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The Knauf Performer system is lightweight, strong, easy to install, and can be specified confidently for an enormous range of applications.
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How to: Lay Knauf Brio dry screed boards
Roger Bisby lays some Knauf Brio dry screed flooring. Although it is perfectly possible to use warm water underfloor heating with timber and floating floors it is generally acknowledged that there is a loss of thermal transmission compared to pipe buried in sand and cement screeds. Knauf Brio dry screed board bring thermal transmission comparable with wet screed system in …
Read More »Product review: Knauf Airless Finish Light
Roger Bisby share his findings on Knauf’s new airless spray plaster, the Knauf Airless Finish Light. Knauf has had an unenviable task in the UK; trying to take on British Gypsum with trowel applied traditional plasters was always going to be a challenge but they have certainly established themselves with boards and made good inroads with projection plastering. But projection …
Read More »Review: Knauf Airless Readymix Spray Plaster
Skill Builder offers some thoughts and tips on using Knauf’s spray plaster system. The system provides a faster, more consistent and cleaner method of application while offering time savings of 20-30%. Traditional methods of plastering come with some drawbacks. Speed of application, product material waste and inconsistent finish quality are some of the problems. Knauf Airless Readymix spray plasters are …
Read More »Roll On Plaster ~ Is It Any Good?
Knauf ProRoll Max is a roller-applied plaster to level the surface of existing walls and ceilings. It is Ideal for covering up textured backgrounds, such as Artex.
Read More »Plasterboard — Why All The Colours?
Why are there so many different types of plasterboard? Roger explains.
Read More »Is This The Future of Plastering?
Is The Future Of Plastering Spray Application?
Read More »CCF crowns trade Superhero
Insulation and interior building products distributor CCF, has announced Tim Bryant of T Byrant Builders, as the winner of its Trade Superhero competition and a trip to New York City this month. Tim was crowned victorious after an independent panel of judges read about his superhero efforts to fix a drain in time for a children’s Christingle Service, and freeing …
Read More »Skill Builder’s top videos of 2016
There’s been lots happening on the Skill Builder YouTube channel in 2016; here’s a few highlights. Power tools In January 2016 we published the first part of the new 18v drill test which was first published in 2014. This time we split it into three parts looking at: Part 1 – batteries; Part 2 – flat bits; Part 3 – …
Read More »Win a New York City break with CCF
Insulation and interior building products distributor CCF, is on the lookout for trade superheroes to win a trip to go to New York City in May 2017. The competition, which invites trade professionals to share what makes them a superhero, runs until 28 February 2017. The competition has been launched as part of a campaign with top insulation suppliers Celotex, …
Read More »Fault Finding – A Plumber’s Tale
The golden rule that I have followed through years of fault finding is ‘never assume and never jump to conclusions’. OK that is two fault finding golden rules, but the basic message is never say you know something until you prove it. This has stood me in good stead, where other tradesmen have come and gone from a job missing …
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