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Carron Phoenix's Zeta 100 stainless steel kitchen sink is set to cause a stir with its slick design and capacious bowl size. Measuring in at 450 x 420x180mm deep, the bowl size is reputed to be the largest which can be fitted into a 600mm cabinet. Carron Phoenix says the Zeta 100 is one of four models in the Zeta stainless steel range. The company has catered for those looking for a different tactile look and feel by offering the Zeta 100 in two stainless steel finishes - polished or textured linen. The Zeta 100 also boasts a low profile perimeter which effectively means the sink sits just 4mm off the work surface. Visually, there is an almost seamless appearance between the sink and work surface - an effect normally achieved with an undermount or flushmount sink. As an inset sink the Zeta 100 is installed with a single cut-out which reduces both time and installation costs. The new sink also comes with a host of accessories including a chopping board sourced from sustainable, managed forests and a stainless steel wire basket.

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Securikey has unveiled its new range of Vds tested and approved safes. The Eurograde-Compact borrows the lightweight technology of the Secureikey Eurograde range and added in a wealth of features designed to take on board demand for innovative design while also keeping an eye on price. The company has catered for a variety of markets by making the Eurograde-Compact available in three sizes from 15 to 35 litre capacity. It said the units which are competitively priced aim to place "commercial quality in the hands of the rising small business and domestic market."

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Coram Showers has added to its retail range with the launch of Bow Front Sliding Door enclosure. Measuring 1,200mm, the Bow Front's space-enhancing design has been created to provide a showering area that can be installed in even the most awkward spaces in the bathroom. Aesthetically, the Acora Bow Front Sliding Door presents contemporary curved sliding doors which provide an alternative to traditional enclosure designs. The Bow Front Sliding Door is available with plain glass and chrome frame for corner or alcove situations and can also be fitted with an additional slide panel for installation against a wall.

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Comedian Jasper Carrott has been inducted into Birmingham's Walk of Stars pavement trail with his name appearing on a second bespoke paving stone made by Charcon Specialist. The Croft-based pre-cast concrete manufacturer was commissioned to design and manufacture the Walk of Stars' commemorative paving stones by the Broad Street Business improvement District. The organisation is responsible for the city's entertainment and business district where the Walk of Stars is located. Jasper Carrott was presented with his star by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, councillor Randal Brew. The Midlands born comedian said: "To be presented with such an award by the people of the city where I was born and bred can only be regarded as the ultimate honour."

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Quality tools supplier, C.K Tools, has launched a new range of trimming knives offering features designed to ensure safe, comfortable and efficient use. The products are in response to end-user feedback for options to suit both individual preference and work type. The company's new range offers five knives in total: a metal fixed blade, a metal retractable blade, a soft grip fixed blade, a soft grip retractrable blade and a soft grip snap-off blade knife.

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Not one but four new eco-friendly wall form units have been introduced by Durisol UK to make building solid walls with excellent thermal and acoustic properties even easier. The hollow units include internal and party wall forms and are manufactured from a unique combination of 80% recycled wood fibre bonded with Portland cement. The units also come with two sizes of external wall form with integrated Rockwool mineral fibre insulation. The company says that Durisol wall form units are simply stacked dry. They are then filled with concrete to produce solid walls with U-values better than 0.23 and a noise reduction coefficient for sound absorption as high as 0.95.

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Carlo Gavazzi is confident that it has set a new bench mark with its introduction of a compact IDN module that adds MID-compliant power measurment and control functions to active energy metering. The company's new EM11-DIN is a single phase energy analyser with built in configuration push-button and LCD data display. The new unit offers both an active and reactive energy metering with with cost allocation functions. The EM11-DIN can be used for energy cost sharing in public buildings, campsites and marinas where the load needs to be both controlled and monitored. With direct connection upto 32A, the meter can provide either pulse output proportional to the measured active energy or alarm control on one of the instantaneous variables.

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Internal linings specialist British Gypsum has launched a new ceiling board lining that combines high levels of thermal insulation with 30 minutes fire resistance. Developed in conjunction with a major housebuilder, the board is an extension of the company's Gyproc ThermaLine Super range, developed to satisfy the fire performance requirements for ceiling membranes in 'room-in-the-roof' constructions. A laminate of 15mm Gyproc FireLine, a special fire-resistant plasterboard and 40mm high performance phenolic foam, the new 55mm board includes an integral vapour control layer prevent condensation in the roof construction. It is fixed directly to the underside of joists using 90mm Gyproc Drywall screws.

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The Work at Height Regulations are driving the use of small powered access machines. This is confirmed by AFI-Uplift which says it has seen a rapid increase in demand from companies wanting to hire this type of equipment. The company has supplied 12 Pop-Up machines and three Skyjack scissors lifts to a company installing fire prevention and alarm systems at the Bankside 2/3 development.

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When Carillion and partner HLM Architects were looking for materials for 13 new build primary schools in Barnsley they knew they had to be robust, low maintenance and sustainable. At King's Oak, Kalzip's Falzinc raised seam roofing met all the criteria. Falzinc uses a patented Pegal process to encase the aluminium core of the raised seam with a pre-weathered zinc layer that has a lower weather erosion rate than zinc and is long living due to the saline resistant substrate. The weathering treatment gives the zinc surface a mid grey shading - the appearance of approximately three-year old natural zinc. At King's Oak the sheets were fixed with associated flashings and fascias as well as gutters to prevent run off from cedar boarding above roof levels affecting the zinc. Because cedar board rain run-off attacks the surface of zinc care was needed throughout construction and secret gutters were built to prevent future damage.

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