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Over 500 door options and combinations are available from Palgrave Brown. This follows the company's timber doors being joined by a GRP range. The new products are said to offer advanced performance and low maintenance in a range of fully finished composite door sets, including frames, handles, letter plates, locks and thresholds. Each door has a wood grained effect finish but actually has a 2mm thermoset resin GRP skin.

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Eco Heat pumps are helping to combine luxury living with a 'green' approach at a beachside development in Cornwall A geothermal system will draw heat from the boreholes sunk into granite to supply underfloor heating and up to 2000 litres of hot water to the project. The Eco system is designed around two of thecompany's Duo Heat Pumps. Said to ideal for this type of dwelling the Thermia Duo is intended for use with a separate hot water tank. Units are claimed to be economical and reliable in operation and incorporates quiet running scroll-type compressors to give outputs between 4-16kW. No inlet or outlet valves are used in this type of compressor.

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Adding a modern classic edge to its enhanced K-Kitchens collection, the PJH Group has launched the Savona kitchen furniture range to complement the portfolio. Featuring a clean white foil door with wide frame and raised centre panel, the Savona is said to be a versatile design.

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A fast cure multi-purpose adhesive has been launched by Geocel. Called Insta-Stik MP, the company says the adhesive is perfect for fixing plaster board, insulation board and most common building materials. Despite its compact size each can of the product is said to go further than a bulky 25kg bag of dry wall adhesive with none of the mess, hassle or waste. Because the product cures to full strength in three to minutes it is quick and easy to use.

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Coram Showers’ Optima range of shower enclosures and its leak-free bath screens have been specified by Millwood Homes (Devon) for a village style development in Hatherleigh, Devon, which consists of 63 properties. Coram’s 800mm Bi-Fold enclosure and 800mm Quadrant enclosure were installed in the development’s three bedroom homes to create spacious showering areas within the ensuite and family bathrooms.

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A flooring installation service from Medway-based Total Floor Systems is the latest addition to the support package offered by the company to the nationwide iLevel service partner network and its housebuilder customers. As the performance, reliability and maintenance-free reputation of engineered wood flooring systems has grown across all housebuilding sectors, demand has increased to outsource the installation process, further streamlining build time on site. Typically, a housebuilder could use Weather Dek2 or Dek Shield protected floor panels from Puhoswood combined with iLevel Trus Joist Tls. Trust Floor Systems says it can deliver the complete support package to the iLevel service partners and its housebuilder customers.

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New life is being breathed into a Motherwell residential area using state-of-art technology. An element of the design of the 72 homes by Miller Homes with Oregon Timber Frame Engineering, has been incorporation of materials to achieve Miller’s policy to help develop a carbon reduction strategy, including Glidevale’s new TF200 Thermo insulating membrane. Glidevale Protect TF200 Thermo is said to provide better vapour resistance than that required by both TRADA and NHBC, and simultaneously improves thermal performance by at least 100%+ in timber frame wall construction.

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New life is being breathed into a Motherwell residential area using state-of-art technology. An element of the design of the 72 homes by Miller Homes with Oregon Timber Frame Engineering, has been incorporation of materials to achieve Miller’s policy to help develop a carbon reduction strategy, including Glidevale’s new TF200 Thermo insulating membrane. Glidevale Protect TF200 Thermo is said to provide better vapour resistance than that required by both TRADA and NHBC, and simultaneously improves thermal performance by at least 100%+ in timber frame wall construction.

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What is being as described as an innovative approach to a tried and tested method of ventilation being introduced by Passivent. The company says it is set to further improve the internal living environment by cutting condensation risk. One of the UK’s leading suppliers of ventilation solutions, Passivent has developed a ductless ‘whole house’ Positive Input Ventilation (PIV) System, to effectively ventilate the home, cut condensation and minimise energy consumption. The system, which is easy to install, overcomes the problems normally associated with accommodating ducting in existing properties, making it particularly suitable for refurbishment projects.

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The latest addition to the Marley Waterproofing range is on of the most established and proven roofing membranes in Europe. Made in the Netherlands, where it is the market leader, Uniply PVC is a roofing membrane with a polyester reinforcement and is believed to be the first of its kind in Europe. It allows for the use of wider rolls and reduces the number of fixings.

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