system. Suitable for brick, block and stone walls, it provides a simple, ...
Housing minister Kris Hopkins visited Hanson’s re-opened Claughton Manor brick works near Lancaster in January to see bricks being produced for the first time in four years.
H+H has produced a technical update for the new Approved Document Part L, which comes into effect on 6th April 2014. The document explains how Celcon Blocks can be used to meet the new regulations ...
Television history has been helped along the way by a Tameside brick factory. Workers at Wienerberger’s Denton factory are supplying 52,000 special edition ‘Coronation Medley’ bricks for the new set as Coronation Street is recreated ...
Northcot Brick, one of the UK’s independent brick manufacturers, has launched a comprehensive new brochure, featuring its entire range of wirecut, reclaim and handmade facing bricks.
The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company, the largest independent brickmaker in the north of England, celebrates its 25th anniversary this month.
A private four bedroom, custom built house has been constructed using H+H Celcon Blocks Standard Grade and Celcon Foundation Blocks with traditional mortar. The house in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, was built by Chris Page Building ...
Hanson UK has developed a new online resource which provides architects with easy access to a comprehensive range of British Standard and non-standard special shaped bricks.
Ibstock, the UK’s largest brickmaker, is leading the way with shortlisted entries ahead of the Brick Development Association’s (BDA) 2013 Brick Awards. A total of 33 Ibstock projects which highlight the aesthetic appeal, versatility and ...
Wienerberger, the leading provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, has donated a selection of roof tiles and pavers to a Habitat for Humanity development in Toxteth, Liverpool, as part of its partnership with the ...
The Brick Development Association (BDA) has announced the shortlist for the 2013 Brick Awards, one of the top design and construction awards in the country.
Robust Details E-WM-23 and 24 are now available for a high-performance cavity separation wall construction using H+H aircrete blocks. The fully filled cavity solutions, designed to address the thermal insulation requirements of Part L, have ...
Northcot Brick, one of the UK’s foremost independent brick manufacturers, has launched a new high quality photographic ‘brick selector’ designed to simplify the specification of its range of wirecut, reclaim and handmade facing bricks.
Parapet cavity walls behave differently because both faces are exposed. Such dual exposure dictates the protection against damp penetration takes into consideration more variable elements than are normally encountered. And if the parapet is curved, ...
Ibstock, the UK’s largest brick maker, has seen its recently expanded Tradesman range increase market share over the past twelve months. Sales of the range have grown by 45% over the past year, bucking market ...
The Brick Development Association (BDA), one of the construction industries’ most highly respected trade associations, continues to increase the recognition of brick and why it should be the material of choice for all key decision ...
Once again, the search is underway to find the best brickwork in action for the 2013 Brick Awards, organised by the Brick Development Association.
Northcot Brick is offering builders and architects the best of all worlds with the innovative ‘Cotswold Collection’ – the first of a new generation of machine made bricks, which has many of the qualities and ...
The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has helped to create “one of the most stunning wine cellars in the north of England”. The company, based at Alne, near Easingwold, has supplied high-quality bricks and specials, worth £70,000, ...
Where access into a building is required to be at the same level internally and externally, the designer must consider how damp and water transference is to be prevented?
Vandex Unimortar 1 is a highly versatile waterproof repair mortar. It provides an ideal solution for basement refurbishment work where it can be used as a one coat, high-build tanking slurry, as well as for ...
Ancon is pleased to announce the launch of the Staifix QuickStart wall starter system. This latest product launch comes just 10 weeks after Ancon was awarded the 2012 Queen’s Award for Innovation, in recognition of ...
Town & Country Housing Group (TCHG) in Kent decided to construct a low carbon prototype home to act as a test bed for building to level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. In the ...
