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Palio Trade by Karndean is reinforcing its luxury flooring ranges with Palio Rigid in a bid to offer a new collection designed for trades.
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Unshackling and Promoting the Flooring Industry’s Latest Advancements
'Innovation' may be an overused word but rest assured, the flooring industry is renowned for true innovation.
Read More »IOBAC Launches FloorPlay, a Flooring E-Commerce Site for the Trade
Technology company IOBAC, renowned for its innovative flooring and heating solutions, has launched FloorPlay, a flooring materials supply service.
Read More »Innovative, Sustainable Flooring Solutions – Fit for a Better Normal
Under pandemic-induced lockdown and a large portion of us working from home or furloughed, many of us have taken this time to improve or renovate our homes.
Read More »Flexible Flooring: The Foundation of Future Office Design
COVID-19 has proven that, for the most part, people can work fairly effectively from home. Yet far from spelling the end of the office, it will instead permanently alter our perceptions of how we use it and what purpose it serves.
Read More »Flooring & Skirting Boards – Garden Room #6
How to build a garden room episode 6 sees Robin installing the shower tray, flooring and skirting. Follow Robin Clevett Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/robinclevett YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/ukconstruction This type of garden room is perfect for use as an office, photographic studio, workshop, man cave or playroom. #SBGardenRoom #MilwaukeeTools #Skirting
Read More »Laying Palio Clic Luxury Vinyl Flooring by Karndean
How to lay Palio Clic Luxury Vinyl Flooring by Karndean. Roger and Stephen show you their technique for installing Palio Clic LVT.
Read More »IOBAC Magnetic Flooring System – Perfect for LVT
Roger is very curious about a magnetic flooring system from IOBAC, so he visited them in Basingstoke to see how it works.
Read More »How to lay Palio LooseLay – luxury flooring designed for the trade to fit
Roger Bisby demonstrates how to lay Palio LooseLay by Karndean with K-Wave Friction Grip which is made for non-expert fitters such as tradespeople and general builders. It’s got the qualities of a luxury vinyl tile but it’s easier to lay. Palio LooseLay uses a unique friction-grip backing to hold the product in place without the need for adhesive. It creates …
Read More »Carpenters, Flooring & Tiling Specialists Wanted in Alps
Season to Season Employment – a recruitment company that specialises in seasonal employment is currently looking for skilled carpenters and/or flooring and tiling specialists to work in the French Alps. The company says successful candidates will enjoy the summer season and pre-winter delights in the French Alps honing their skills in and around luxury chalets. Those who want to continue …
Read More »Norbord CaberBoard ~ Easy Flooring for Busy Builders
Norbord CaberBoard flooring range is the UK’s best-selling chipboard flooring product, its handy dimensions allowing ease of handling.
Read More »Play it where it lays: Karndean flooring review
Roger Bisby has a go at laying some Karndean flooring under the watchful eye of Karndean laying master Richard Daniels. It seems to me that once you have seen Karndean flooring and recognised its unique look, you just never stop seeing it. For those that don’t know Karndean is a vinyl flooring product made primarily from calcium carbonate (limestone), polyvinyl …
Read More »How to Keep Your Wooden Floor in Good Condition
Real wooden flooring has the potential to add up to 5% to the sale price of a home, but you need to keep it looking good.
Read More »How to Design the Ultimate Attic Office
Ultimate Attic Office - Are you in desperate need of a functional and professional home office space?
Read More »Building a Garden Office? Sustainability Concerns to Think About When Planning
Choosing a good location is a key stage in the planning process, when it comes to building a garden office.
Read More »Which is better, OSB or Plywood?
Roger compares OSB 3 board and plywood and gives his opinion on the best option. OSB board vs Plywood (from Champion Timber) OSB board and plywood are both hugely popular sheeting materials used in modern-day property builds. Whether they’re being used in wall sheathing, flooring or roofs, they both have their own particular suitability and also their own downfalls. So …
Read More »New Build Home Nightmares That CAN be Avoided
Roger looks at Eco Joists and the micro cracking defect with flooring and ceiling construction when floors are walked across causing plasterboard ceiling cracks and creaks below. CURA Homecare after-sales maintenance services to national housebuilders. https://www.cura-home-care.co.uk/portfolio-item/micro-cracking/
Read More »Fitting CaberDek ~ How To Build An Extension #5
James & Ian show us how to install Norbord CaberDek in part 4 of our How To Build An Extension series.
Read More »Can You Turn an Old, Listed Building Into a Gym?
To withstand the high energy cardio activities, vibration control specialist Mason UK helped transform a Grade II listed warehouse into a gym.
Read More »How to Plywood a Floor for Tiling
YFOOD TASTER PACK – Use code “BUILDER10” for a 10% discount – https://bit.ly/Skill_Builder_YFood James and Ian show us how they prepare a hallway floor for tiling using marine plywood. How to install plywood flooring using a marine ply subfloor ready for tiling. Thanks go to James King for letting Roger film this project and causing him to slow down! The …
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